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Nazeer received his first professional role whilst still in his final year at The [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]]. Nazeer was chosen to play overly confident boxer Ajay Chopra in the Award Winning Fringe First production of Beautiful Burnout, a co-production between The [[National Theatre of Scotland]] ([[Black Watch]], [[Bacchae]]) and award winning physical theatre company Frantic Assembly. |
Nazeer received his first professional role whilst still in his final year at The [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]]. Nazeer was chosen to play overly confident boxer Ajay Chopra in the Award Winning Fringe First production of Beautiful Burnout, a co-production between The [[National Theatre of Scotland]] ([[Black Watch]], [[Bacchae]]) and award winning physical theatre company Frantic Assembly. |
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In preparation, Nazeer trained intensively for 8 months at the [[MMA]] Griphouse Gym, [[Glasgow]], with championship boxers and [[MMA]] fighters, transforming himself into a real boxer for the role under the guidance of trainer Peter McKenzie. In line with his demading training regime, Nazeer analysed hours of boxing video footage of boxer [[Prince Naseem Hamed]], whom his character in Beautiful Burnout is loosely based on, in order to authenticate Hamed’s boxing |
In preparation, Nazeer trained intensively for 8 months at the [[MMA]] Griphouse Gym, [[Glasgow]], with championship boxers and [[MMA]] fighters, transforming himself into a real boxer for the role under the guidance of trainer Peter McKenzie. In line with his demading training regime, Nazeer analysed hours of boxing video footage of boxer [[Prince Naseem Hamed]], whom his character in Beautiful Burnout is loosely based on, in order to authenticate Hamed’s boxing flair and bring it to the stage. Nazeer will be performing in Beautiful Burnout at St. Anne’s Warehouse, [[New York]] in 2011. |
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==Stage credits== |
==Stage credits== |
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Revision as of 21:48, 13 February 2011
Taqi Nazeer | |
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| Born | Taqi Nazeer 28 October 1980 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Taqi Nazeer (Template:Pron-en tak-eye, born 28 October 1980) is a Scottish born actor
Early life
Nazeer was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, He was educated at the prestigious George Heriot's School whose former alumni include actors such as Emun Elliot, Ken Stott, Roy Kinnear, Ian Richardson and Alastair Sim. Nazeer went on study at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh where he obtained a Master of Arts in Marketing. Soon after, Nazeer was accepted on a one year traineeship at BBC Scotland where he was trained in tv and radio presenting. Nazeer joined an amateur dramatics theatre company where Maggie Kinloch, the Director of Drama at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, spotted him in his first ever performance on stage and told him to seriously consider auditioning for entry into the acting degree. Nazeer auditioned and was accepted. In his final year he drew the attention of agent Aileen McEwan and subsequently signed with the London based acting agency Hatton McEwan. Nazeer successfully graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy in July 2010. Alumni of the Royal Sottish Academy of Music and Drama include Billy Boyd, Emun Elliot, Robert Carlyle, Alan Cumming, Tony Curran, Ruby Wax, John Hannah, David Tennant and James McAvoy.
Career
Nazeer received his first professional role whilst still in his final year at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Nazeer was chosen to play overly confident boxer Ajay Chopra in the Award Winning Fringe First production of Beautiful Burnout, a co-production between The National Theatre of Scotland (Black Watch, Bacchae) and award winning physical theatre company Frantic Assembly. In preparation, Nazeer trained intensively for 8 months at the MMA Griphouse Gym, Glasgow, with championship boxers and MMA fighters, transforming himself into a real boxer for the role under the guidance of trainer Peter McKenzie. In line with his demading training regime, Nazeer analysed hours of boxing video footage of boxer Prince Naseem Hamed, whom his character in Beautiful Burnout is loosely based on, in order to authenticate Hamed’s boxing flair and bring it to the stage. Nazeer will be performing in Beautiful Burnout at St. Anne’s Warehouse, New York in 2011.
Stage credits
Theatre
- Beautiful Burnout, Uk / International tour (Aug 2010 - March 2011) - Ajay Chopra
- Black Snow, (2010) - Ivan Vasilyevich
- Words are Never Wasted, Scottish Tour (2009) - Michael
- Heer Ranjha, The Tramway Theatre (2008) - Ranjha
- Detainee A, The Arches (2007) - Yusef