---
name: "Amit Shah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amit-shah"
fi1m_id: "amit-shah"
imdb_id: "nm1904716"
tmdb_id: 150072
wikidata_id: "Q19946588"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T00:02:42.838246+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Amit Shah

## Identity

Amit Shah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amit-shah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amit-shah
- **IMDb ID:** nm1904716
- **TMDB ID:** 150072
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19946588
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Shah_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19946588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1904716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150072

Actor. Born 26 April 1981 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 April 1981, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** 아미트 샤
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $211m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Shah_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19946588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1904716/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150072

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr Bates vs The Post Office*](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md) (80)

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## Biography

Amit Shah is a British actor. Born Amit Kaushik Shah on 26 April 1981 in London, England, he read drama at Staffordshire University and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He is known for his BAFTA-nominated performance as Faisal Bhatti in the third series of *Happy Valley* (2022). Other television roles include Fred in *Crashing* (2016), Torque in *The Witcher* (2019), Rahul in *Doctor Who* (2018) and Jasgun Singh in *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024). Film credits include Mansur in *The Hundred-Foot Journey* (2014), Samir in *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), Andy in *Last Christmas* (2019) and Eric Paley in *Pain Hustlers* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Jasgun Singh — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), Fi1m 64, as Zayden — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Happy Valley* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Faisal Bhatti — [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, as Sauron — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wild* (2026), as Dev
- *Box of Frogs* (2026), as Sandeep
- *The Revenge Club* (2025), series, as Malcolm Ray
- *Murder Before Evensong* (2025), series, as DS Neil Vanloo
- *Death Valley* (2025), series, as Ashwin Shaw
- *Egg Timer* (2025), as Perfect Man
- *Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger* (2025), as Oliver
- *Paddington in Peru* (2024), as Zayden — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington-in-peru.md)
- *Opening Up* (2024), Actor
- *7 Keys* (2024), Actor
- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), series, as Jasgun Singh — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *Satisfaction Guaranteed* (2023), as Ashley
- *Pain Hustlers* (2023), as Eric Paley
- *Klokkenluider* (2023), as Ewan
- *Office Royale* (2023), as Colin
- *The Isle Tide Hotel* (2023), as Christopher
- *Tall Dark and Handsome* (2023), as Varun
- *Legs* (2022), Actor
- *My First Dick* (2022), as Mitch Millet
- *Big Ears* (2021), as Kaan · Producer
- *The Long Call* (2021), series, as Ed Raveley
- *Don vs Lightning* (2021), as Dr Kapadia
- *Grace* (2021), series, as Zack Bryce
- *The Lennox Report* (2020), as Mark
- *The Man in the Hat* (2020), as Man Measurer
- *The Other One* (2020), series, as Marcus
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Torque — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Ordinary Love* (2019), as Steve
- *The Courier* (2019), as Nick Murch
- *Last Christmas* (2019), as Andy
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Dr. Rendal
- *End-O* (2019), as Dr. Maan
- *Quiet Carriage* (2019), as Derek
- *The Midnight Gang* (2018), as Dr Luppers
- *Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth* (2018), as Rahul
- *Final Score* (2018), as Faisal
- *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), as Samir
- *The Orgy* (2018), as John
- *Breathe* (2017), as Dr. James Khan
- *To Wendy Who Kicked Me When I Said I Love You* (2017), as Sidd
- *Summer Comedy Shorts* (2017), series, as Kishan
- *The Rebel* (2016), series, as Jeremy
- *Stag* (2016), series, as The Mexican
- *Crashing* (2016), series, as Fred
- *Howl* (2015), as Matthew
- *The Hundred-Foot Journey* (2014), as Mansur
- *Happy Valley* (2014), series, as Faisal Bhatti — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *W1A* (2014), series, as Sadiq Iqbal
- *Cut* (2013), as The Director
- *All Stars* (2013), as Teacher
- *Bluestone 42* (2013), series, as Captain Parekh
- *The Facility* (2012), as Arif Lokesh
- *National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors* (2012), as Angelo
- *Lilyhammer* (2012), series, as Viswanathan
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Jack — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Sunil Singh Kirmani
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, as Sauron — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2011), as Oswald
- *Whites* (2010), series, as Axel
- *It's a Wonderful Afterlife* (2010), as Speed Dating Man 6
- *The Infidel* (2010), as Rashid Nasir
- *13 Semester* (2009), as Aswin
- *The Blue Tower* (2008), as Neran
- *Like Minds* (2006), as Raj Mehta
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Rahul — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Ashur Olmert
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Nigel
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Shray Varma — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Come and Get Me*, as Jimmy Khan
- *Are You Sleeping*, Actor
- *Homing*, Actor

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