---
name: "Derrick Branche"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derrick-branche"
fi1m_id: "derrick-branche"
imdb_id: "nm0104382"
tmdb_id: 68719
wikidata_id: "Q16115013"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T07:15:57.770979+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."
---

# Derrick Branche

## Identity

Derrick Branche

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derrick-branche
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** derrick-branche
- **IMDb ID:** nm0104382
- **TMDB ID:** 68719
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16115013
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Branche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16115013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68719

Actor. Born 1 January 1947 in Mumbai, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1947, Mumbai, India
- **Active:** 1984–1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (2), 1990s 89 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Branche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16115013, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68719

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Jewel in the Crown*](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Derrick Branche is a British actor and musician. Born in 1947 in Mumbai, India, he was educated at St. Peter's School in Panchgani, where he was a classmate of Freddie Mercury and the guitarist in Mercury's first band, The Hectics.

Branche is best known for his role as Salim in the 1985 film *My Beautiful Laundrette*. His other credits include the recurring role of Nurse Gupte in the television series *Only When I Laugh* (1979–1981), Ahmed Kasim in *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), and Father Jose Fernandez in *Father Ted* (1995). He also appeared in films such as *The Sicilian* (1987) and *Bloodline* (1979), and in episodes of *Blake's 7* (1978). His acting career spanned from 1978 to 2002.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Father Jose Fernandez — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Salim N. Ali — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Fi1m 85, as Ahmed Kasim — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Wonderland Experience* (1998), as Crazed Bloke
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Father Jose Fernandez — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Wipe Out* (1988), series, as Khalid Aziz
- *The Yob* (1988), as Chris
- *The Sicilian* (1987), as Terranova
- *Tai-Pan* (1986), as Vargas
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), as Salim N. Ali — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *Black Silk* (1985), series, as Ismail Khan
- *Mitch* (1984), series, as Ghulum Hussain
- *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), series, as Ahmed Kasim — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jewel-in-the-crown.md)
- *The Dress* (1984), as Harry
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Chris Bell
- *Into the Labyrinth* (1981), series, as Ali
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Kenton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Only When I Laugh* (1979), series, as Gupte
- *Bloodline* (1979), as Chemin-de-fer Player
- *The Golden Lady* (1979), as Ahmed Zamani
- *Blake's 7* (1978), series, as Amagon Guard

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