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name: "Harmage Singh Kalirai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harmage-singh-kalirai"
fi1m_id: "harmage-singh-kalirai"
imdb_id: "nm0435877"
tmdb_id: 107725
wikidata_id: "Q114273699"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 June 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T21:39:39.242212+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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# Harmage Singh Kalirai

## Identity

Harmage Singh Kalirai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harmage-singh-kalirai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harmage-singh-kalirai
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435877
- **TMDB ID:** 107725
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114273699
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114273699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435877/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107725

Actor. Born 10 June 1956 in North London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 June 1956, North London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1988–2012
- **Also known as:** Hermage Singh Kaliral, Hermage Singh Kalirai, Harmage Singh Kaliral, Harmahe-Singh Kalirai
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114273699, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435877/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107725

## Biography

Harmage Singh Kalirai is a British actor, also credited under variant spellings including Harmage Singh and Harmahe-Singh Kalirai. He trained at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London, the Ladislav Fialka Mime School in Prague and École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

His television credits include Patel in the 1988 series *A Very British Coup*, Mr. Rashid in *Peep Show* (2003), Hamid Ahmed in *Spooks* (2002), Said in *A Touch of Frost* (1992), Azi Kumar in *Lovejoy* (1986) and roles in *The Bill* (1984). Film appearances include Atif in *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012), Mr Khan in *Mischief Night* (2006) and Swami Prajnanpad in *Dalida* (2017). He has also directed *Chicken Tikka Masala* (2005) and co-produced the short *A Ship Aground* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, azmovies.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012), Fi1m 84, as Atif — [page](https://film.one/film/alan-partridge-welcome-to-the-places-of-my-life.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Dalida* (2017), as Swami Prajnanpad
- *Big School* (2013), series, as Photocopier Man
- *The Politician's Husband* (2013), series, as Muslim Constituent
- *Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life* (2012), as Atif — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/alan-partridge-welcome-to-the-places-of-my-life.md)
- *Mischief Night* (2006), as Mr Khan
- *Chicken Tikka Masala* (2005), Director
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Mr. Rashid — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, as Khalid Khan
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Hamid Ahmed — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Guru in Seven* (1998), as Jas
- *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, as Newsagent
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Ralph
- *Brothers in Trouble* (1995), as Sher Baz
- *Hearts and Minds* (1995), series, as Mr Azzad
- *(All Quiet on the) Preston Front* (1994), series, as Mr Ali
- *Memsahib Rita* (1994), as Shop keeper
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Said
- *Latifah and Himli’s Nomadic Uncle* (1992), as Uncle Nizar
- *Stanley and the Women* (1991), series, as Dr Patel
- *Paper Mask* (1990), as Surgeon
- *A Very British Coup* (1988), series, as Patel
- *A Ship Aground* (1988), Co-Producer
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Azi Kumar
- *Tandoori Nights* (1985), series, as Pandit
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor

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