Sacha Dhawan

Sacha Dhawan is a British actor. He began his career in the ITV series Out of Sight (1997–98), The Last Train (1999), and Weirdsister College (2001–02). He originated the role of Akthar in the play The History Boys (2004–06) and reprised his role in its film adaptation (2006). Dhawan has since played Paul Jatri in the BBC One comedy-drama Last Tango in Halifax (2012), Waris Hussein in the BBC Two docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013), Davos in the Marvel series Iron Fist (2017–18), Count Orlo in The Great (2020–23) on Hulu, and The Master in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2020–22). Early life and education Sacha Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport to Indian parents from Jalandhar, Punjab. Dhawan trained at the Laine-Johnson Theatre School in Manchester, and started acting at the age of twelve. He attended the Roman Catholic school Aquinas College in Stockport.