Syed Masood
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Marc Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2009–2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3775 21 April 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 4532 15 November 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Diederick Santer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Syed Masood is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Marc Elliott, and first appeared on screen on 21 April 2009. Syed is a British Pakistani and is the eldest son of Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra) and Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia), and older brother of Tamwar (Himesh Patel), Shabnam (Zahra Ahmadi) and Kamil Masood (Arian Chikhlia). Syed's storylines see him fall in love with Christian Clarke (John Partridge), and his eventual acceptance that he is gay. Syed initially marries Amira Shah (Preeya Kalidas) but later comes out, and enters a relationship with Christian, despite the pressures of his family and his Muslim faith. In September 2012, it was announced that Elliott would be leaving EastEnders alongside John Partridge. He departed on 15 November 2012.