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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

21

Gender

Male

Birthday

null (NaN years old)

Place of Birth

Kabul, Afghanistan

Also Known As

Elham Ehsas

Biography

Elham Ehsas is a BAFTA nominated and Oscar shortlisted writer, director and actor known primarily for his controversial roles on both the big and the small screens. He made his acting debut in the acclaimed international hit film The Kite Runner, and has since appeared in numerous films and TV including Brad Pitt's War Machine, Netflix's Young Wallander, the final season of ShowTime's Homeland as well as Apple TV's Shantaram. He has also performed on stage in the Young Vic, West End and New York runs of the play 'The Jungle'. Elham continues to challenge himself by tackling complicated characters in both film and television, in addition to writing and developing his own thought-provoking films.

Known For

Acting

The Kite Runner

2007

The Kite Runner

as

Young Assef

Attack

2022

Attack

as

Hamid Gul

Yellow

2023

Yellow

as

Photo Booth

2022

Photo Booth

as

Feras

War Machine

2017

War Machine

as

Translator Kenny

Oksijan

2018

Oksijan

as

Jawad

Our Kind of Love

2018

Our Kind of Love

as

Harun

The Kill Team

2019

The Kill Team

as

Shoaib

Shantaram

Shantaram

as

Sebastian Modena

Homeland

Homeland

as

Jalal Haqqani

Production

Crew

Directing