Ayub Khan-Din

Acting

Ayub Khan-Din

Born May 21, 1961 · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK (age 65)

Ayub Khan Din (born 11 July 1961) is a British writer and actor. He wrote the BAFTA, BIFA and London Film Critics Circle award-winning film East Is East (1999), adapted from his 1996 Olivier-nominated play of the same name. His 2008 comedy play Rafta, Rafta... won the Olivier Award. He went on to write the film sequel West Is West (2010). On television, he created the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley…

Known For

Magic Mike's Last DanceMagic Mike's Last Dance · 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance
6.42023
MovieComedyDrama
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
My Beautiful LaundretteMy Beautiful Laundrette · 1985
My Beautiful Laundrette
6.71985
MovieComedyDrama
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Sammy and Rosie Get LaidSammy and Rosie Get Laid · 1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
5.71987
MovieDramaComedy
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
The Care of TimeThe Care of Time · 1990
The Care of Time
4.81990
MovieTV MovieThriller
Robert Halliday is coerced into helping Karlis Zander, an international fixer, into editing a Russian terrorist's memoirs and ghostwriting an exposé of modern terrorists.
West Is WestWest Is West · 2010
West Is West
6.42010
MovieComedy
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
Shalom SalaamShalom Salaam · 1989
Shalom Salaam
1989
Movie
Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love while attending college.
All in Good TimeAll in Good Time · 2012
All in Good Time
6.52012
MovieComedyRomance
Atul and Vina, a newly-wed couple, are unable to consummate their marriage due to his meddling parents. As a result, both are left frustrated and complications start arising in their relationship.

Movies

Magic Mike's Last DanceMagic Mike's Last Dance · 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance
6.42023
MovieComedyDrama
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
My Beautiful LaundretteMy Beautiful Laundrette · 1985
My Beautiful Laundrette
6.71985
MovieComedyDrama
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Sammy and Rosie Get LaidSammy and Rosie Get Laid · 1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
5.71987
MovieDramaComedy
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
The Care of TimeThe Care of Time · 1990
The Care of Time
4.81990
MovieTV MovieThriller
Robert Halliday is coerced into helping Karlis Zander, an international fixer, into editing a Russian terrorist's memoirs and ghostwriting an exposé of modern terrorists.
West Is WestWest Is West · 2010
West Is West
6.42010
MovieComedy
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
Shalom SalaamShalom Salaam · 1989
Shalom Salaam
1989
Movie
Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love while attending college.
All in Good TimeAll in Good Time · 2012
All in Good Time
6.52012
MovieComedyRomance
Atul and Vina, a newly-wed couple, are unable to consummate their marriage due to his meddling parents. As a result, both are left frustrated and complications start arising in their relationship.
Goodbye StrangerGoodbye Stranger · 1991
Goodbye Stranger
10.01991
MovieDramaRomance
Set on the deserted North Sea island of Langeness, a lonely woman begins an affair with a stranger; only after he is identified as a political fugitive and deported does she begin to learn about his true identity and his past.
National Theatre Live: East is EastNational Theatre Live: East is East · 2021
National Theatre Live: East is East
10.02021
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Salford, 1971. George Khan wants to raise his family in the traditional Pakistani way, but his children have other ideas. Abdul and Tariq aren't ready to be married off, Saleem is pushing artistic boundaries, Meenah's skirt is too short, and Sajit just wants to hide in his parka. As relations reach breaking point, their English mother, Ella, is torn between her loyalty to George and the happiness of her children.

TV Shows

Agatha Christie's PoirotAgatha Christie's Poirot · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.21989
SeriesCrimeDrama
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
The BillThe Bill · 1984
The Bill
6.81984
SeriesCrimeDrama
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
The ChiefThe Chief · 1990
The Chief
7.01990
SeriesDrama
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
Ackley BridgeAckley Bridge · 2017
Ackley Bridge
7.02017
SeriesDrama
A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community
BackupBackup · 1995
Backup
6.01995
SeriesDrama
Drama about the working lives of policemen and women in an Operational Support Unit.
IdiotIdiot · 1991
Idiot
7.01991
SeriesDrama
An epileptic man returns from medical treatment abroad and finds himself in love with a woman named Nastasia.