Armin Karima is a British-Iranian actor. He is known for his roles as Abdul Bukhari in the BBC series Waterloo Road (2015), Ant in the film iBoy (2017), Kasim Al-Yazbek in the FOX series Tyrant (2016), and Malek Amir in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019).
Early life Karima attended City and Islington College. He trained at Identity School of Acting.
Career While training, Karima booked his first role in the short film TAG for BBC IPlayer. Just before his last college performance, Karima landed a regular role in the tenth and final series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road as Abdul Bukhari. Karima was then cast alongside Shahab Hosseini in the feature film Gholem in 2015.
In 2016, Karima appeared in the second season of the Fox series Tyrant as Kasim Al-Yazbek and landed a role in the BBC series Moving on. In 2017, Karima played Ant in the Netflix film iBoy. Shortly after he landed a role in Fearless for ITV.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Tag Deks Short film2017 iBoy Ant Gholam Arash 2020 Home from Home Samir Short film 2022 Bahar Navid Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Babylon Youth Episode: "Victoria Park"2015 Waterloo Road Abdul Bukhari Recurring role; 9 episodes Tyrant Kasim Al-Yazbek Recurring role; 7 episodes 2016 Moving On Safi Episode: "Eighteen"2017 Fearless Imran Recurring role; 3 episodes The State Abu Muharib Miniseries; 1 episode Black Mirror Farshad Episode: "Crocodile"2018 Doctors Michael Leonard Episode: "Helpless" Press Adnan Homsi Episode: "Two Worlds" 2020–2021 Sex Education Malek Amir Recurring role; 4 episodes2021 Intergalactic Evan Vikri Episode: "Episode 1" The Girlfriend Experience Hiram Recurring role; 8 episodes 2023 Vigil Nader Waheed Episode: "Series 2, Episode 3"2025Prisoner 951 Seyed Recurring role; 5 episodes
References
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/waterloo-road/news/a627512/waterloo-roads-armin-karima-teases-abdul-shock-he-breaks-down/ http://www.identityschoolofacting.com/portfolio/armin-karima-2/ bbc.co.uk
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