Full Name Iresh Zaker Role Actor Alma mater Lawrence University Albums Srestho, Ends Are Forever | Years active 2008–present Parents Sara Zaker, Aly Zaker Name Iresh Zaker | |
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Born 6 November 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-11-06 ) Dhaka, Bangladesh Education Lawrence University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Occupation Actor
Producer
Television presenter Movies Chuye Dile Mon, Zero Degree Grandparents Rezia Taher, Muhammad Taher Similar People Aly Zaker, Sara Zaker, Raef al Hasan Rafa, Animesh Aich | ||
Romantic bangla natok alpona kajol l shokh shehtaj iresh zaker l drama telefilm
Iresh Zaker (Bengali: ইরেশ যাকের; born 6 November 1976) is a Bangladeshi advertising executive and television and film actor. He is deputy managing director of Asiatic 360, a marketing and advertising company owned and operated by his parents, actors Aly Zaker and Sara Zaker. Most of Iresh Zaker's work as an actor has been in television, but he has also played villains in several films. He won the National Film Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role in 2015 for his portrayal of antagonist Danny in Chuye Dile Mon.
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- Romantic bangla natok alpona kajol l shokh shehtaj iresh zaker l drama telefilm
- Early life
- Career
- Film
- Awards
- References
Early life
Zaker was born on 6 November 1976 to actors Aly Zaker and Sara Zaker. He spent his early childhood with his younger sister Sriya Sharbojoya in Bangladesh. He completed his initial schooling from Scholastica in Dhaka in 1994. After that, he went to the United States and enrolled at Grinnell College, in Iowa. Then he moved to Wisconsin and graduated from Lawrence University in 2000. Two years later he finished his master's degree in development economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Career
After graduate school he got a job in the United States and planned his future there. After some years, however, he returned to Bangladesh. At first he worked as a voice artist, doing radio dramas, documentaries, and commercials. He did a voice-over for Sisimpur, the popular Bangladeshi version of the children's television series Sesame Street.
He made his television actor debut in 2006 as Shahed in the single-episode TV play Batasher Khacha, with his father, Aly Zaker, playing his on-screen father. In 2012, he debuted on the big screen in the film Chorabali, directed by Redoan Rony. He won the 2015 National Film Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role for his portrayal of antagonist Danny in Chuye Dile Mon, produced by his mother, Sara Zaker.
As well as his TV and film work, Zaker is deputy managing director of Asiatic 360 (his family's marketing and communication company) and a director of Radio Shadhin, one of the Asiatic Group companies.