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Orli Shuka

British-Albanian actor (born 1976)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ94391951 ↗
Source-derived summary

Orli Shuka (born 27 May 1976) is a British-Albanian actor best known for his role as Luan, head of the Albanian mafia in Gangs of London. He is the son of Albanian actor Agim Shuka.

Filmography

Film role, unless otherwise noted.

Editorial summary

“Orli Shuka” enters the record as british-Albanian actor (born 1976). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Orli, Shuka and British-Albanian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-05-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Orli, Shuka and British-Albanian.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Orli Shuka” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Orli, Shuka and British-Albanian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q94391951. VIAF identifies the subject as 90174224616711350727. The Library of Congress control number is no2025026071. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Orli Shuka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.