---
name: "Davood Ghadami"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/davood-ghadami"
fi1m_id: "davood-ghadami"
imdb_id: "nm1859610"
tmdb_id: 205278
wikidata_id: "Q18637398"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:03:40.965045+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."
---

# Davood Ghadami

## Identity

Davood Ghadami

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/davood-ghadami
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** davood-ghadami
- **IMDb ID:** nm1859610
- **TMDB ID:** 205278
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18637398
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davood_Ghadami, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1859610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205278

Actor. Born 7 August 1982 in Harlow, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 August 1982, Harlow, Essex, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davood_Ghadami, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637398, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1859610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/205278

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Chelsea Detective*](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Davood Ghadami is a British actor. He was born in Harlow, Essex, England, and is of Iranian descent.

Ghadami began his career with guest roles in series including *The Bill*, *Doctor Who* (2011) and *Skins* (2007). He appeared as Duncan Clark in the final series of *Taggart* (2010) and later played Kush Kazemi in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* from 2014 to 2021. Subsequent credits include Eli Ebrahimi in *Holby City* (2021–2022), Nitin Shamsie in *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Ben Tyler in *Beyond Paradise* (2023) and Eliab in *House of David* (2025). In 2017 he competed in the fifteenth series of *Strictly Come Dancing*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Nitin Shamsie — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *House of David* (2025), series, as Eliab
- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, as Ben Tyler
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Nitin Shamsie — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Skins: Fire* (2013), as Raj
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Howie Brooks
- *John Carter* (2012), as Stayman #3
- *Extraordinary Rendition* (2007), as Prison Guard
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Raj — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Jim — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Prince Wissam — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Eli Ebrahimi
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Kush Kazemi

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