Phaldut Sharma

Phaldut Sharma
Born 1981
London, England
Occupation Actor, dancer

Phaldut Sharma,[1] also known as Paul Sharma, is a British actor and dancer.

Early life

Sharma is the son of Guyanese Hindus. His family moved from London to Bassaleg in Newport when he was six years old.[2] He was educated at Bassaleg Comprehensive, Pontypool College and Guildford School of Acting.[2]

Career

Television and film

Sharma played Vinnay Ramdas in Casualty and then Damon Lynch in 2011,[3] Rajiv in comedy-drama Roger Roger and was Paul in Meet the Magoons.[4]

He has also appeared in episodes of Life on Mars, Dalziel and Pascoe and the BBC daytime series Doctors. also appeared in one episode of Ultimate Force Series 4 Episode 3 "the dividing line"

Sharma was in the first episode of the UK comedy The Office, playing Sanj and was Stacey Shipman's (Joanna Page) ex-fiancé, Achmed, in Gavin & Stacey.

In 2009, Sharma appeared as Hindu nationalist Harish Dhillon in an episode of Spooks.

In 2012, Sharma was cast in EastEnders as Masood Ahmed's (Nitin Ganatra) brother AJ, a regular character.[5] He left the soap opera in 2014.[6]

He also appeared in episode six of Hunted.

In 2013, he voiced Shariff in the film Gravity.

In 2015 he released I Gotta Be Me - a ten part web comedy in which he plays Paul Shah - a semi-autobigraphical character based on his experience as a Sammy Davis Junior tribute act.[7]

Stage

Sharma played Sammy Davis, Jr in the West End production of Rat Pack Confidential in 2003.[8]

From September to October 2010, he appeared in Factory Theatre Company's Boiling Frogs at Southwark Playhouse, London.[9][10]

References

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