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Nav Sidhu is a British television, theatre, and film actor. His longest-running television role was as Azim Desai in the Channel 4/E4 soap opera Hollyoaks .

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Career

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013 The Patrol Smudge [1]
2013 How I Live Now Checkpoint Soldier [2]
2013 Gangs of Tooting Broadway Arun [3]
2012 I, Anna D.C. Brooks [4]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020 Casualty Hafiz Idrisi Episode 34.36 [5]
2019–2020 Hollyoaks Azim Desai 30 episodes [6]
2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Scott BlacksellEpisode 2.4 "Beware the Ides of March" [7]
2018 Informer Mr RahimEpisode 1.2 "Strawberry Fields" [8]
2018 Girlfriends RobEpisodes 1.1 & 1.2 [9] [10]
2017 Holby City Brian HeyesEpisode 19.52 "Left Behind" [11]
2017 Doctors Billy ChopraEpisode 18.165 "Restricted View" [12]
2017 Silent Witness DS Carl PopeEpisodes 20.5 "Remembrance: Part 1" & 20.6 "Remembrance: Part 2" [13] [14]
2015 Man Down NazEpisode 2.3 "Diversity" [15]
2015 Cucumber Mahadev Episode 1.3 [16]
2014 Edge of Heaven Donkey6 episodes (entire series) [17]
2014 Doctors Faisal HussainEpisode 16.144 "Harsh Conditions" [18]
2013 Run Jimmy4 episodes (entire miniseries) [19]
2011 Random DeepakTV movie [20]
2011 Coming Up NikeshEpisode 9.4 "Food" [21]
2009 Spooks Bal Episode 8.7 [22]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatre / CompanyNotesRef.
2018 Sketching Tom Wilton's Music Hall [23]
2017 The Worst Wedding Ever Scott Salisbury Playhouse [24]
2015 Volpone Notary, Officer, Servant Swan Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company) [25]
2015 Love's Sacrifice Guard, FriarSwan Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company) [26]
2015 The Jew of Malta CallapineSwan Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company) [27]
2013 Pigeons Amir Royal Court Theatre [28]
2013 Talk Show DarrylRoyal Court Theatre [28]
2013 The History Boys Akthar Crucible Theatre [29]
2010 The Empire ZiaRoyal Court Theatre [30]
2009–2010 Arabian Nights Masud, Ali Baba’s Son, Watchman, Page, Perviz Courtyard Theatre (Royal Shakespeare Company) [31]

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