Biography
Bhasker Patel is a British actor. He was born on 7 February 1956 in Kampala, Uganda, and has appeared in more than a hundred films since 1981.
His film credits include the Temple Guard in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Tariq in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Ranjit in Twin Town (1997), Kyrano in Thunderbirds (2004), Hasim in Dirty Filthy Love (2005), and Marwan Al-Kirmani in Snowden (2016). On television he has played Jival Chowdry in Doctor Who (2008) and Professor Lal Rei in Spooks (2002).
Since 2011 he has played Rishi Sharma in the soap opera Emmerdale. He has also worked extensively in theatre, with credits at the Royal National Theatre and other venues.
