| Intro | English actor |
| Is | Actor |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 8 June 1991, Burnage |
| Age: | 29 years |
Qasim Akhtar (born 8 June 1991) is an English actor who played Chesney Karib in the Channel 4 show, Shameless and Zeedan Nazir in Coronation Street.
Career
Akhtar appeared in Mischief Night in 2006. He later joined the cast of Shameless and played the recurring character of Chesney Karib. He has also appeared in Waterloo Road. In 2014, Akhtar was cast as Zeedan Nazir, the son of Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry), in the long-running soap opera, Coronation Street.
Personal life
Akhtar went to secondary school in Didsbury and later went on to complete his education at Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College.