Akbar Kurtha Bio

Akbar Kurtha is an actor best known for his role Rana Mistry on the soap opera Doctors and for his role Farhad Hassan on the action series 24.

Akbar Kurtha made his movie debut on the 1993 movie Bhaji on the Beach. In 2000 Akbar was cast as one of the main characters on the soap opera Doctors where he portrayed doctor Rana Mistry.

Akbar also had prominent role in 2010 on the action series 24 as Farhad Hassan the Chief of Staff of Kamistani who didn�t approve of his brother President Omar Hassan negotiating with America to end their nuclear program so he began a plan to assassinate his brother.

TV Credit

Movie Credit

1995 One for the Road as Mike

1998 Heat of the Sun as Aziz Ali

1999 The Bill as Jez Hall

2000-2001 Doctors as Dr Rana Mistry

2002 Casualty as Brad Matthews

2003 Keen Eddie as Kent

2004 EastEnders as Dr Shah

2004 Waking the Dead as Nick Foster

2005 Holby City as Mak Dabb

2006 Judge John Deed as Pyrian De Mel

2007 The Last Detective as Mohammed Al-Jabar

2008 Bonekickers as Hisham

2008 House of Saddam as Kamel Hanna

2010 24 as Farhad Hassan

1993 Bhaji on the Beach as Manjit

1997 My Son the Fanatic as Farid

2000 Esther Kahn as Samuel Kahn

2000 Second Sight Kingdom of the Blind as DC Chad

2000 Second Sight Parasomnia as DC Chad

2003 Lloyd & Hill as DC Bob Sandwell

2005 Beneath the Skin as Shakil

2005 Syriana as Prince Meshal Al Subaai

2007 Forgiven as Norman