Occupation Actor/Dancer Role Actor Years active 2006–present Siblings Deeyah Khan | Name Adil Khan | |
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Born 3 February 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-02-03 ) Oslo, Norway Similar People Deeyah Khan, Summer Nicks, Jamshed Mahmood Raza Profiles | ||
Movies and TV shows Norske Talenter, O21 | ||
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Adil Khan (Urdu: عادل خان, [ˈaːd̪ɪl ˈxaːn]; born 3 February 1983 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian dancer and actor of mixed Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Adil came to the limelight when he won Dansefeber, (the Norwegian version of So You Think You Can Dance) hosted by TVNorge in 2006.
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- Short film by jitendra patel with actor adil khan
- Beginnings
- Music and dance
- Actor
- Miscellaneous
- Honours and awards
- References
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Beginnings
Adil Khan was born in Oslo, Norway. In his early childhood, he lived at Munkelia. Later, his family moved to Grønland and then to an area close to Ullevål Stadion. Adil's father is from the Punjab province of Pakistan and mother is a Pashtun who has her roots in Afghanistan . Adil is the younger brother of singer, composer, film maker and human rights activist Deeyah Khan.
Music and dance
Adil belongs to an art loving family. From Adil's childhood, his father has been an initiator of cultural activities in Norway, particularly being at the forefront of introducing workshops for Pakistani Classical Music, as well as being a participating figure in literary and art circles. Adil's father is responsible for arranging music concerts and introducing Norwegian audiences to the music and creative traditions of Pakistan. Because of his father's activities in music and the arts, Adil started learning music from a very early age like his sister Deeyah.
Though Adil quit music after a few years, his early music education prepared him for his acting and performing career in musical theatre in his later life.
In 2009 Adil was invited to sing Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" for Auma Obama, the sister of President Barack Obama. The programme was arranged by NRK1 in connection with fund raising campaign for Africa.
In 1997, Adil experienced a newfound interest for breakdancing which he formed into his art form. In 1999, together with his friends, he founded the dance group "Floor Knights". He put his soul into breakdance, and soon after distinguished himself among the other B-boys. Adil has also lived in Copenhagen where he was a member of the elite breakdance group "Natural Effects". Adil has won several dance competitions in Norway and abroad, like "B-boy Rumble 1999" (Norwegian championship), "Scandinavian Battle of the Year 2001" (Scandinavian championship), and "Time 2 Battle" in Malmö (Scandinavian Championship). But his real breakthrough came in 2006 when he won the Norwegian national dance competition Dansefeber in its inaugural season. This victory gave him a national celebrity status. Adil wanted to further improve his dancing skills, therefore, right after winning season 1 of Dansefeber, he left for Los Angeles, where he became a member of Quest Crew (winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew).
Actor
After winning Dansefeber, Adil started receiving offers from national Norwegian theaters for acting jobs. His acting debut came in 2006 at Oslo Nye Teater as Bernardo in West Side Story. Soon after, Adil left for Los Angeles. But the acting offers kept on coming which brought him back to Norway in 2007. The first play, after his arrival was The Nutcracker which followed by several other productions. Adil received critical acclaim for his performance in The Jungle Book as Mowgli, which got him the nomination for Hedda Award in the best male role category. Adil is the youngest actor in Norway to ever be nominated for this prestigious theatre award.