Ray Panthaki is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and director best known for the roles he played in Marcella, Away, and the movie Boiling Point, for which he was nominated for the 2021 BIFA for Best Supporting Actor.
12 Facts About Ray Panthaki
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Ray Panthaki appeared as Hassan B in Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G Indahouse.
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Ray Panthaki appeared in the films Colette, 28 Days Later, Official Secrets, Convenience, Tube Tales, Provoked, Interview with a Hitman, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, and the 2006 film Kidulthood which he produced.
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Ray Panthaki made his West End theatrical debut in July 2008 in the play In My Name at the Trafalgar Studios.
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Ray Panthaki has performed twice at the Royal Court Theatre in London in Where Do We Live by Christopher Shinn and The Westbridge by Rachel De-Lehay.
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Ray Panthaki went on to play a leading role in Tanika Gupta's The Empress for the Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Emma Rice.
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In 2013, Ray Panthaki produced and starred in the comedy film Convenience starring alongside Vicky McClure and Adeel Akhtar.
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In 2016, Ray Panthaki was cast as DCI Rav Sangha in Hans Rosenfeldt's Nordic noir detective series Marcella.
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In 2017, it was announced that Ray Panthaki had signed on to Wash Westmoreland's Colette, a biopic about the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, to play real-life French playwright Pierre Veber.
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Ray Panthaki attended the world premier at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival alongside co-stars Keira Knightley and Dominic West, where the film received positive reviews.
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In 2020, Ray Panthaki appeared in the Netflix series Away, alongside Hilary Swank, as Group Captain Ram Arya, second in command on a mission to Mars.
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At the British Independent Film Awards 2021, Ray Panthaki was nominated for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Freeman in Boiling Point alongside Stephen Graham.