Arka Das
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.
Arka Das | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bangladesh[1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
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