Kulvinder Ghir

KULVINDER GHIR is a British actor whose career has spanned over 30 years including a wide range of credits on stage, screen and radio. Kulvinder will next be seen starring in the upcoming BBC series “Black Narcissus”. His most recent credits include the Sky series “Delicious” and Gurinder Chadha’s latest feature “Blinded By The Light” and this is his third collaboration with the writer and director - prior to this he was seen in the ITV series “Beecham House” and this all follows on from his role in the BAFTA nominated film “Bend It Like Beckham”. He is a series regular on the hit BBC show “Still Open All Hours” where is stars as Cyril. Recent theatre work includes “East is East” at the Octagon Theatre, “A Midsummer Nights Dream” directed by Sir Trevor Nunn at the New Wosley Theatre and “Much Ado About Nothing” at the RSC.

Kulvinder is also well-known as one part of the quartet behind the hugely successful BBC comedy “Goodness Gracious Me.” Other notable credits include “Ritu, Sue & Bob Too” and “Jadoo”.

He has also voiced a number of projects, including “The Queen’s Corgi” and “Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service” as Ajay Bains.

Film

Production	Character	Director	Company
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT	Malik	Gurinder Chadha	Bend It Films
ARJUN & ALISON	Professor	Sidharth Sharma	Sid Said Sid Productions
GONE TOO FAR	Bossman	Destiny Ekaragha
JADEN			NEW TALENT PRODUCTIONS
PUJA NIGHTS (Short)	Cosmo Basmati	Daniel Janes, Tanjil Rashid, Charlie Weedon	Puja Nights Ltd
31 NORTH 62 EAST	Tariq Malim	Tristan Loraine	Fact Not Fiction Films
JADOO	Jagi	Amit Gupta
THE ARBOR	Rashid	Clio Barnard	Art Angel
NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS	Korma	Pratibha Parmar	Kali Films /Priority Pictures
DEAD COOL	Kumar		Psychology News
A FLIGHT OF FANCY	Raymonburr Patel
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO	Aslam	Alan Clark
LUCKY SUNIL		Michael Caton-Jones
NORTHERN CRESCENT	Javed	David Cohen

Television

Production	Character	Director	Company
CALL THE MIDWIFE S13	Kulvir Sharma		Neal Street Productions
FOUNDATION	Poly Verisof	Various	Skydance Television
HILDA	Additional Voices	Andy Coyle	Silvergate Media
SUSPICION	Rakesh Kapoor	Chris Long/Stefan Schwartz	Apple TV
BLACK NARCISSUS	General Toda Rai	Charlotte Bruus Christensen	BBC and FX Productions
DELICIOUS	Mohan	Amit Gupta	Sky One
BEECHAM HOUSE	Cool Chand	Gurinder Chadha	BEND IT TV / ITV
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME	Various	Nick Wood	BBC
STILL OPEN ALL HOURS	Cyril	Dewi Humphreys	BBC
THE KABADASSES	Latte	Anil Gupta	Objective
ANY HUMAN HEART	Mr Subadar Singh	Michael Samuels	Carnival Film and Television
BIG SCHOOL	Mr Hubble		BBC
PSYCHOVILLE	Mr. Kaakar		BBC
LUNCH MONKEYS 2	Mr. Mohammed		BBC
LUNCH MONKEYS 2	Mr. Mohammed		BBC
LAID OFF	Ali		Wilder Films (Laid Off) Ltd
LUNCH MONKEYS	Mohammed	Various	Channel K
MY LIFE AS A POPAT	Ramesh Popat		ITV
HOLBY			BBC
FOOD FOR RAVENS		Trevor Griffiths	BBC
THE BILL			Thames TV
OUT OF THE BLUE	Naz	Laura Mackie	BBC TV
FLIGHT	Anil	Alex Pilai	Hindi Pictures
CHEF			Crucial Films for BBC TV
THE REAL McCOY	five series		BBC TV
STAGES: TWO ORANGES AND A MANGO	Rajesh	Lindsay Posner	BBC TV
BLOOD AND PEACHES	Javed		Waller Film Co
THE CHIEF	Raju	AJ Quinn	Anglia TV
CASUALTY	Ahmet	Diane Patrick	BBC TV
BODY AND SOUL	Terry	Moria Armstrong	Carlton TV
TRUE CRIMES	Nadine	Simon Massey	Granada TV
G.B.H.	Ravi	Robert Young	Channel 4
WATERFRONT BEAT	two series		BBC TV
CASUALTY	Jevan	Michael Morrison	BBC TV
A SENSE OF GUILT	Jamal	Bruce MacDonald	BBC TV
STOLEN	Tariq	Roger Bamford	LWT
ALBERT CAMPION	Cheeto	Ronnie Wilson	BBC TV
HOWARDS WAY	two series		BBC TV
AT HOME WITH THE BRAITHWAITES			Yorkshire Television
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - three series		Anil Gupta	BBC Television

