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Sacha Dhawan

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Sacha Dhawan (born 1984) is an English actor best known for his starring role as Manmeet, a young romantic at the Mid America Novelties call centre who's enamoured with American culture, especially the American women he charms on the phone, in the television sitcom Outsourced, from 2010-2011.

He is also known for originating the role of Akthar in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys in the original stage production, reprising it in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions, and radio and film versions of the play.

He received the Breakthrough On Screen Award at the Royal Television Society Awards for his performance in the controversial drama Bradford Riots.

Dhawan appeared in The Deep, a television mini-series for the BBC, alongside Minnie Driver and Goran Visnjic. Other television credits include Five Days II, Paradox, Wired, Perfectly Frank, Weirdsister College, City Central, The Last Train and Out Of Sight.

His other feature film work includes Forgive and Splintered.

His theatre work includes England People Very Nice at the National Theatre in London, which was nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2010; The Obama Project at the National Theatre in Stockholm; and Pornography at the Traverse Theatre in Scotland, which was nominated for Best Ensemble at The Stage Awards 2008

He also acted in Free Outgoing; Monkery; Salaam Mr. Bush at the Royal Court in London; Pretend You Have Big Buildings at the Royal Exchange in Manchester; Borstal Boy at the Edinburgh Festival; Skater Boy at the Theatre Royal Stratford East; and East Is East at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre.



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