Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV war drama The Halcyon and the CW series Pandora (2019–2020).

Early life Kumar was born in the East London Borough of Redbridge. When he was 10, his mother enrolled him in a Saturday stage school. Kumar decided to pursue acting professionally when he performed Shakespeare for the first time at age 15 and subsequently joined the National Youth Theatre. He also took up dancing. He trained at the Drama Centre London, and took a pause from his studies when he was cast in Homeland.

Career Upon leaving drama school, Kumar joined the recurring cast of the Showtime thriller series Homeland for its fourth season as Rahim, a Pakistani medical student, which aired in 2014. He then appeared in the second season of the TNT crime drama Legends as Ifti Bulfati, as well as the films Legacy and One Crazy Thing.

In 2017, Kumar had a main television credit as barman Adil Joshi in the ITV World War II drama The Halcyon. He also had small roles in the CTV series The Indian Detective and the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Kumar played FBI agent Ansh Ramachandra in the 2019 crime thriller film Inside Man: Most Wanted with Aml Ameen, Rhea Seehorn, and Roxanne McKee.

After making a guest appearance in the first season of the CW science fiction series Pandora, also in 2019, Kumar joined the main cast as student Jett Annamali for its second season in 2020. He played Ray in the FX on Hulu miniseries Devs and starred in Syndrome at the Tristan Bates Theatre. The cast were nominated for a 2021 Offie. Kumar starred in the 2023 film Double Blind with Millie Brady. That same year, he appeared in the romantic drama film Beautiful Disaster and the ITVX sitcom Count Abdulla.

In 2021, Kumar wrote an article for Backstage on a two-year period of his career when he worked a day job.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Paper Boy Salim Short film 2012 The Telemachy Imran 2015 Legacy Cam 2016 One Crazy Thing Nikki Veer 2017 Unlocked Technician Star Wars: The Last Jedi Mega-Destroyer First Order Monitor 2018 The Agency Mr Leaves Short film 2019 Land's End Adam Short film Inside Man: Most Wanted Ansh Ramachandra 2023 Beautiful Disaster Adam Double Blind Amir

Television Year Title Role Notes 2012 White Heat Aasif Episode: "The Personal is Political" 2014 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Roshan Jabour Episode: "Beyond the Pale" Homeland Rahim 3 episodes (season 4) 2015 Legends Ifti Bulfati 3 episodes (season 2) 2017 The Halcyon Adil Joshi Main role The Indian Detective Aarav Pitale 3 episodes 2019–2020 Pandora Jett Annamali Guest, season 1Main role, season 2 2020 Devs Ray 4 episodes 2022 Death in Paradise Zach Ogilvy 1 episode 2023 Count Abdulla Rishi 3 episodes 2026-present Dragon Striker Key Nagatatsu (voice) Main cast