Rehan Sheikh is a well-known Pakistani film and television actor, director, writer, filmmaker, and producer. He was born on 13 January 1969 in London, United Kingdom. Rehan Sheikh debut his career journey to work in a Tamasha Theatre Company of South Landon, “Women of the Dust” with a youth theater group in 1992. Rehan came on a holiday tour of Pakistan While visiting, he made a debut for the first time on television in the PTV classical drama serial “Aaghosh”, which is based on the story of the struggle of a mother to find her children.
The most popular performances of Rehan included PTV classic drama serial “The Castle: Aik Umeed” which starred Humayun Saeed and Asma Anwar. The drama tells the story of Pakistani immigrants to Scotland. Another notable drama is the Geo TV drama serial “Aik Nayee Cinderella” which starred Osman Khalid Butt and Maya Ali and is based on Faiza Iftikhar’s novel of the same name.
This drama is the modern retelling of Cinderella’s story who lives with his stepmother and two stepsisters and is mistreated by them. His Hum TV classical drama series “Sanjha” was the turning point that also earned him a nomination for the award. The drama tells the classic story of the Thar Desert of a poor girl, Sanjha, cast with Suhaee Abro and Sabreen Hisbani. Another hit drama that garnered an award from him is “Sadqe Tumhare” with Mahira Khan and Adnan Malik. This drama is an Urdu biographical drama serial based on the life of drama writers, Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar and another drama Mehar Posh (2020), and Meray Humnasheen (2022).
He also made his film debut in the Lollywood socio-comedy award-winning film “Actor in Law” in 2016, starring with Indian veteran actor Om Puri, Fahad Mustafa, and Mehwish Hayat. The film revolves around the story of an upcoming layer. In 2017, he acted in another Pakistani comedy thriller film “Chupan Chupai” with Neelam Muneer and Ali Rizvi. This movie is the remake of the 2013 Indian Tamil language movie “Soodhu Kavvum”. This film is a comedy about three stupid friends who were cursed by luck.
In 2018, he made his debut as a director, producer, screen player, writer, and actor at the same time in the Comedy Melodrama film “Azad” with Sanam Saeed and Salman Shahid. The film was screened in the HBO’s South Asian International Film Festival. ”. He will appear in an upcoming Pakistani action crime-thriller film “Driven” with Javed Shaikh, Amna Ilyas, and Adnan Shah. The film was mostly written in the English language by Michael Hudson.
He has made a debut in almost all the departments of the industry. He has large fans all over Pakistan. He was also nominated for the best supporting actor at the 1st Hum Awards ceremony for his wonderful performance in the drama serial “Sanjha. He is the winner of two awards, one from an international jury for the “Best Actor” at the 2005 Kara Film Festival. Another award is the Hum Award for “Supporting Actor” at the 3rd Hum Awards for his excellent performance in “Sadqay Tumhare”.
Rehan Sheikh belong to muslim family. He father is a veteran journalist and a social leftist activist who is “among the pioneers of economic journalism in Pakistan” known as Aslam Sheikh. His mother is a teacher. He is the only son of three children. Sheikh attained his degree from University of Surrey, England.
