Kulvinder Ghir
Acting
Voiceover
Acting
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
PICTURE THIS | Pandit Fugga | Prarthana Mohan | Amazon Prime |
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT | Malik | Gurinder Chadha | New Line Cinema |
THE QUEEN'S CORGI | Sanjay | Vincent Kesteloot & Ben Stassen | Belga Films Fund |
MAHI NRI | Mr. Walia & Writer | Gaurav Bavdankar | Firefly Motion Pictures |
SNAPSHOT WEDDING | Sandeep | Raza Mallal | Talkinglens Productions |
THOSE FOUR WALLS | Pravin | Ameet Chana | Malaika Films |
LEVEL UP | Osman | Adam Randall | Fulwell 73 |
ARJUN & ALISON | Professor | Sidharth Sharma | Sid Said Sid Productions |
HONEYCOMB LODGE | Ravi | Lesley Manning | Laughing Stock |
LONDON'S FINEST | Tilbury Taxi Driver | Chris Bouchard | Framestore |
GONE TOO FAR | Bossman | Destiny Ekaragha | Poisson Rouge Pictures |
JADOO | Jagi Chandana | Amit Gupta | AIR Productions |
NAACHLE LONDON | JT | Neville Raschid | Aviary Film Partnership |
UP THERE | Ali | Zam Salim | UK Film Council |
THE ARBOR | Rafee | Clio Barnard | Artangel Media |
31 NORTH 62 EAST | Tariq Malim | Tristan Loraine | 31 North 62 East |
A DISTANT MIRAGE | KATAR SINGH | HARBHAJAN VIRDI | |
EALING COMEDY | Alfie Singh | Neville Raschid | Aviary Film Partnership |
HALAL HARRY | Ghoni | Russell Razzaque | 21st February Films Ltd |
NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS | TV Presenter | Pratibha Parmar | Kali Films |
VAN WILDER: THE RISE OF TAJ | Taj's Father | Mort Nathan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
DEAD COOL | Doctor | David Cohen | Shoreline Entertainment |
LIGHTHOUSE HILL | Raymonburr | David Fairman | Carnaby International |
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM | Teetu | Gurinder Chadha | Kintop Pictures |
TOMORROW LA SCALA! | Rajiv | Francesca Joseph | BBC |
BROTHERS IN TROUBLE | Agent | Udayan Prasad | BBC Film |
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO | Aslam | Alan Clarke | British Screen Productions |
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 |