Pal Aron

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Pal Aron (born 1969) is a British television and theatre [1] actor from Birmingham, England, known for his roles as Adam Osman in Casualty , Brandon Kane in The Bill , [2] Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in Coronation Street . [3]

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Before professionally acting, he performed with the Theatre of the Unemployed in Birmingham. He was also in the comedy Green Wing , and has performed with the RSC. [4] In January 2008, Aron was cast as Vijay Chohan in the daily hospital drama The Royal Today . He also appeared in The Cup , a BBC Two comedy series in which he plays Dr. Kaskar, a football fanatic parent trying to live his dreams through his footballer son. [5] In April 2012, Aron joined the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers as new junior cricket coach Iftikar "Ifty" Shah. [6] In 2012, he appeared in the Sky1 TV comedy series Stella as Jagadeesh. In 2013, Aron appeared as Bhattie QC in About Time . In May 2020, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Dick Starr. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "The king and I". The Guardian . 17 January 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fire boosts The Bill's ratings". BBC News . 23 April 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Coronation Street's Sonny reveals his secret side". What's on TV . 22 January 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Historic Othello Precedes RSC Tragedies Season". Whatsonstage.com. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Cup; SuperDoctors". The Times . 22 August 2008. Terry's nemesis is Dr Kaskar (Pal Aron), a gynaecologist who is as competitive for his son Ranjit as Terry is for Malky.
  6. ↑ "Actor - Pal Aron". BBC Radio 4 . BBC . Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Writer: David Semple; Director: Jennie Paddon; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild (22 May 2020). "Tomb with a View". Doctors. BBC. BBC One.
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