# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dino-shafeek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:30:34.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dino-shafeek"
name: "Dino Shafeek"
slug: "dino-shafeek"
description: "Dino Shafeek was a British Bangladeshi actor specialising in comedy roles. Born and raised in Dhaka, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1958 and appeared in several sitcoms during the 1970s and early 1980s. He is best remembered for playing the part of Chai Wallah Muhammed in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the role of Ali Nadim in ITV sitcom Mind Your Language."
tagline: "Bangladeshi comedy actor (1930-1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/AliNadim.png/330px-AliNadim.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1930-03-21"
deathDate: "1984-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.114017333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787247/"
    handle:    "nm0787247"
sources:
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    title: "دینو شفیق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dino Shafeek"
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    title: "دينو شافيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "দীনু শফিক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Shafeek"
    title: "Dino Shafeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Shafeek"
    title: "Dino Shafeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Shafeek"
    title: "Dino Shafeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Shafeek"
    title: "Dino Shafeek"
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  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%82"
    title: "دینو شفیق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دينو شفيق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump