--- name: "Nitin Ganatra" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nitin-ganatra" fi1m_id: "nitin-ganatra" imdb_id: "nm0304092" tmdb_id: 58776 wikidata_id: "Q3877354" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 February 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-01T21:03:57.366729+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." --- # Nitin Ganatra ## Identity Nitin Ganatra - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nitin-ganatra - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nitin-ganatra - **IMDb ID:** nm0304092 - **TMDB ID:** 58776 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3877354 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Ganatra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3877354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58776 Actor. Born 21 February 1968 in Kenya. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 February 1968, Kenya - **Active:** 1991–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (3), 2000s 70 (2), 2020s 68 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $489m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitin_Ganatra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3877354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58776 ## Coming up - *Frank and Percy* (2026-10-13) ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Shifty*](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nitin Ganatra is a British actor born in Kenya. He studied drama, film and television at the University of Bristol and trained under Jerzy Grotowski. Ganatra is known for playing Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* (2007–2019), for which he received a British Soap Award. His film roles include Prince Pondicherry in *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Mr Kohli in *Bride & Prejudice* (2004) and Rez in *Shifty* (2008). Television appearances include Dr Anwar in *Wednesday* (2022), Ranjit Varma in *3 Body Problem* (2024) and roles in *Hellboy* (2019), *Bodies* (2023) and *Sweetpea* (2024). He was appointed OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) - *3 Body Problem* (2024), Fi1m 65, as Ranjit Varma — [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md) - *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, as Dr. Anwar — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) - *Shifty* (2008), Fi1m 77, as Rez — [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) - *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), Fi1m 64, as Prince Pondicherry — [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) - *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, as Potential Suitor — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) - *This Life* (1996), Fi1m 84, as Salim — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md) - *Truly Madly Deeply* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Ghost — [page](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply.md) ## Complete filmography (69) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Frank and Percy* (2026), Actor - *Apnas* (2026), as Aslam Khan - *Christmas Karma* (2025), as Parduman Singh (Shopkeeper) - *Elephant* (2025), Actor - *Line Of Control* (2024), as The Boy's Father (Sarpanch) - *Sweetpea* (2024), series, as Rory - *Mr Bigstuff* (2024), series, as Brian - *Seize Them!* (2024), as Witgar the Baker - *3 Body Problem* (2024), series, as Ranjit Varma — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/3-body-problem.md) - *Sexy Beast* (2024), series, as Ricky Sidhu - *Bodies* (2023), series, as Ishmael - *Accused* (2023), as Ramesh - *Changing Ends* (2023), series, as Mr Robertson - *Short Stay, Long Stay* (2023), as Vinny - *Wednesday* (2022), series, as Dr. Anwar — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) - *The Undeclared War* (2022), series, as Ahmed Parvin - *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, as Charles Ambrose - *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Virat Sharma — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md) - *Murder, They Hope* (2021), series, as Carl - *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Dan - *National Theatre Live: Death of England: Michael* (2020), as (Additional Voice) - *Hellboy* (2019), as August Swain - *Eaten by Lions* (2018), as Malik - *The Worst Witch* (2017), series, as Mr Daisy - *The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas* (2012), as Papa / Ram / Chameau (voice) - *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Martin Soper - *East Street* (2010), as Masood Ahmed - *Mad Sad & Bad* (2009), as Atul - *Mumbai Calling* (2009), series, Actor - *Shifty* (2008), as Rez — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) - *The Shadow in the North* (2007), Actor - *The Hunting Party* (2007), as Indian Officer - *The Grey Man* (2007), as Gary Page - *Jane Hall* (2006), series, as Sid Gokahani - *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Robson - *Land of the Blind* (2006), as Prison Official - *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), as Deepak - *The Mistress of Spices* (2005), as Haroun Rehman - *Meet the Magoons* (2005), series, Actor - *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), as Prince Pondicherry — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) - *Twisted Tales* (2005), series, as Harry Nagra - *Piccadilly Jim* (2004), as Banje Singh - *England Expects* (2004), Actor - *Bride & Prejudice* (2004), as Mr. Kohli - *Canterbury Tales* (2003), series, as Pushpinder - *Spine Chillers* (2003), series, Actor - *Grease Monkeys* (2003), series, as Doctor - *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Samir - *Me & Mrs. Jones* (2003), as Adam Crawley - *Inferno* (2002), as Naz - *Pure* (2002), as Abu - *Being April* (2002), series, as Sunil - *Rescue Me* (2002), series, as Jimmy - *The Jury* (2002), series, as Tariq Shah - *Shooters* (2002), as Ajay - *Sweet Revenge* (2001), series, as Lawyer - *Murder in Mind* (2001), series, as Riaz Chowdry - *Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)* (2000), series, Actor - *Extremely Dangerous* (1999), series, as Ali Khan - *Guru in Seven* (1998), as Sanjay - *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ned Skye — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md) - *Secrets & Lies* (1996), as Potential Suitor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) - *This Life* (1996), series, as Salim — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md) - *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Actor - *Unser Charly* (1995), series, as Ravi Patel - *Truly Madly Deeply* (1991), as Ghost — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/truly-madly-deeply.md) - *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Masood Ahmed - *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor - *Aladdin: The Monkey’s Paw*, as Hassan ## Gallery - ![Nitin Ganatra](https://film.one/media/person/304429/gallery-5cd6a103fe21.jpg) Nitin Ganatra — Pam, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Nitin_Ganatra.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nitin Ganatra](https://film.one/media/person/304429/gallery-89d61b65847a.jpg) Nitin Ganatra — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2022: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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