Atta Yaqub
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Atta Yaqub is a Scottish Asian model and actor born in 1979. He is most notable for playing the lead role in the 2004 film Ae Fond Kiss...
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Yaqub has a degree in IT management
and also works as a counselor, advising drug addicts. He goes to schools around Scotland to promote the Show Racism The Red Card
programme. He was also involved in the "One Scotland, Many Cultures" anti-racism campaign.
In 2009, Yaqub criticised Prince Harry
for making what he saw as prejudiced comments about South Asians and asked for a personal apology.
Ae Fond Kiss...
Ae Fond Kiss... is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach, and starring Atta Yaqub and Eva Birthistle. The title is taken from a Scottish song by Robert Burns, the complete line being "Ae fond kiss, and then we sever..."-Plot:Casim Khan is a Glaswegian DJ of Pakistani origin...
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Yaqub has a degree in IT management
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
and also works as a counselor, advising drug addicts. He goes to schools around Scotland to promote the Show Racism The Red Card
Show Racism The Red Card
Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism education charity, established in England in January 1996 to harness the high profile nature of footballers as anti-racist role models to educate against racism throughout society in the United Kingdom....
programme. He was also involved in the "One Scotland, Many Cultures" anti-racism campaign.
In 2009, Yaqub criticised Prince Harry
Prince Harry of Wales
Prince Henry of Wales , commonly known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and fourth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
for making what he saw as prejudiced comments about South Asians and asked for a personal apology.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ae Fond Kiss... Ae Fond Kiss... Ae Fond Kiss... is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Ken Loach, and starring Atta Yaqub and Eva Birthistle. The title is taken from a Scottish song by Robert Burns, the complete line being "Ae fond kiss, and then we sever..."-Plot:Casim Khan is a Glaswegian DJ of Pakistani origin... |
Casim Khan | |
| Doctors | Madhav Verma | "Party Games" | |
| 2005 | The Camping Trip | Sunny | |
| Meet the Magoons Meet the Magoons Meet the Magoons is a six part comedy television series in the United Kingdom aired on Channel 4 in 2005, directed by and starring Hardeep Singh Kohli. The main characters are a Punjabi family who live in Glasgow, and own an Indian restaurant called "The Spice".It received mixed reviews. A. A... |
Suky Riprah | "Stairway to Havan" | |
| Perfect Day Perfect Day (TV film) Perfect Day was a two hour television movie, initially broadcast on Five in December, 2005.Centered around a group of university friends who reunite five years later for the wedding of Tom and Amy , it tells the story of old loves rekindled, marriages falling apart and the problems of career women... |
Ash | ||
| Pakistani Actually | Himself | Documentary | |
| 2006 | New Street Law New Street Law New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman... |
Nadeem Rashid | Season 1, Episode 5 |
| Explosions | Hassans | ||
| Nina's Heavenly Delights Nina's Heavenly Delights Nina's Heavenly Delights is a U.K. comedy film, directed by Pratibha Parmar, released 29 September 2006 in the United Kingdom. The film was released in the United States on 21 November 2007.-Synopsis:... |
Kary Shah | ||
| 2009 | Running in Traffic Running in Traffic Running in Traffic is a dramatic Scottish feature film. The story follows the lives of two people, Joe Cullen, a manual labour worker, played by the Scottish actor Bryan Larkin and Kayla, a waitress, played by Polish Actress, Anna Kerth, residing in Scotland. The film also stars Kenneth Cranham. It... |
Amman | |
| 2011 | Fernes Land | Haroon | German-language German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... film |
| Rafina | Jamal | ||
| Lip Service Lip Service (TV series) Lip Service was a programme broadcast in the UK on ITV2.Holly Willoughby, of ITV's Dancing on Ice, and Spencer Brown take a look at the best, weirdest and funniest bits from celebrity chat shows around the world.... |
Season 2 |