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Himesh Patel

Acting

Biography

Himesh Jitendra Patel (born 13 October 1990) is a British actor. He began his career portraying Tamwar Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2007–2016). This was followed by roles in the Channel 4 sitcom Damned (2016–2018) and the films Yesterday (2019) and Tenet (2020). In 2021, Patel starred in the HBO miniseries Station Eleven, earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, and appeared in Adam McKay's Netflix film Don't Look Up. He then starred in the films Good Grief (2023), Greedy People (2024), The Assessment (2024) and Bubble & Squeak (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Himesh Patel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: October 13, 1990

Place of Birth: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Filmography

2027
High in the Clouds

as Wirral (voice)

2025
2025
2024
The Franchise

as Daniel Kumar

2024
2023
Good Grief

as Thomas

2022
The Amazing Maurice

as Keith (voice)

2022
Enola Holmes 2

as Dr. Watson

2022
Ten Percent

as Himesh Patel

2021
Station Eleven

as Jeevan Chaudhary

2021
Don't Look Up

as Phillip

2021
Enjoy

as Michael

2020
Tenet

as Mahir

2020
The Luminaries

as Emery Staines

2020
Avenue 5

as Jordan Hatwal

2019
The Aeronauts

as John Trew

2019
Yesterday

as Jack Malik

2018
The Best of EastEnders

as Tamwar Masood (archive footage)

2017
Motherland

as Mr. Glencuddy

2017
The Fox

as The Suit

2016
Damned

as Nitin

2014
Two Dosas

as Pavan

2011
Black Mirror

as TV Krish

2002
Top Gear

as Self

1985
EastEnders

as Tamwar Masood

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Enola Holmes 3

as Dr. Watson