Arka Das is an Australian actor, director and screenwriter. For his performance in Here Out West, he was nominated for the 2023 Logie Award Most Outstanding Supporting Actor.[2] He wrote and starred in the Brotherhood segment of the film and featured in the next chapter, The Eternal Dance.[3] He also received a nomination for the 2021 AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Awards in the Original Feature Film category for the same project.
Other roles he has played include the TV series Shantaram, Pulse, Bite Club, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Safe Home and Bali 2002,[4] films Lion, Mulan,[5] The Portable Door and UnIndian[6] and on stage in Beached at Sydney's Griffin Theatre and Animals Out of Paper at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre [7] for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Troppo | ||
| 2023 | Utopia (Australian TV series) | Ravi | 1 episode |
| Safe Home (TV series) | David | 3 episodes | |
| We Interrupt This Broadcast (TV series) | Various | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Shantaram (TV series) | Nishant Patel | 7 episodes |
| Bali 2002[8][9] | Dr Vij Vijayasekaran | 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | Rosehaven | Thomas | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Frayed (TV series) | Sonny | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Bite Club (TV series) | Depak | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | Pulse [10] | Tabb Patel | 8 episodes |
| Janet King (TV series) | Ravi Hasan | 1 episode | |
| Top of the Lake | Karnick | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | VODville | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | Hiding | Clifford George | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Code | Farid | 3 episodes |
| The Casuals | Samir | 8 episodes | |
| 2012 | Tricky Business | Bank Teller | 1 episode |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Portable Door[11] | Neville | |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Sycophant God | |
| 2022 | Here Out West[12][13][14] | Robi | |
| 2020 | Mulan (2020 film) | Red Fez | |
| 2019 | Babyteeth (film) | Shaun | |
| 2017 | BOYZ | Kerr | Short |
| 2016 | Overtime | Sean | Short |
| Lion | Sami | ||
| Joe Cinque's Consolation | Sanjeeva | ||
| Down Under | Steve | ||
| Spice Sisters | Sachin | Short | |
| 2015 | Big Bad World | Rajesh | Short |
| Good Morning | Nathan | ||
| Moose | Uber Driver | Short | |
| UNindian | TK | ||
| The Annual Company Games VII | Kevin | Short | |
| 2012 | Shoebox | Tarek | Short |
| 2009 | Jagdish Ji | Jagdish | Short |
References
- ^ Vella, Joanne (24 January 2022), "Western Sydney in feature film Here Out West", Blacktown Advocate
- ^ Kelly, Vivienne (19 June 2023), "Logie Awards 2023: Full List of Nominees Revealed", Variety
- ^ Kellar, Jim (12 August 2022), "ABC movie Here Out West airs on Sunday showing the kaleidoscope of cultures in the suburbs", The Canberra Times
- ^ Yee, Hannah-Rose (27 May 2022), "Close-up: the system finds its new generation of stars", The Australian
- ^ Vella, Joanne (26 March 2020), "Mulan actor Arka Das uses time off for creativity", Parramatta Advertiser
- ^ Dent, Nick (11 October 2015), "Romcom bowled squarely at cricket-mad Indians", The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Blake, Elissa (4 April 2010), "Animals Out of Paper", The Sun Herald
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/airdate-bali-2002.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/stan-announces-bali-2002-drama-series.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/03/cameras-roll-on-abcs-pulse.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/06/filming-underway-on-the-portable-door-for-stan.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/08/here-out-west.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/07/airdate-here-out-west.html
- ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/filming-begins-on-new-feature-drama-for-abc.html
External links
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