Biography
Kulvinder Ghir is a British actor, comedian and writer. Born on 10 August 1965 in Nairobi, Kenya, he grew up in Leeds and trained at a London drama school after beginning to perform stand-up comedy as a teenager.
His breakthrough screen role was as Aslam in the 1987 film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. He is best known as a regular cast member in the BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2015). Other film credits include Bend It Like Beckham (2002) as Teetu, Tomorrow La Scala! (2002) as Rajiv, and Blinded by the Light (2019) as Malik. Television work includes the role of Poly Verisof in Foundation (2021) and a long-running part as Cyril in Still Open All Hours.
