Ayad Akhtar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ayad Akhtar

American actor and playwright

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1970

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, playwright

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American-born playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage who received the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
His work has received two Tony Award nominations for Best Play and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Akhtar's writing covers various themes including the American-Muslim experience, religion and economics, immigration, and identity.
In 2015, The Economist wrote that Akhtar's tales of assimilation "are as essential today as the work of Saul Bellow, James Farrell, and Vladimir Nabokov were in the 20th century in capturing the drama of the immigrant experience."