Afzal Khan (actor)

Infobox actor
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name = Afzal Khan


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birthdate = 22 jul
location = Abbot Abad
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othername = Rambo
Jan Rambo
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notable role = Jan Rambo in "Guest House"
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spouse = Sahiba

Afzal Khan (Urdu: افضل خان) a.k.a Jan Rambo (Urdu script: جان ريمبو) is a Pakistani TV, film and stage actor and comedian. He rose to fame by playing a roll of a janitor nicknamed "Jan Rambo" in PTV's famous comedy show Guest House. [ [http://mazhar.dk/film/stars/heroes/90s.htm Pakistani Film Heroes from the 90's] ] He later assumed "John Rambo" as his unofficial screen name taken from the Sylvester Stallone character Jan Rambo. Most of movies refer to him as "Rambo" in movie credits.

Career

Afzal Khan began his acting career from stage dramas in Islamabad. He acted in a few plays produced by PTV. Those plays were aired only in Islamabad.cite web
url = http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/spotlight.asp?title=John+Rambo&content_id=4110&bhcp=1
title = Latest Interview with John Rambo
accessdate = 2006-11-05]

The breakthrough he was cast as Jan Rambo (a janitor) in PTV's comedy drama series Guest House in 1991. It was an instant hit and Rambo became the most popular character of the series.

After his success as "Jan Rambo" in Guest House he began to get offers from movies. In 1992, he signed his first movie and became a mainstream Lollywood actor. However, his image of comedy actor from Guest House earned him mostly comedy characters.

He is successfully married to fellow Lollywood actress Sahiba.

External links

*imdb name|id=0451154|name=Afzal Khan

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