Abhin Galeya

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Abhin Galeya
Other namesAbhin Shah
Alma mater Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Abhin Shah or Abhin Galeya is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as PC Arun Ghir in the ITV series The Bill from 2008 to 2009 and Ash in the 2012 film Cleanskin .

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Early life and education

Galeya grew up in Edgware. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. [1]

Career

During his time at Webber, Galeya landed an ensemble role in The Ramayana Role at the Royal National Theatre in 2001 [2] and had a couple of guest television roles. Galeya played Jay in the 2002 BBC Wales miniseries First Degree [3] and made his film debut in the 2004 romantic comedy Wimbledon . He had a recurring role as DC Simon Tait in the second series of the ITV series Murder Investigation Team .

After appearing in a 2004 episode of The Bill , Galeya returned to play Police Constable Arun Ghir from 2008 to 2009. He appeared in the indie film The Blue Tower which went on to win the Best UK Feature award at the 2008 Raindance Film Festival. [4] In addition, he appeared in Ronan Bennett's "Blowback", part of the BBC Two anthology on the Iraq War 10 Days to War .

In 2009, Galeya had stage roles as in the three-day Not Black and White anthology at the Tricycle Theatre and Jemal in The Container at the Young Vic. [5] [6]

Galeya starred as Ash in the 2012 terrorist thriller film Cleanskin alongside Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Michelle Ryan and Tuppence Middleton. [7] Despite mixed reviews for the film as overall, Galeya received critical acclaim for his performance, with Variety calling him "consistently impressive" and Screen International attributing "the gravitas" to him and Bean. [8] [9]

Galeya had roles in two Christianity-related programmes as John the Baptist in the 2015 television film Killing Jesus on National Geographic and Judas in the 2017 series Jesus: His Life on the History Channel. [10]

He went on the 2017 stage tour of Hedda Gabler . [11] In 2019, he starred in the West End and Old Vic revival of The American Clock . [12]

Galeya has roles in the 2020 Finnish series Peacemaker and the 2021 Norwegian series Bortført. [13] [14] He played Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in the Channel 5 three-part thriller drama Anne Boleyn .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Wimbledon Vijay
2008The Blue TowerMohan
2009Living with the InfidelsAli
2012 Cleanskin Ash
Broken EternityManShort film
2014Film: The MovieJosh Sawyer
Exodus: Gods and Kings Soldier
2017Let Me GoChris
2018ProcessVarunShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Down to Earth SteveEpisode: "Rites and Wrongs"
2001 Judge John Deed Young Jury ManEpisode: "Duty of Care"
2002 First Degree JayMiniseries
2003Final DemandBashirTelevision film
2004; 2008–2009 The Bill PC Arun Ghir / Dalbeer Singh25 episodes
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Satnam GualtiEpisode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
2004 Casualty Ajay SinghEpisode: "Little White Lies"
2005; 2007 Doctors Amar Jindal / Matt Whitehead2 episodes
2005 Murder Investigation Team DC Simon Tait4 episodes (series 2)
2005 Waking the Dead Harry2 episodes
2005 Rome OedipusEpisode: "Triumph"
2006 Totally Frank Ash1 episode
2006 Bad Girls Pete1 episode
2007 Holby City Vikram PopatEpisode: "The Last Throw"
2007 Robin Hood NasirEpisode: "We Are Robin Hood"
2008 10 Days to War MamoonEpisode: "Blowback"
2012 Hustle Wasam MadaniEpisode: " The Con Is Off"
White Heat SaghoorEpisode: "The Eye of the Needle"
2013 Fresh Meat Hasan1 episode
2015 Father Brown Doctor Raj ChandratyEpisode: "The Last Man"
Silent Witness Daniel Doshi2 episodes
Killing Jesus John the Baptist Television film
The Royals OmarEpisode: "The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune"
2019 Jesus: His Life Judas
2020Peacemaker (Finnish : Rauhantekijä)Zamen Essayah
2021 The Girl from Oslo (Danish : Bortført)Abu Salim
2021 Anne Boleyn Thomas Cranmer Miniseries
2022 Star Wars: Andor Salman Paak5 episodes
2023 Maternal Raz Farooqi ITV drama [15]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Additional voices
2020 Amnesia: Rebirth Salim Hannachi / Malick Tamboura

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001The Ramayana RoleEnsemble Tricycle Theatre, London
2003 East is East Saleem New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
2007The Hot ZoneWaris Islam Battersea Arts Centre, London
2009Not Black and White: Detaining Justice, Seize the Day, Category BBen / Ravinder / Riz Tricycle Theatre, London
2009The ContainerJemal Young Vic, London
2016The Hotel CeriseKarim Hassan Theatre Royal Stratford East [16]
2017 The Lower Depths Kleesht Arcola Theatre, London
2017 The Cherry Orchard Trofimov Arcola Theatre, London
2017 Hedda Gabler TesmanUK tour
2018Big Aftermath of a Small DisclosureJon Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2019 The American Clock Tony / Moe 2 Old Vic, London

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