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Armin Karima

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Armin Karima is a British-Iranian actor. He is known for his roles as Abdul Bukhari in the BBC series Waterloo Road (2015), Ant in the film iBoy (2017), Kasim Al-Yazbek in the FOX series Tyrant (2016), and Malek Amir in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019).

Early life

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Karima attended City and Islington College. He trained at Identity School of Acting.[1]

Career

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While training, Karima booked his first role in the short film TAG for BBC IPlayer. Just before his last college performance, Karima landed a regular role in the tenth and final series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road as Abdul Bukhari. Karima was then cast alongside Shahab Hosseini in the feature film Gholem in 2015.

In 2016, Karima appeared in the second season of the Fox series Tyrant as Kasim Al-Yazbek and landed a role in the BBC series Moving on. In 2017, Karima played Ant in the Netflix film iBoy. Shortly after he landed a role in Fearless for ITV.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Tag Deks Short film
2017 iBoy Ant
Gholam Arash
2020 Home from Home Samir Short film
2022 Bahar Navid Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2014 Babylon Youth Episode: "Victoria Park"
2015 Waterloo Road Abdul Bukhari Recurring role; 9 episodes
Tyrant Kasim Al-Yazbek Recurring role; 7 episodes
2016 Moving On Safi Episode: "Eighteen"
2017 Fearless Imran Recurring role; 3 episodes
The State Abu Muharib Miniseries; 1 episode
Black Mirror Farshad Episode: "Crocodile"
2018 Doctors Michael Leonard Episode: "Helpless"
Press Adnan Homsi Episode: "Two Worlds"
2020–2021 Sex Education Malek Amir Recurring role; 4 episodes
2021 Intergalactic Evan Vikri Episode: "Episode 1"
The Girlfriend Experience Hiram Recurring role; 8 episodes
2023 Vigil Nader Waheed Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3"


References

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  1. ^ "Alumni". Identity School of Acting.
  1. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/waterloo-road/news/a627512/waterloo-roads-armin-karima-teases-abdul-shock-he-breaks-down/
  2. http://www.identityschoolofacting.com/portfolio/armin-karima-2/
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xngb2/p02g180l
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