Aftab Sachak

Aftab Sachak

Aftab Sachak is an African actor, who is based in the United Kingdom. Born in East Africa, Sachak went to an English public school and enjoyed the life of a "jet-setting playboy" before studying acting.cite book |last= Kingsley|first= Hilary|title= The EastEnders Handbook |year=1990|publisher=BBC books|id=ISBN 0-563-206010-563-36292-8-2]

He made his television debut in "King of the Ghetto" in 1986, but is probably best known for playing the serious minded shop keeper, Ashraf Karim, in the popular BBC soap opera, "EastEnders" (1987-1990). Whilst appearing in "EastEnders", Sachak was in fact coping with real life bankruptcy after incurring much publicised gambling debts, and was even evicted from his home. Sachak has commented: "I felt like I was stuck in hell, I even thought about suicide."

After putting his monetary problems behind him, Sachak concentrated on his career. Since leaving "EastEnders" he has appeared in the BBC comedy "Waiting for God" (1993), "Brothers in Trouble" (1995), "Call Red" (1996), "Out of Sight" (1996-1998), "The Bill" (1999), "Hope & Glory" (2000), "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (2003) and "Second Generation" (2003) among others.

Sachak is also a veteran stage actor and has appeared in Ayub Khan-Din's stage production of "East is East" at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton in 2005.

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