1. James Patrick Mistry was born on 20 March 1973 and is a retired British actor.
15 Facts About Jimi Mistry
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Jimi Mistry is known for appearing in numerous films such as East Is East, The Guru, Touch of Pink, Ella Enchanted, The Truth About Love, Blood Diamond, Partition, RocknRolla, Exam, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, and West is West.
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Jimi Mistry is known for his roles, as Dr Fred Fonseca in BBC1 soap opera EastEnders, Latif in Cinemax series Strike Back, Kal Nazir in long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, and as Tom Bedford in Kay Mellor drama The Syndicate.
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Jimi Mistry was born on 1 January 1973 in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, to a father of Indian descent and an Irish mother.
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Jimi Mistry attended St James' Catholic High School in Cheadle Hulme before his family moved to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School.
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Jimi Mistry trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.
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Jimi Mistry first gained exposure playing Dr Fred Fonseca on BBC TV's EastEnders, and has since worked on film and stage.
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Jimi Mistry's work includes starring roles in East Is East, The Guru with Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei, Blood Diamond opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla and Partition with Kristin Kreuk.
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Jimi Mistry can be seen in the BAFTA-nominated movie Exam, and portrayed Satnam Tsurutani in the epic disaster film 2012.
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In 2010, Jimi Mistry appeared in Gurinder Chadha's film It's a Wonderful Afterlife which premiered at the 2010 Sundance film festival; Basement, a horror film with Danny Dyer; and West is West, the sequel to East is East.
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Jimi Mistry has produced, written and starred in a music documentary about Ibiza entitled And The Beat Goes On, exploring the history of the island, the birth of House Music and the art of the DJ.
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Jimi Mistry has appeared in television series such as Nearly Famous and the second series of The Syndicate.
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Jimi Mistry joined the soap Coronation Street in November 2013 as Kal Nazir, a fitness coach and former soldier.
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In 2010, Jimi Mistry competed in the eighth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Flavia Cacace.
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Jimi Mistry lived with Meg Leonard from 1993; they married in 2001 and divorced in March 2010.