Taqi is an actor, playwright, presenter and voice over artist.

He wrote and performed in two sell-out theatre shows; Rishta; An arranged marriage comedy and Jinnistan: A South-Asian supernatural horror story.

Taqi’s work can be seen on iPlayer and ITVX in crime dramas - ANNIKA, Shetland, The Control Room, SIX-FOUR and most notably as a guest lead in the special, format-breaking Casualty episode “How to Save a Life” celebrating 75 years of the NHS. 

Currently Taqi voices the character of crazed Artificer ‘Eisen Iyer’ in the hit Cyber Punk series ‘The Kingmaker Podcast’.

Theatre credits: Macbeth: An Undoing (Edinburgh Lyceum / Theatre for a New Audience NYC) The Gun Powder Plot (Layered Reality) Jinnistan (Oran Mor) The Enemy (NTS) An Edinburgh Christmas Carol (Lyceum) Passing Places (Dundee Rep), Rishta (Oran Mor), The Assessment (Shows on a Shoestring), Deranged Marriage (Rifco Arts), Stowaway (Analogue Theatre), The Domestic Crusaders (Tara Arts), Beautiful Burnout (Frantic Assembly)

TV:  The Replacement (BBC) Scenes for Survival (NTS/BBC Scotland) ANNIKA (Alibi TV) Shetland (ITV) The Control Room (BBC) SIX-FOUR (ITV)

Film: I SWEAR (Independent feature film) Ghostlight (EIF/NTS) Lock (Wee films) Homecoming (GMAC) Urban Anxieties (CH4)

Narration: Documentary: After Sheku (BBC Two) Mr Good: Cop or Crook? (NETFLIX)

Radio/ Voice over: Death of a Matriarch (BBC Radio 3), Unseen Hour - Live show. Music Match skits (BBC/Demus Productions) 

Lead Presenter / Producer / Creator: Scotistan Podcast (BBC Asian Network).

Presenter: Documentary: Double Lives (BBC Scotland).

Writer: Jinnistan (Oran Mor) Rishta (Oran Mor, National Theatre of Scotland), Scot Squad - skit contributor (BBC Scotland), Music Match - various skits (BBC / Demus Productions).

In addition to his Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Taqi also holds a Masters in Business Management from Heriot-Watt University.