English actors of South Asian descent

The list English actors of South Asian descent includes Dev Patel, Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Adil Ray and Marc Elliott. The list consists of 24 members and 2 sublists.

English actresses of South Asian descent
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English male actors of South Asian descent
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Dev Patel

British actor

Overview: Dev Patel (born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. Patel made his screen debut as Anwar Kharral in the first two seasons of the British television teen drama Skins (2007–2008), landing the role with no ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Dating)

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Asia Game Changer Award winners 46T

English male taekwondo practitioners 25T

British male actors of Indian descent 41T
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Sarita Choudhury

British actress

Overview: Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is a British actress. She made her screen debut starring in the romantic drama film Mississippi Masala (1991). She later appeared in American and ...

Date of birth: 18 August 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American people of Anglo-Indian descent 9T

British actresses of Asian descent 95T

21st-century American women 14,669T
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Naveen Andrews

British actor

Overview: Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British male actors of Indian descent 56T

American male actors of Indian descent 71T

American people of Malayali descent 38T
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Adil Ray

British actor, comedian and presenter

Overview: Adil Ray (Urdu: عادل رے‎), OBE (born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. Ray also stars in the BBC One comedy Citizen Khan, which he created and co-writes ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: British

Occupation: Radio Personality

Gender: Male

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English male actors of South Asian descent 23T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T

English male television actors 3,637T
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Marc Elliott

British actor (active 1991–)

Overview: Marc Elliott is an English actor from Stratford-upon-Avon, England, who is known for his role as Syed Masood in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders.

Date of birth: 19 October 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Preeya Kalidas (Long-Term)

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors of Indian descent 53T

British male actors of South Asian descent 19T
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Afshan Azad

British actress and model

Overview: Afshan Noor Azad-Kazi (née Azad; born 12 February, 1988) is a British actress, model, and media personality. She is best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series, be ...

Date of birth: 12 February 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Nabil Kazi (Married)

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English actresses of South Asian descent 11T

Actresses from Manchester 97T

21st-century English actresses 1,157T
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Ben Kingsley

British, Actor

Overview: Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy ...

Date of birth: 31 December 1943

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Daniela Lavender (Married)

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British people of Indo-Kenyan descent 39T

BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles winners 33T

Male actors from Salford 47T
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Himesh Patel

British actor (born 1990)

Overview: Himesh Jitendra Patel (born 13 October 1990) is an English actor. He is known for playing Tamwar Masood on the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2016 and for starring in the 2019 romantic comedy film ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1990

Age: 33

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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British male actors of Indian descent 49T

Male actors from Cambridgeshire 29T

English male actors of South Asian descent 24T
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Mina Anwar

British actress (b. 1969)

Overview: Mina Mumtaz Anwar (born 20 September 1969) is a British actress.

Date of birth: 20 September 1969

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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British film actors of Pakistani descent 16T

English people of Pakistani descent 350T

People from Church, Lancashire 5T
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Raza Jaffrey

British actor

Overview: Raza Jaffrey (born 28 May 1973) is an English actor and singer, who starred as Neal Hudson on the CBS TV medical drama Code Black. He is best known for playing Zafar Younis on the BBC One spy drama series ...

Date of birth: 2 January 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Lara Pulver (Married)

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors of Indian descent 53T

Male actors from Liverpool 153T
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Seeta Indrani

British actress

Overview: Seeta Indrani (born 20 April 1963) is an English dancer and actress.

Date of birth: 20 April 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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British actresses of Indian descent 54T

English female dancers 103T

Actresses from London 1,257T
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Sunetra Sarker

British actress, born 1973

Overview: Sunetra Sarker (born 25 June 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles as Nisha Batra in Brookside, Anji Mittel in No Angels, Zoe Hanna in Casualty and Kaneez Paracha in Ackley Bridge. In 2014 ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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English actresses of South Asian descent 11T

Actresses from Liverpool 90T

English soap opera actresses 691T
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Sophiya Haque

Actress

Overview: Sophiya Haque (14 June 1971 – 17 January 2013) was an English actress, singer, video jockey and dancer. She is best known for playing the role of Poppy Morales in Coronation Street between 2008 and 2009 ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1971

Date of death: 17 January 2013

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Actors from Portsmouth 22T

English actresses of South Asian descent 11T

English female dancers 103T
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Ronny Jhutti

Actor

Overview: Ronny Jhutti (born Ajay Dhutti, 1973) is a British actor, most notable for his role as Sohail Karim in EastEnders, Danny Bartock in two episodes of Doctor Who and Naz Omar in Vexed.

Date of birth: 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from London 1,398T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T

20th-century English male actors 2,151T
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Jan Uddin

Actor

Overview: Jan Uddin is an English actor of Bangladeshi descent, living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his lead roles in independent film Cliffs of Freedom (2019) and British thriller Lies We Tell (2017).

Date of birth: 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: British

Occupation: Model

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands 62T

English male actors of South Asian descent 23T

English male soap opera actors 559T
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Mathew Bose

British actor

Overview: Mathew Bose (born 3 July 1977) is an Indian-British actor. He is best known for his role as Paul Lambert in the soap opera Emmerdale from 2004 to 2010 and again in 2015.

Date of birth: 3 July 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors of Indian descent 53T

Male actors from London 1,398T
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Ameet Chana

British actor

Overview: Ameet Chana (born 12 September 1975 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British-Indian actor. His most notable role is Adi Ferreira in EastEnders.

Date of birth: 12 September 1975

Age: 48

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

English male actors of South Asian descent 23T

English male soap opera actors 559T
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Suzana Ansar

English singer and actress

Overview: Suzana Ansar (Bengali: সুজানা আনসার; born 14 February ) is an English singer, actress and television presenter of Bangladeshi descent.

Date of birth: 14 February 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century English women singers 582T

21st-century women singers 8,493T

Alumni of Queen Mary University of London 191T
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Ajay Nayyar

Actor

Overview: Ajay Pratap Singh Nayyar (born 21 September 1982) is a British-Indian film, television and stage actor, producer and director.

Date of birth: 21 September 1982

Age: 41

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors of Indian descent 53T

English male actors of South Asian descent 23T
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Rory Girvan

Actor

Overview: Rory Girvan is a British actor, best known for playing Sunil in Stella, Sky Comedy Drama written by and starring Ruth Jones.

Date of birth: 13 August 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from Leeds 54T

English male stage actors 2,411T

English male film actors 3,279T