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Irvine Iqbal (born 22nd July 1977) is a British South Asian singer, actor and voice over artist. He made his West End debut in June 2002, playing Cricketer in the original London production of Bombay Dreams at Apollo Theatre, London.Irvine is the only British South Asian actor to have performed in all three British South Asian musicals in the West End which are Bombay Dreams, The Far Pavilions and Bend it like Beckham. In 2016, Irvine played the original West End Sultan in Disney’s Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre. In 2019, Irvine played the original Raj in The Boy in the Dress at Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2021, Irvine played Mr Shah in the 25th Anniversary production of East is East at The National. In 2022, Irvine played Mohammed Ali Jinnah in The Father and the Assassin at The National. In 2022, Irvine played Baldev in the musical Come Fall in Love at The Old Globe which will be transferring to Broadway in 2024 produced by Yash Films also known as the DDLJ musical directed by Aditya Chopra.



Early Life
Irvine was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester at The Bolton General Hospital. Born to a Pakistani father and Indian mother, both parents emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1966. Irvine has one sister.

Originally from Lostock in Bolton, Irvine attended Bolton School. Having excelled in sports, Irvine was then admitted to Rossall School, Fleetwood where he enjoyed music and theatre. At Rossall, Irvine became a Mitre Fleur De Lys (MF) house member along side Liam Botham. During his time at Rossall, Irvine performed in many theatrical productions including The Real Inspector Hound and Animal Farm and learned the trombone and piano where he was awarded The Brass Prize and Acting Prizes. Irvine was heavily influenced by his drama teacher Mrs Markham and his music teacher Mr Ross Fielding.

After spending 8 years at Rossall, Irvine attended The Higginshaw Centre for Performing Arts and Media at Oldham College studying along side Suranne Jones. From Oldham, Irvine attended Brunel University studying a degree in Drama, Film and Television.