Rehan Sheikh
Rehan Sheikh (born January 13, 1969) is a British-Pakistani filmmaker, actor, director, writer, playwright, producer, and former television host. He is best known for The Castle: Aik Umeed (2001), Inkaar (2019), for which he was nominated for Best Actor at Lux Style Awards, and Sanjha (2011-2012), which earned him a Hum Awards nomination.
Sheikh started his career on stage in South London, notably working in Tamasha Theatre Company's Women of the Dust in 1992. While visiting Pakistan during holidays the next year, he wrote, directed, and acted in a play in Rawalpindi, where he was spotted by renowned playwright and theatre director Sarmad Sehbai. Sehbai got him his first television role in Aaghosh (1993). Sheikh remained in Pakistan and went on do a number of popular drama serials and also hosted the short-lived travel show Travel Guide of Pakistan.
Acting
Movie
Actor in Law
as NESC's Lawyer
2016
Movie
Silent Waters
as Afsan (1947)
2003
Movie
Manto
as Mian Saheb
2015
Movie
Chupan Chupai
as Khan
2018
Movie
Mother of Desert
as Shabbir
2005
TV
Akbari Asghari
as Hatim
2011
TV
Udaari
as Majid
2016
TV
Sadqay Tumhare
as Mohammad Amin Janjua
2014
Movie
Azad
2018
TV
Aik Nayee Cinderella
as Saifullah
2012
Akhri Barish
2011
TV
Aks
2011
TV
Besharam
as Tahir Malik
2016
TV
Jugnoo
as Baba Sahab
2015
TV
Rewind with Samina Peerzada
as Himself
2017
TV
Sammi
as Chaudhry Rab Nawaz Raja
2017
Movie
Poppay Ki Wedding
2024
Movie
Driven
as Inspector Murtaza Shah
Movie
Apnas
as Zafar Khan
2026
TV
Rafta Rafta (2024)
2024
TV
The Pink Shirt
as T.S.
2026