Adnan Jaffar

Adnan Jaffar (Urdu: عدنان جعفر) is a Pakistani actor and former anchor from Karachi.

Adnan Jaffar
Born	(1974-03-05) 5 March 1974 (age 51) Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Education	Arizona State University National Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Farheen Zehra Jaffar ​ ​ (m. 2009)​

He is known for his work in theatre, film and television industry of Pakistan.^[1]

Early life and education

Adnan began his career after attending National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) and Arizona State University.^[2]

A mass communication graduate, before taking on acting, he was for some time a broadcast journalist for Dawn News.^[3]

Career

Theatre

After attending NAPA, where Khalid Ahmed was his voice teacher, Adnan got his breakthrough as a stage actor when he was cast in Oedipus Rex, a play directed by Zia Mohyeddin.^[4]

Television

Adnan made his television debut in 2012^{[citation needed]} and is well-known for his roles in projects such as Coke Kahani (2012), Behadd (2013), Jackson Heights (2014), Jo Bichar Gaye (2021-2022) and Hum Tum (2022).^{[citation needed]}

Films

He made his film debut in 2015 with Jalaibee followed by Manto (2015), Moor (2015) and Jeewan Hathi (2016). He also appeared in Chupan Chupai (2017), Parwaaz Hay Junoon (2017) and Project Ghazi (2018).

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Mera Saaein 2	Naina's son	[5]
	New York Se New Karachi	Kifayat
	Coke Kahani	Jugnoo
2012–13	Baandi	Inspector Hassan	[5]
	Talkhiyan	Janu Baba	[5]
2013	Aunn Zara	Jamshed	[5]
	Behadd	Shafaq's husband	Telefilm; cameo[5]
2014–15	Jackson Heights	Rizwan
2015	Mol	Rohail Hayat	[5]
	Khilona	Daniyal
	Farwa Ki ABC	Mustansar
2016	Lagao	Abeer	[5]
2017	Yeh Raha Dil	Jimmy	[5]
2018	Laal	Zarminay's father	Telefilm[6]
2019–20	Daasi	Touqeer
	Ruswai	Dr. Feroze
2020	Homeland	General Aziz	American TV series; cameo[7]
2020-21	Chalawa	Professor Faraz Hamdani
2021	Dhoop Ki Deewar	Cap. Sher Ali	Web series[8]
2021–22	Ek Jhoota Lafz Mohabbat
	Bebaak	Waqar
	Jo Bichar Gaye	Col A. Fakhruddin	[9]
2022	Hum Tum	Professor Qutub ud Din
	Mor Moharan	Nawab Feroze
	Aik Sitam Aur	Furqan
	Sevak: The Confessions	Inspector Karkaray	Web-series
2022–23	Tinkay Ka Sahara	Salman
2023	Chand Tara	Saleem
2023–24	Ishq Murshid	Haroon
2025	Behroopia	Yawar Jamali

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Jalaibee	Dara	Film debut
	Manto	Qudrat Ullah Shahab		[10]
2016	Jeewan Hathi	Farhan
	Orphic		Short film
2017	Chupan Chupai	Chaudhary (Policeman)
	Parwaaz Hai Junoon	OC Flying Taimoor
2018	Project Ghazi	Qataan		[11]
	Chotay Shah	Mohammad Asghar	Telefilm
	Altered Skin	Lab infected
2019	Pinky Memsaab	Hassan Chugtai
2022	Intezaar	Sameer