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Sartaj Garewal | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000-present |
Sartaj Garewal is a British actor and voice artist who works in films, TV, theatre and audio. His films include The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dirty War (2004), The Infidel (2010) and Baseline (2010).
Born and raised in Wiltshire, Garewal holds a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance.
Notable stage performances include Behind The Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre) 2015 and Wipers (Leicester Curve) 2016. Other theatre includes Romeo & Juliet (Royal Exchange Manchester), Taming of the Shrew (Arcola Theatre), East is East (New Vic Theatre, Stoke), Too Close to Home (Lyric Hammersmith, and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre) 2008.
He played the lead role of Kuljit in the BBC radio drama Silver Street for six years and has narrated various audiobooks including Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, Jubilee by Shelley Harris, and Playing It My Way, Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography. He has also featured on The Archers and BBC Radio 4's Book At Bedtime.
Garewal played Jasper Choudhury in over 50 episodes in season 2 of the US teen drama House of Anubis for Nickelodeon in 2012. Other screen credits include The Gold (BBC) 2022, This Country (BBC) 2020 and the feature film Men In Black International (Columbia/Sony) 2019. In 2023, he portrayed the role of Professor Abid Anwar in the BBC soap opera Doctors . [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Doctors | Professor Abid Anwar | Recurring role |
| 2012 | Tezz | Anil's Friend | |
| 2012 | House of Anubis | Jasper Choudhuary | 39 episodes |
| 2012 | L8r | Mr. Ackland | episode: Youngers 2 |
| 2011 | Densi Boyz | Menon | |
| 2010 | Law and Order: UK | Ravi Luthra | episode: Defence |
| 2010 | Non-Resident | Raj | Short |
| 2010 | Baseline | Fiaz | |
| 2010 | The Infidel | Wasif | |
| 2008 | Christie | Mo | Video Short |
| 2006 | The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers | Darshan | Voice |
| 2003-2004 | Casualty | PC Whatmore / PC Davies | TV series |
| 2004 | Dirty War | Bomb Incident Room Officer | TV movie |
| 2004 | Keen Eddie | PC Henning | episode: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Rocket Room Crewman | |
| 2003 | Doctors | Malvin Dale | episode: Assisted Passage |
| 2000 | The Bill | Rudy Ramphal | episode: Riot City |
| 2000 | EastEnders | Paramedic | episode: Episode dated 17 January 2000 |
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