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name: "Ray Panthaki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ray-panthaki"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:16:01.989602+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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# Ray Panthaki

Actor. Born 20 January 1979 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1979, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Raiyo Panthaki

## Biography

Ray Panthaki is a British actor, writer, director and producer. He was born in London on 20 January 1979 to second-generation Indian parents from the Parsi community.

He is known for his roles as Private Bedford in *28 Days Later* (2002), Ronny Ferreira in the BBC series *EastEnders* (2003–2005), DI Rav Sangha in *Marcella* (2016–2020), Ram in the Netflix series *Away* (2020), Jevan Kapadia in *Gangs of London* (2020), and Freeman in *Boiling Point* (2021), for which he received a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other film credits include *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), *Kidulthood* (2006), *Colette* (2018) and *Official Secrets* (2019).

Panthaki founded the production company Urban Way and has produced several projects, including *Kidulthood* and *Convenience* (2013). He was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit in 2014 and elected to the BAFTA Film Committee in 2024.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *28 Days Later* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Private Bedford — [page](https://film.one/film/28-days-later.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Boiling Point* (2021), Actor

## Also known for

- *Ali G Indahouse* (2002), Hassan B
- *Official Secrets* (2019), Kamal Ahmed
- *Colette* (2018), Veber
- *Gangs of London* (2020), Jevan Kapadia
- *SAS: Red Notice* (2021), Prime Minister Atwood
- *Away* (2020), Ram
- *Marcella* (2016), DI Rav Sangha
- *EastEnders* (1985), Ronny Ferreira

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