Arka Das is an Australian actor, director and screenwriter. For his performance in Here Out West, he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.[2] He wrote and starred in the Brotherhood segment of the film and featured in the next chapter, The Eternal Dance.[3] He also received a nomination for the 2021 AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Awards in the Original Feature Film category for the same project.
Arka Das | |
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Born | Bangladesh[1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Other roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home and Bali 2002,[4] films Lion, Mulan,[5] The Portable Door and UnIndian[6] and on stage in Beached at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and Animals Out of Paper at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre [7] for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Filmography edit
Television edit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Troppo | ||
2023 | Utopia (Australian TV series) | Ravi | 1 episode |
Safe Home (TV series) | David | 3 episodes | |
We Interrupt This Broadcast (TV series) | Various | 4 episodes | |
2022 | Shantaram (TV series) | Nishant Patel | 7 episodes |
Bali 2002[8][9] | Dr Vij Vijayasekaran | 2 episodes | |
2020 | Rosehaven | Thomas | 1 episode |
2019 | Frayed (TV series) | Sonny | 1 episode |
2018 | Bite Club (TV series) | Depak | 8 episodes |
2017 | Pulse [10] | Tabb Patel | 8 episodes |
Janet King (TV series) | Ravi Hasan | 1 episode | |
Top of the Lake | Karnick | 2 episodes | |
2016 | VODville | 1 episode | |
2015 | Hiding | Clifford George | 1 episode |
2014 | The Code | Farid | 3 episodes |
The Casuals | Samir | 8 episodes | |
2012 | Tricky Business | Bank Teller | 1 episode |
Film edit
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023 | The Portable Door[11] | Neville | |
2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Sycophant God | |
2022 | Here Out West[12][13][14] | Robi | |
2020 | Mulan (2020 film) | Red Fez | |
2019 | Babyteeth (film) | Shaun | |
2017 | BOYZ | Kerr | Short |
2016 | Overtime | Sean | Short |
Lion | Sami | ||
Joe Cinque's Consolation | Sanjeeva | ||
Down Under | Steve | ||
Spice Sisters | Sachin | Short | |
2015 | Big Bad World | Rajesh | Short |
Good Morning | Nathan | ||
Moose | Uber Driver | Short | |
UNindian | TK | ||
The Annual Company Games VII | Kevin | Short | |
2012 | Shoebox | Tarek | Short |
2009 | Jagdish Ji | Jagdish | Short |
References edit
- ^ Vella, Joanne (24 January 2022), "Western Sydney in feature film Here Out West", Blacktown Advocate
- ^ Kelly, Vivienne (19 June 2023), "Logie Awards 2023: Full List of Nominees Revealed", Variety
- ^ Kellar, Jim (12 August 2022), "ABC movie Here Out West airs on Sunday showing the kaleidoscope of cultures in the suburbs", The Canberra Times
- ^ Yee, Hannah-Rose (27 May 2022), "Close-up: the system finds its new generation of stars", The Australian
- ^ Vella, Joanne (26 March 2020), "Mulan actor Arka Das uses time off for creativity", Parramatta Advertiser
- ^ Dent, Nick (11 October 2015), "Romcom bowled squarely at cricket-mad Indians", The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Blake, Elissa (4 April 2010), "Animals Out of Paper", The Sun Herald
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/airdate-bali-2002.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/stan-announces-bali-2002-drama-series.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/03/cameras-roll-on-abcs-pulse.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/filming-underway-on-the-portable-door-for-stan.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/here-out-west.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/07/airdate-here-out-west.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/filming-begins-on-new-feature-drama-for-abc.html