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Daud Shah is a British actor who has worked in theatre, film and television. Formerly a medical doctor he retrained as an actor at LAMDA in 2004 after studying theatre in New York.

Early Life
Shah, the eldest of two boys was born in Brampton, Cumbria, England where his Grandfather was the local vicar (a relation of Orde Wingate). His mother was a social worker and nurse and his father worked as a special needs teacher and race relations advisor for the BBC. Shah grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. He studied medicine at King’s College London.

Career
After graduating from LAMDA, Shah appeared in Deborah Warner’s production of Julius Caesar at The Barbican Theatre with an all-star cast which included Ralph Fiennes, Fiona Shaw and Simon Russell Beale. His breakthrough feature film role was as Fisher, James Bond’s first kill, in the opening of 2006’s Casino Royale that introduced Daniel Craig as the new 007, and was directed by Martin Campbell. He starred as the jilted fiancée of Bollywood star Lisa Ray in the award winning I cannot Think Straight. Shah plays Asoka in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time released May 2010 and will see him in another action role protecting Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) and the dagger of time from Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney production directed by Mike Newell. Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina lead the accomplished cast which includes Ronald Pickup, Richard Coyle and Toby Kebbell. Shah has recently filmed, John Carter of Mars for Pixar with an ensemble cast which includes Mark Strong, Willem Defoe, Taylor Kitsch and Dominic West directed by Oscar winner Andrew Stanton. He will be seen as the nemesis to Joshua Dallas and Vincent Regan in the forthcoming thriller Shadowline and will commence production on Vamperifica playing the ‘king’ of the Vampires later this year.

In other media, Shah has appeared in the IMAX production, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs with William Hope and Nasser Memarzia and in two television movies, Messiah: The Rapture with Marc Warren and Saddam’s Tribe with Stanley Townsend and Daniel Mays. Shah acted in two plays by Obie award winning playwright Naomi Wallace.

Other
Shah modeled for David Bailey. Asoka, Shah's character in Prince of Persia has been reproduced as a LEGO figure. Shah runs a production company, Silent Kisses with Samantha Whittaker and has made two films.