Iqbal Theba Biography

Born and raised in Karachi Pakistan Iqbal Theba came to the US as a college Freshman at the University of Oklahoma Norman. While in college in Oklahoma Theba studied Civil Engineering and eventually obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Engineering Management. After realizing his true passion was acting Theba returned to the University of Oklahoma study Acting. Thoroughly enjoying his time in Oklahoma (he is a true Sooner Football fan) after leaving college Theba decided to move to New York City to pursue his love of acting. After struggling in New York for over two years Iqbal decided to make the move to Los Angeles in hopes of more acting work. Broke and not knowing anyone in Los Angeles Theba stayed with friends in San Bernardino until he could save up enough money to finally move full-time to Los Angeles.
Once in Los Angeles things started to turn around for Theba. He soon found a niche acting in television commercials. His first big commercial was for the Wherehouse Music Chain - where he sang the Chris Isaak song Wicked Game. This was followed by commercials for MacDonalds Burger King Subway AT&T Sprint American Express Capital One Holiday Inn Kelloggs Cereal Tostitos Got Milk and many others. Theba was the first South Asian to have appeared in dozens of mainstream national commercials in the 90's. It was through these television commercials that he was able to get his SAG Card which opened the door to more mainstream Television and Film opportunities.

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