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name: "Bhasker Patel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bhasker-patel"
fi1m_id: "bhasker-patel"
imdb_id: "nm0080282"
tmdb_id: 119792
wikidata_id: "Q19518594"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 February 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:10:23.705827+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."
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# Bhasker Patel

## Identity

Bhasker Patel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bhasker-patel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bhasker-patel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0080282
- **TMDB ID:** 119792
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19518594
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19518594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119792

Actor. Born 7 February 1956 in Kampala, Uganda.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 February 1956, Kampala, Uganda
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Also known as:** Bhasker, Bhaskar Patel, Bashker
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (2), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $335m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19518594, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0080282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119792

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Dirty Filthy Love*](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dirty Filthy Love* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Hasim — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md)
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Tariq — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), Fi1m 65, as Temple Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

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

- *Secret Identity* (2025), as Solomon Wake
- *The Sink* (2025), as Plumber
- *Sky Peals* (2024), as Bilal
- *Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In* (2024), as David Daniels
- *Behind the Lens* (2024), as Professor
- *For God's Sake* (2024), as Janab Ji
- *Sumotherhood* (2023), as Pinky Patel
- *God 2.0* (2023), as God
- *Tall Dark and Handsome* (2023), as Rajiv
- *Crushed Wings* (2022), as Masood
- *Blank* (2022), as Dr. Varma
- *Love Death and Eevrything In Between* (2022), as Pradeep
- *Sanjay Saves the World* (2021), as Sanjay
- *Kate and the Cosmonaut* (2020), as Charles
- *I Stand For Us* (2020), as Rob
- *Leviathan Cycle, Episode 6: Ding Ling & Senait* (2020), as Nemo
- *Leviathan Cycle, Episode 5: Ismael* (2020), as Nemo
- *Leviathan Cycle, Episode 4: Jamila* (2020), as Nemo
- *Drive Me to the End* (2020), as Sandeep
- *The Saint of Southall* (2020), as Tejinder
- *Vegetable Crushers* (2020), as Mr Samson
- *Dragonfiles Only Live for 24 Hours* (2018), as Masood Zahir
- *Jamal* (2018), as Jamal's Father
- *Babs* (2018), as Vivek
- *Snowden* (2016), as Marwan Al-Kirmani
- *Utopia* (2015), as Spiritual Man
- *The Vote* (2015), as Pravin Shah
- *Demon Baby* (2014), as Doctor Amin
- *Pulp* (2013), as Stan
- *Ashes* (2012), as Angry Patient
- *The Boarding School Bomber* (2011), as Imam
- *Junkhearts* (2011), as Hasan
- *Anuvahood* (2011), as Shopkeeper
- *Heartless* (2010), as Mr Mohan (uncredited)
- *Indigo* (2010), as Uncle Vinod
- *The Infidel* (2010), as Sharif
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Damar
- *The Rain Has Stopped* (2009), Actor
- *8* (2008), as (segment "Person to Person")
- *Compulsion* (2008), as Ranjit Sharma
- *Fairy Tales* (2008), series, as Mr Waddedar
- *Funland* (2005), series, as Raj
- *The Call of the Toad* (2005), as Chatterjee
- *Dirty Filthy Love* (2005), as Hasim — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-filthy-love.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Jival Chowdry — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), as Kyrano
- *The Long Bank Holiday* (2004), as Mr. Lal
- *Canterbury Tales* (2003), series, as Dillip
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Psychiatrist
- *State of Mind* (2003), as Abdul Yusuf
- *Mad Dogs* (2002), as Rashid
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Professor Lal Rei — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Sanjay Patel
- *Zehn wahnsinnige Tage* (2000), as Sajeewa
- *Arabian Nights* (2000), series, as Carpet Seller
- *Pure Wickedness* (1999), series, as Dr. Raju Patel
- *Animated World Faiths* (1998), series, as Guru Nanak (voice)
- *My Son the Fanatic* (1997), as Maulvi
- *Küstenwache* (1997), series, as Jay Kumaratunga
- *Twin Town* (1997), as Ranjit
- *Brothers in Trouble* (1996), as Gholam
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Wasim Razzaq
- *Game On* (1995), series, as Shopkeeper
- *It's Not Unusual* (1995), as Ram
- *Two Oranges and a Mango* (1994), as Lawyer
- *Being Human* (1994), as Andre
- *A Business Affair* (1994), as Jaboul
- *The Long Roads* (1993), as Yussuf
- *Civvies* (1992), series, as Marway
- *Immaculate Conception* (1992), as Raju
- *Birds of a Feather* (1989), series, as Mr Patel
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, as Newsagent
- *Dragon Chow* (1987), as Shezad
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), as Tariq — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), as Temple Guard — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)
- *The Garland* (1981), as Vijay
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as Rishi Sharma
- *Shirin*, as Javad
- *Purgatory*, as Dr. Malik
- *No Crying in the Car*, as Father

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