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'''Ahmed Ali Akbar''' is a Pakistani actor, singer, TV host and former national level tennis player.<ref name="AH1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/203812-Ahmed-Ali-returns-to-the-big-screen|title=Ahmed Ali returns to the big screen|last=Sarym|first=Ahmed|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Ali was born in [[Rawalpindi]] to Pakistani tennis coach Muhammad Ali Akbar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thekollective.pk/2017/12/13/talent-focus-ahmed-ali-akbar-actor-and-phenomenon-in-the-making/|title=Talent focus: Ahmed Ali Akbar; Actor and Phenomenon in the Making - The Kollective|date=2017-12-13|work=The Kollective|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US}}</ref> Ali played tennis on a national level before pursuing his film career.<ref name="AH1"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theblushworks.com/interviews/interview-with-ahmed-ali-html/|title=Interview With Ahmed Ali|last=Kamal|first=Kainat|date=2016-12-23|work=The Blush Works|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US}}</ref> He also played cricket and football at club level.<ref>Kainat Kamal (23 December 2016), [http://www.theblushworks.com/interviews/interview-with-ahmed-ali-html/ "Artist Spotlight: Ahmed Ali Akbar"], ''TheBlushWorks''. Retrieved 6 October 2018.</ref>

His younger brother, Abid Ali Akbar, who also plays tennis, has been called "Pakistan’s next emerging hope" in the sport.<ref>Natasha Raheel (27 April 2015), [https://tribune.com.pk/story/876749/abid-ali-akbar-pakistans-next-emerging-tennis-hope/ "Abid Ali Akbar— Pakistan’s next emerging tennis hope"], ''[[The Express Tribune]]''. Retrieved 5 July 2018.</ref>

==Career==

He marked his television career at the age of thirteen on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]]'s drama ''Stop Watch'', after which he was singing for a [[progressive rock]] band, the [[Islamabad]]-based ''Nafs'',<ref>Zaineb Hashmi (31 May 2017), [https://zainebhashmi9.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/reaching-for-the-stars-the-multi-talented-ahmed-ali/ "Reaching for the stars; the multi-talented Ahmed Ali"], ''Zaineb Hashmi's blog''. Retrieved 2 November 2018.</ref> for some ten years before going back into acting on some friend's advice, in a play written by [[Osman Khalid Butt]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/62317/up-close-and-personal-with-parchis-ahmed-ali-akbar-you-cannot-pull-people-down-if-they-are-more-talented-than-you-you-have-to-push-them-up/|title=Up close and personal with Parchi’s Ahmed Ali Akbar: "You cannot pull people down if they are more talented than you; you have to push them up"|work=The Express Tribune|first=Haider|last=Rifaat|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en-US}}</ref> Ali made his stage debut in 2008 and received critical appraisal for his work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/192020-Theres-a-new-Ahmed-Ali-on-the-block|title=There’s a new Ahmed Ali on the block!|last=Khan|first=Manal Faheem|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en}}</ref>

He guest starred in his 2013 debut film ''[[Siyaah]]'' and started his professional television career in 2014, as a lead actor in the drama ''[[Shehr-e-Ajnabi]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/an-actor-and-a-gentleman/|title=An actor and a gentleman ‹ The Friday Times|website=The Friday Times|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-01}}</ref> The next year he starred in the box-office hit ''[[Karachi Se Lahore]]'', as well as in its sequel ''[[Lahore Se Aagey]]'' a year later, which was also a commercial success, while the same year, in 2016, he hosted the inaugural ''Hum Style Awards''.<ref>Aamna Haider Isani (6 November 2016), "‘Razzle Dazzle’ at the first Hum Style Awards", ''[[The News International]]''. Retrieved 12 October 2018.</ref>