Kulvinder Ghir
Kulvinder Ghir (born 10 August 1965 in Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya[1]) is a Kenyan-born British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
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Early life
Born in Nairobi, Kenya to Indian-born parents,[2] Ghir grew up in the Chapeltown suburb of Leeds, England.[3] He first began performing on stage aged 13, going on to play comedy clubs between 15 and 17,[4] thereafter enrolling in a London drama school.[5]
Career
Ghir made his first television appearance in 1985, in the recurring role of Davy Malik in BBC drama Howards' Way.[6] His breakthrough role[7] came in 1987, in the controversial British film Rita, Sue and Bob Too!. Since, he has worked extensively in film, television and theatre.
He is best known as being one of four regular cast members in the BBC sketch comedy Goodness Gracious Me, in both its radio and TV incarnation. Amongst the many characters Ghir played were "Chunky Lafunga", a sexy Bollywood "hero", the superhero Bhangra Man, and as one half of the "Bhangramuffins" duo (alongside series co-writer Sanjeev Bhaskar).
He is also known for providing the voice of Ajay Bains in Postman pat
His play Dusky Warriors premiered at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, London in 1995.
From September 2009 to May 2011, Ghir was part of the cast of BBC Three comedy series Lunch Monkeys, playing Mohammed Khan, father of Abdullah Afzal.[8] The show lasted two series.
In 2013 he appeared as one of the feuding brothers in the UK film, Jadoo.[9]
In 2013, he also appeared in the final episode of British sitcom Big School, as Mr Rupesh the school bus driver.[10]
References
- ↑ http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/521430/
- ↑ http://www.theasianworld.co.uk/index.php/kulvinder-ghir-on-drug-abuse-life-and-films-2/
- ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/cinema/kulvinder-ghir-from-rita-sue-to-the-rivalry-of-jadoo-1-6022508
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/theatre/2003/05/mc_kulvinder_ghir_interview.shtml
- ↑ http://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/shropshire/Interview/kulvinder-ghir/kulvinder-ghir-from-goodness-gracious-to-shakespeare/
- ↑ http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/521430/
- ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/cinema/kulvinder-ghir-from-rita-sue-to-the-rivalry-of-jadoo-1-6022508
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/19/lunch_monkeys.shtml "BBC - Press Office - Lunch Monkeys starts shooting second series" Retrieved 18 August 2011
- ↑ "Jadoo, review", The Telegraph (London), 5 September 2013.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bfqzd
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Writers from Nairobi
- British male actors of South Asian descent
- English Sikhs
- English people of Kenyan descent
- English people of Indian descent
- English male television actors
- English male stage actors
- English male film actors
- English male musical theatre actors
- British male Shakespearean actors
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Punjabi people