Stage

Production	Character	Director	Company
THE MEMORY OF WATER	Frank	Alice Hamilton	Hampstead Theatre
EAST IS EAST	George	Ben Occhipinti	Octagon Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM	Bottom	Sir Trevor Nunn	New Wosley Theatre
DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT	Mr Fitzwarren/Prince	Steve Marmion	Lyric Hammersmith
A BRITISH SUBJECT	Amjad	Hannah Eidinow	Pleasance 2, Edinburgh Festival and New York
ALADDIN			Bradford Alhambra Theatre
BLOOD	Rajiv Ghandi	Lindsay Posner	Royal Court Theatre, Manchester
BLUE HELMET			Incidental Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
COMEDIANS	Mr Patel	Sean Holmes	Lyric Hammersmith
DRINK THE MERCURY	Chisso	Andy Hay	Octogon Theatre, Bolton
EXCESS	Orbit	Brigid Lamour	Contact Theatre, Manchester
HOT SUMMER	Chitti	Jenny Killick	National Theatre
I MISS MY WAR	Sya	Iraj j Attaje	Almeida Theatre
MIDNIGHTS CHILDREN			RSC
PROMETHEUS IN EVIN	Ali	Phil Young	Young Vic
ROMEO AND JULIET	Paris	Teddy Kendel	The Albany
SMALL MIRACLES	Arjun		Mercury Theatre / Tricycle Theatre
SOUTH PACIFIC	Henry	Rob Hamlin	Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
STRANGE ATTRACTORS		Brigid Lamour	Contact Theatre, Manchester
THATCHER'S CHILDREN	Girlie	Andy Hay	Bristol Old Vic
THE CAUCASION CHALK CIRCLE			Royal National Theatre, Theatre d'Complicite
THE FAR PAVILIONS	Rana of Bhitor
THE GULF BETWEEN US	Chatti	Trevor Griffiths	West Yorkshire Playhouse
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO	Figaro		Royal Exchange Manchester
THE MYSTERY PLAYS	Abel	Mike Kay	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
THE TEMPEST			Contact Theatre, Manchester
THE WAITING ROOM			Royal National Theatre
TORPEDOS IN A JACUZZI		Phil Young	Leeds Playhouse
TWELFTH NIGHT	Feste	Stephen Beresford	Albery Theatre
UGANDA	Aakesh	Polly Teale	Royal Court Theatre
WHO SHALL BE HAPPY		Trevor Griffiths	Mad Cow Productions
WHO SHALL BE HAPPY			Workshop, Nottingham Playhouse
WINTERS TALE	Clown	Phillida Lloyd	Royal Exchange, Manchester
EAST IS EAST	George		Octagon Theatre, Bolton

Radio

Production	Character	Director	Company
A TIGER FOR MALGUDI	various		BBC
DR ZHIVAGO	Galliulin	Jonquil Panting	BBC
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME		Anil Gupta	BBC
IT WON'T CHANGE MY LIFE	lead	Trevor Griffiths	BBC
SAMSARA		Nandita Ghose	BBC
TAKE AWAY	Surjit	Gary Brown	BBC
THE RAJ QUARTET	Dr De Souza		BBC
THREE LARGE BEERS	waiter / narrator		BBC
WHOSE SARI NOW	Rajesh		BBC