Introduction

Adil Khan, whose parental roots are in Pakistan, was born on 3 February 1983 in Oslo, Norway. His father is Punjabi Rajput and mother is a Pashtun who has her roots in Afghanistan and belongs to the Durrani tribe, which is

Adil Khan


Professional Achievements

Adil Khan, whose parental roots are in Pakistan, was born on 3 February 1983 in Oslo, Norway. His father is Punjabi Rajput and mother is a Pashtun who has her roots in Afghanistan and belongs to the Durrani tribe, which is scattered through Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. In his early childhood, he lived at Munkelia. Later, his family moved to Grønland and then to an area close to Ullevål Stadion.

Adil belongs to an art loving family. From Adil's childhood, his father has been an initiator of cultural activities in Norway, particularly being at the forefront of introducing workshops for Pakistani Classical Music, as well as being a participating figure in literary and art circles. Adil's father is responsible for arranging music concerts and introducing Norwegian audiences to the music and creative traditions of Pakistan. Because of his father's activities in music and the arts, Adil started learning music from a very early age.

Though Adil quit music after a few years, his early music education prepared him for his acting and performing career in musical theatre in his later life.

In 2009 Adil was invited to sing Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" for Auma Obama, the sister of President Barack Obama. The programme was arranged by NRK1 in connection with fund raising campaign for Africa.

In 1997, Adil experienced a newfound interest for breakdancing which he formed into his art form. In 1999, together with his friends, he founded the dance group "Floor Knights". He put his soul into breakdance, and soon after distinguished himself among the other B-boys. Adil has also lived in Copenhagen where he was a member of the elite breakdance group Natural Effects.

Adil has won several dance competitions in Norway and abroad, like B-boy Rumble 1999 (Norwegian championship), Scandinavian Battle of the Year 2001 (Scandinavian championship), and Time 2 Battle in Malmø (Scandinavian Championship). But his real breakthrough came in 2006 when he won the Norwegian national dance competition Dansefeber in its inaugural season. This victory gave him a national celebrity status. Adil wanted to further improve his dancing skills, therefore, right after winning season 1 of Dansefeber, he left for Los Angeles, where he became a member of Quest Crew (winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew).

After winning Dansefeber, Adil started receiving offers from national Norwegian theaters for acting jobs. His acting debut came in 2006 at Oslo Nye Teater as Bernardo in West Side Story. Soon after, Adil left for Los Angeles. But the acting offers kept on coming which brought him back to Norway in 2007. The first play, after his arrival was The Nutcracker which followed by several other productions. Adil received critical acclaim for his performance in The Jungle Book as Mowgli, which got him the nomination for Hedda Award in the best male role category. Adil is the youngest actor in Norway to ever be nominated for this prestigious theatre award.

Adil Khan served as a judge on Norske Talenter (series 4). Norske Talenter (Norwegian Talents) is a Norwegian version of Got Talent series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the specified prize. The programme is being presented by TV 2 since 2008.

In 2010, he was assigned as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF Norway. In 2008, Adil received Oslo City art award at Oslo City Hall by Oslo Municipality for his contributions in Oslo's artistic life. In 2006-2007, Adil Khan became the first goodwill ambassador for FRI (an anti smoking and anti drugs campaign initiated by Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs). On 31 May 2006, Adil was awarded by Norwegian Cancer Society for his work among the youth. This award landed Adil in the company of national icons such as Gerd-Liv Valla, Dagfinn Høybråten and Gro Harlem Brundtland.