Afzal Khan
Other name(s)	Rambo John Rambo Jan Rambo
Spouse(s)	Sahiba

Afzal Khan (Urdu: افضل خان) a.k.a John Rambo (Urdu script: جان ريمبو) is a Pakistani TV, film and stage actor and comedian. He rose to fame by playing a roll of a janitor nicknamed John Rambo in PTV's famous comedy show Guest House.^[1] He later assumed John Rambo as his unofficial screen name taken from the Sylvester Stallone character John Rambo. Most of movies refer to him as Rambo in movie credits.

[edit] Career

Afzal Khan began his acting career from stage dramas in Islamabad. He acted in a few plays produced by PTV. Those plays were aired only in Islamabad and Peshawar.^[2]

The breakthrough he was cast as John Rambo (a janitor) in PTV's comedy drama series Guest House in 1991.^[2] It was an instant hit and Rambo became the most popular character of the series.

After his success as John Rambo in Guest House he began to get offers from movies. In 1992, he signed his first movie^[2] and became a mainstream Lollywood actor. However, his image of comedy actor from Guest House earned him mostly comedy characters. He tried to do some serious movies but wasn't as successful.

He is successfully married to fellow Lollywood actress Sahiba.

[edit] External links

• Afzal Khan at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

1. ^ Pakistani Film Heroes from the 90's
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Latest Interview with John Rambo". http://www.mag4you.com/spotlight/spotlight.asp?title=John+Rambo&content_id=4110&bhcp=1. Retrieved 2006-11-05. 

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