---
name: "Rishi Nair"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rishi-nair"
fi1m_id: "rishi-nair"
imdb_id: "nm5607406"
tmdb_id: 1849558
wikidata_id: "Q124353101"
roles: []
born: "22 January 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:42:32.599600+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."
---

# Rishi Nair

## Identity

Rishi Nair

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rishi-nair
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rishi-nair
- **IMDb ID:** nm5607406
- **TMDB ID:** 1849558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124353101
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Nair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124353101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5607406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1849558

Actor. Born 22 January 1991 in Ealing, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 January 1991, Ealing, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Rishi Kumar Nair
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_Nair, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124353101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5607406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1849558

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Brian and Charles*](https://film.one/film/brian-and-charles.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Brian and Charles* (2022), Fi1m 74, as Stephen Alderton — [page](https://film.one/film/brian-and-charles.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Bonny Chip* (2024), as Mr Green
- *Count Abdulla* (2023), series, as Maajid
- *Treason* (2022), series, as Met Officer
- *Brian and Charles* (2022), as Stephen Alderton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/brian-and-charles.md)
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, as Adnan
- *The Forbidden Note* (2016), as Ali
- *Grantchester* (2014), series, as Alpheus 'Alphy' Kotteram
- *Romeo. Hotel. Eleven.*, as Jay

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