Ayad Akhtar

Attore, Sceneggiatore

28 ottobre 1970 (55 anni)
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."

Famoso per

  • The War Within
    The War Within2005
  • Too Big to Fail - Il crollo dei giganti
    Too Big to Fail - Il crollo dei giganti2011

Filmografia

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

2022
Would I Lie to You? (US) · as Self - Guest
2019
UnRepresented · as Self - Playwright, Author
2016
The Pulitzer at 100 · as Self - Playwright
2006
2006 Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Nominee
2004
Kulturplatz · as Self
2004
Tavis Smiley · as Self
1996
Theater Talk · as Self - Guest
1967
TTT · as Self