Arka Das is an Australian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Early life and education Arka Das was born in Bangladesh and emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. He grew up in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Ashfield. He attended school and university in Sydney.
Career Das has played roles in numerous television series, including Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home and Bali 2002 He also appeared in films UnIndian (2015), the Academy Award-nominated film Lion (2016), the live-action remake of Mulan (2020), and The Portable Door (2023).
His stage credits include Beached at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and Animals Out of Paper at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre, for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Das is also a screenwriter and director, having made short films, web series, and documentaries. In 2014, he co-created comedy web series The Casuals, which was streamed in the US. His short documentary film Phoenix was a finalist at Focus on Abilities Film Festival in 2016. He then wrote and directed the short film Khana Khazana, which screened at several film festivals in Australia and overseas. It won several awards at Made in the West Film Festival 2020. It is being developed into a full-length feature film.
For his performance in 2021 anthology film Here Out West, Das was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor. One of eight writers, he wrote and starred in the Brotherhood segment of the film and featured in the next chapter, The Eternal Dance. He also received a nomination for the 2021 AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Awards in the Original Feature Film category for the same project.
Das went on to host the ABC Television series 8 Nights Out West in 2022, where he explored different cuisines across Sydney, based on the cultural backgrounds of each of the Here Out West writers.
Filmography
Television YearTitleRoleNotesRef2026The Airport ChaplainSami RahmanTV series2026The F Ward Dr Kush PrasadTV series: 6 episodes2024Return to Paradise Ken Sen-Jones TV series, 1 episodeTroppo Khalid TV series, 3 episodesFake Rohit Miniseries, 1 episodeColin from Accounts Justin Shelley TV series, 2 episodesProsper Ravi TV series, 1 episode2023Utopia Ravi TV series, 1 episodeSafe Home David Miniseries, 3 episodesWe Interrupt This Broadcast Various TV series, 4 episodes2022Shantaram Nishant Patel TV series, 7 episodesBali 2002 Dr Vij Vijayasekaran Miniseries, 2 episodes 2020Rosehaven Thomas TV series, season 4, 1 episode 2019Frayed Sonny TV series, 1 episode 2018Bite Club Depak Chaudhary TV series, 8 episodes2017Pulse Tabb Patel TV series, 8 episodesJanet King Ravi Hasan TV series, season 3, 1 episode Top of the Lake: China Girl Karnick TV series, 2 episodes 2016VODville TV series, 1 episode 2015Hiding Clifford George Miniseries, 1 episode2014The Code Farid TV series, 3 episodesThe CasualsSamir Web series, 8 episodes 2012Tricky Business Bank Teller TV series, 1 episode
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2024My Melbourne IndraneelMaidaan Prashanto 2023The Portable Door Neville Feature film2022Thor: Love and Thunder Sycophant God Feature filmHere Out West Robi Anthology feature film 2020Mulan Red Fez Feature film 2019Babyteeth Shaun Feature film 2017BOYZ Kerr Short film 2016Overtime Sean Short filmLion Sami Feature filmJoe Cinque's Consolation Sanjeeva Feature filmDown Under Steve Feature filmSpice Sisters Sachin Short film2015Big Bad World Rajesh Short filmGood Morning NathanMoose Uber Driver Short film UNindian TK Feature filmThe Annual Company Games VII Kevin Short film 2012Shoebox Tarek Short film 2009Jagdish Ji Jagdish Short film
Stage Das has performed on stage in many productions, including the following: YearTitleRoleNotes 2023 The Seagull Simon Roslyn Packer Theatre with STC 2013 Beached The Producer Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2011 Casanova Rocco Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2011 Deep Suburbia Various roles STC / BYDS 2010 Animals Out of Paper Suresh Ensemble Theatre, Sydney (nominated for Best Newcomer at Sydney Theatre Awards) 2010 References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot Martin Griffin Theatre Company Fitting into Wageni Byron Apocalypse Theatre Company The Club Gerry Ashfield Youth Theatre
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