Arka Das  is TK

An Indian Australian Jamie Oliver wannabe with two things occupying his time – his brand new online cooking show and teaching Will the ‘ins and outs’ of ‘Indianism'.

Arka started acting professionally in 2003 when he entered the regional Youth Shakespeare Festival and in the following year won first place in the duologue category. Throughout university he appeared in various plays, culminating in References to Salvador Dali, Make Me Hot! for Griffin Theatre Co. directed by Anthony Skuse to much acclaim.

He made his debut with the Ensemble Theatre in Animals Out of Paper, for which he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Sydney Theatre Awards that year. He returned to the Ensemble a year later for Casanova, then appeared in Beached at the Griffin Theatre alongside a star-studded cast led by Gia Carides & Kate Mulvany. 

Arka starred as Farid in the critically acclaimed ABC 1 mini series The Code and has since moved into working on feature films. He recently completed work on highly anticipated feature film LION, opposite Dev Patel, Rooney Mara & Nicole Kidman. Other credits include upcoming Australian feature films, 'Down Under’ a dark comedy about the race riots by Abe Forsythe & a screen adaptation of Helen Garner’s bestseller - 'Joe Cinque’s Consolation’ directed by Sotiris Dounoukos. 

As well as acting, Arka has also been writing and directing content. Most notably, he co-created, directed and starred in comedy web series 'The Casuals', which was an official selection at the Hollyweb Festival in Los Angeles. He just completed his first short film Moose, which he co-wrote and directed.