Biography
Rishi Kumar Nair (also credited as Rishi Nair) is a British actor. He was born on 22 January 1991 in Ealing, London.
Nair studied law at university before training as an actor. He made his television debut in 2015 in episodes of Silent Witness and New Tricks, and appeared in independent films including I'm Still Here (2013) and The Forbidden Note (2016). He is known for playing Sami Maalik in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2017–2021), for which he was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards, and for the role of Alphy Kottaram in the ITV series Grantchester (2024–).
His other credits include the film Brian and Charles (2022) as Stephen Alderton, the series Whitstable Pearl (2021) and Treason (2022), and Count Abdulla (2023). He has also worked as an executive producer on later seasons of Grantchester.
