Omar Alex Khan
Canadian screen, stage, and Voice Actor
Site landing and bio photos by Tim Leyes
***Omar will be appearing as Tewfiq in the Canadian premiere of the Tony award winning musical, The Band's Visit, at WJT in Winnipeg, Canada, from May 2-May 11, 2025.***​​
After catching the bug in high school it took Omar nearly twenty years to finally get around to pursing an acting career. After detours through the divergent worlds of early childhood education and rock and roll musicianship, Omar made his first screen appearance in the 2007 film You Kill Me (Carol Baum/Code), starring and produced by Sir Ben Kingsley. Since then he has amassed credits in studio and indie films, as well as many North American television shows, including two seasons of ZARQA (CBC Gem), Shelved (CTV), The Strain (FX), Frankie Drake Mysteries (CBC), and Remedy (Global).​
Watch/read the CityTV promo interview with Omar and WJT Artistic Director Dan Petrenko by clicking on the image at right.
Highlights of Omar's theatre career include a season at The Stratford Festival, Oslo (Theatre 180/Mirvish), and the world premieres of The New Canadian Curling Club (Blyth Festival) and NEW (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). Also, Million Dollar Quartet (The Grand), The Kite Runner (Theatre Calgary/The Citadel), Iceland (Theatre Projects Manitoba), As You Like It and Titus Andronicus (Canadian Stage), and Glengarry Glen Ross and Waitress (both for Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre).
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representation
Karen Bernstein, KB Artists Management, Toronto, Canada​, Tel: 1-416-302-6632, karen@kbartists.com