---
name: "Ian Aspinall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-aspinall"
fi1m_id: "ian-aspinall"
imdb_id: "nm0039673"
tmdb_id: 65864
wikidata_id: "Q5980800"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:34.084071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ian Aspinall

## Identity

Ian Aspinall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-aspinall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-aspinall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0039673
- **TMDB ID:** 65864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5980800
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Aspinall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65864

Actor. Born 1 January 1961 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Aspinall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980800, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65864

## Biography

Ian Aspinall is a British actor born in Bolton, Lancashire. He played Nazir Khan in the 1999 film *East Is East*.

Aspinall is known for his regular role as Mubbs Hussein in the BBC medical drama *Holby City* from 2001 to 2005, which he also reprised in *Casualty*. His other television credits include *City Central* (1998–2000), *The Bill*, *Silent Witness*, *Peak Practice* and *Waterloo Road*. He was the first actor to portray Darren Whateley in *Coronation Street*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theboltonnews.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *East Is East* (1999), Fi1m 74, as Nazir Khan — [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kursk* (2012), as Donnie Black
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Mr. Kanda, Dr. Kanda, Hassan Bukhari
- *Killing Me Softly* (2002), as Alice's Work Colleague
- *East Is East* (1999), as Nazir Khan — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Mubbs Hussein
- *City Central* (1998), series, Actor
- *The Fragile Heart* (1996), series, as Dilip Satsu
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Simon Rollason
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Mubbs Hussein — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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