Avi Nash is an American actor. He played Siddiq in the AMC television series The Walking Dead (2017–2020).[1][2]
Avi Nash | |
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 Nash at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019 | |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Known for | The Walking Dead (2017–2020) |
Early life
editNash's father is Indo-Guyanese and his mother is from Mumbai.[3]
Nash started acting in senior year of high school due to a dare to audition for the school play; prior to this, he identified primarily as a visual artist.[3]
Nash began attending Stanford University when he was 17 years old, performing with the Stanford Shakespeare Company.[3] He was classmates with Young the Giant's Sameer Gadhia, who encouraged Nash to seriously pursue acting, dropping out himself to pursue a professional music career.[3] So, after freshman year, Nash left Stanford to attend acting school under Anupam Kher at Actor Prepares in Mumbai for six months.[3][4] However, he returned to complete his degree, citing conflicting feelings between his various interests.[5] He returned to Stanford University and majored in Mathematical and Computational Sciences while studying architecture.[3][6]
Nash trained in theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[7] and graduated with an MA in 2016.[citation needed]
Career
editPrior to acting, he was a cook in a closed door restaurant (puerta cerradas) that he ran out of a hostel in Buenos Aires[5] and conducted bike tours.[6]
He made his feature film debut in Learning to Drive alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson, directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won First Runner Up for the People’s Choice Award.
In 2017, Nash portrayed AMC's The Walking Dead's first male Muslim-American character, Siddiq, in season 8 - 10 of the show.[3] As a result, he has attended different comic book conventions throughout the years, including Walker Stalker Convention.[3]
Personal life
editNash can read and write in Devanagari and Urdu.[3] He studied Hindi at Stanford and took his acting class in India completely in Hindi.[3] Nash learned Portuguese from his ex-girlfriend while briefly living near the Brazilian border.[8]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Life of Guy | Younger Guy | Short |
| 2013 | E-103 | E-103 | Short |
| 2014 | Learning to Drive | Preet | |
| 2015 | Postal Jerks | Juan | |
| 2016 | Amateur Night | Orderly | |
| 2016 | Barry | Saleem | |
| 2019 | Hosea | Henry | |
| 2022 | There There | ||
| 2023 | The Braid | Camal |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015, 2019 | Silicon Valley | Wajeed | ||
| 2017–2020 | The Walking Dead | Siddiq | Recurring (season 8) Also Starring (seasons 9–10) 27 episodes |
[9] |
| 2023 | Silo | Lukas Kyle | 7 episodes | [10] |
| 2023 | Black Mirror | Krish | Episode: "Joan Is Awful" |
References
edit- ^ "Avi Nash promoted to series regular for The Walking Dead season 9". Undeadwalking.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Mason, Charlie (7 May 2018). "The Walking Dead Promotes Two Actors to Series Regulars Ahead of Season 9". Tvline.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gajjar, Saloni (2018-06-04). "Actor Avi Nash on Playing a Muslim-American on 'The Walking Dead'". The Teal Mango. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ prateek. "Alumni". actorprepares.net. Anupam Kher. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ a b Avi Nash on Siddiq, The Walking Dead, LAMDA and getting into acting..., RAW Interviews, retrieved 2019-12-23 – via YouTube
- ^ a b "Avi Nash, de The Walking Dead: 'Eu adoro Portugal. Só este ano estive cá seis vezes'". gqportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Avi Nash". theartistspartnership.co.uk. The Artists Partnership. Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "All you need to know about Avi Nash's presence at Comic Con Portugal 2019". Séries da TV. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "The Walking Dead Fans Can Expect to See a Lot More Siddiq and Al in Season 9 - TV Guide". Tvguide.com. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "'Wool': Harriet Walter, Avi Nash & Chinaza Uche Join Apple's Dystopian Drama As Series Regulars". Deadline Hollywood. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.