Ayad Akhtar

Skuespiller, Forfatter

28. oktober 1970 (55 år)
Ayad Akhtar is an American-born playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage who received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His work has received two Tony Award nominations for Best Play and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Akhtar's writing covers various themes including the American-Muslim experience, religion and economics, immigration, and identity. In 2015, The Economist wrote that Akhtar's tales of assimilation "are as essential today as the work of Saul Bellow, James Farrell, and Vladimir Nabokov were in the 20th century in capturing the drama of the immigrant experience."

Film og serier på Plex

  • The War Within
    The War Within2005

Kendt for

  • The War Within
    The War Within2005
  • Too Big to Fail
    Too Big to Fail2011

Filmografi

2011
Too Big to Fail · as Neel Kashkari
2005
The War Within · as HassanPå Plex
1994
Vanya on 42nd Street · as Audience Member