Vincent Ebrahim

Vincent Ebrahim (born in 1951) is a South African actor of mixed ethnicity. He studied drama at the University of Cape Town. He is the brother of South African actress Vinette Ebrahim, who is best known for playing the role of Charmaine Beukes in the Afrikaans soap opera Sewende Laan. He immigrated to England in 1976.

Stage roles

Ebrahim spent a decade with community theatre companies performing in plays such as

• Away From It – Common Stock Theatre Company:
• Borderline by Hanif Kureishi.– Joint Stock Theatre Company and
• Tartuffe^[1]

Career

Since 1990, he has worked with Tara Arts, performing in such plays as Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Tartuffe, Oedipus the King, Troilus and Cressida, and Antigone. He has also performed in many radio plays for BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 in the UK.^[2] More recently he has appeared on stage at the Tricycle Theatre in the critically praised ^[3] play The Great Game.^[4]

He is probably best known for playing Ashwin Kumar, the finance-obsessed father on The Kumars at No. 42.^[5] In March 2013 he won the Safta for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his work in Material, which won the best film award.^[6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Bedtime[7]	Mohammad
2005	Meet the Magoons[8][9]
2006	Ideal[10]	Mr Rupani
2008-2009	After You've Gone|[11]	Bobby	25 episodes
2008	Compulsion[12][13]	Satvik
2010	The Old Guys[14]	Rajan
2014	Hollyoaks[15]	Big Bob

References

1. http://feastcreative.com, Feast Creative |. "Tartuffe (1990) | Projects | Tara Arts". tara-arts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
2. BBC. "This Sceptred Isle". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
3. The Guardian (2009-04-25). "The Great Game: Afghanistan". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
4. The Daily Telegraph (2009-04-27). "The Great Game, Tricycle Theatre". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
5. BBC. "The Kumars at No. 42". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
6. Press, City. "Hollywood glam at the Saftas". Retrieved 2013-03-17.
7. Crossley, Neil (2003-12-15). "TV pick of the day". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
8. "The Kumars star Vincent Ebrahim to play a villain in Hollyoaks | News | Hollyoaks | What's on TV". 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
9. "British Comedy Guide - Meet the Magoons". www.sitcom.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
10. "BBC - Press Office - Ideal: Cast credits". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
11. BBC. "After You've Gone". Retrieved 2016-07-20.
12. "ITV Error 404". www.itv.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
13. "Compulsion for Rent on DVD - DVD Netflix". dvd.netflix.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
14. "Amber's Engaged, Engagement, Series 2, The Old Guys - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
15. "The Kumars actor joins Hollyoaks". 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-20.