Assad Zaman
# Assad Zaman

Assad Zaman is a British actor. He is known for his stage work and his roles in the BBC thriller Apple Tree Yard (2017), the period drama Hotel Portofino (2022–) and the AMC series Interview with the Vampire (2022–).

## Early life

Zaman grew up in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne. His parents had arrived in England from Bangladesh in the 1980s. Zaman trained at the Manchester School of Theatre, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.

## Career

Zaman made his London stage debut in the 2014 National Theatre production of Behind the Beautiful Forevers. This was followed by his onscreen debut in an episode Russell T Davies' Cucumber on Channel 4. He went on tour with Ayub Khan Din's play East is East that same year.

In 2017, Zaman played Sathnam in the BBC One adaptation of Apple Tree Yard. He had in the stage adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth at the Kiln Theatre in 2018, The Funeral Director on tour and A Doll's House at the Lyric in Hammersmith in 2019, and The Winter's Tale in 2020. He appeared in the Red, White and Blue installment of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology. He returned to East is East in 2021 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. As of 2022, Zaman stars as Dr Anish Sengupta in the period drama Hotel Portofino and Armand in the AMC series Interview with the Vampire.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Cucumber | Tony | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Deepak Rai | National Theatre Live |
| 2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Sathnam | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Vera | Lee Nadella | Episode: "Cuckoo" |
| 2020 | Our Girl | Hasan | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Asif | Anthology; episode: Red, White and Blue |
| 2020 | The Saint of Southall | Rohit | Short film |
| 2022–present | Hotel Portofino | Dr Anish Sengupta | Main role |
| 2022–present | Interview with the Vampire | Armand | Main role |
| TBA | This Is the Night Mail | Lot | |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Tyne | Various | Live Theatre, Newcastle |
| 2013 | Dark Woods, Deep Snow: A Grimm Tale | Luka | Northern Stage, Newcastle |
| 2014 | Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Deepak Rai | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2015 | East is East | Saleem Khan | UK tour |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich |
| 2018 | White Teeth | Millat Iqbal | Kiln Theatre, London |
| 2019 | The Funeral Director | Zeyd | UK tour |
| 2019 | A Doll's House | Kaushik Das | Lyric Theatre, London |
| 2020 | The Winter's Tale | Florizel | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 2021 | East is East | Mr Shah | Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham |
