Syed Masood

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About me

My love with acting took root at the early age of nine putting on self scripted productions in my parents back garden. This went on to lead roles in pretty much every school drama, followed by presenting a daily English news bulletin on Karachi TV, co founding a drama group, professional appearances in a number of TV plays and series through till my early thirties. I then took a long 'sabbatical' away from the footlights working in hotel operations across nine countries and twelve cities. This helped to provide me with a deep insight into language diversity and nuances across many cultures, all of which I can bring to bear as I immerse once again in my life long passion, now as a 'mature' actor.
Additional skills:
I have extensive experience in commercial Voice Over work, and documentary narration. (English and Urdu) mostly over my years in Karachi, Pakistan. Although ethnically Central Asian, my look and skin color is typically Caucasian. I have a standard English accent, and where needed can also use general American slang.
Additional information:
My stage work has included lead English speaking roles in plays by Edward Albee (Zoo Story), Alan Ayckbourn (Absurd Person Singular), Arthur Miller (The Price) and Philip King (See How They Run). My TV work in one off plays and drama series over a seven year period was all in Urdu. More recently I have appeared in a full length feature film (2016) currently under production, and a short film (2017) due to be released later this year, both in English.

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Languages Spoken	English, Hindi, Urdu
Accents/Dialects	American - General, English - General, English - London, Indian, Pakistani