Rish Shah | |
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Born | Rishabh Shah 17 December 1997 Enfield, London, England |
Alma mater | King's College London |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2017–present |
Rishabh "Rish" Shah (born 17 December 1997) is an English actor. He had his breakout role as Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (2022). He has also appeared in the short film The Long Goodbye (2020), the feature films The Sweet East (2023) and Do Revenge (2022), and the Netflix thriller series Obsession (2023).
Rish Shah was born and raised in Enfield, North London. His parents are from Mumbai and Vadodara. [1] He attended Grange Park Primary School and then Haberdashers' Boys' School. [2] [3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics from King's College London. [4]
In 2017, Shah appeared in the Merdel Theatre Company production of The Plains of Delight at Clapham Fringe Festival and the Fullscreen web series PrankMe by Hazel Hayes. In 2019, he made his television debut with guest appearances in Russell T Davies' Years and Years and the medical soap opera Doctors , both on BBC One. He also had stage roles in You're Dead, Mate at the Nutshell in Winchester and Torch Song Trilogy at the Turbine Theatre in London. [5]
Shah appeared in Riz Ahmed's 2020 Oscar winning short film The Long Goodbye as Ahmed's younger brother. Shah took over the role of Kirin Kotecha in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from Adam Fielding for the character's return in 2020. [6] He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by Variety . [4]
Shah made his feature film debut in 2021 as Ravi in the Netflix film To All the Boys: Always and Forever and Varun Dutta in the romantic comedy film India Sweets and Spices opposite Sophia Ali. [7]
The following year he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and made his debut as superpowered teen Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel . He went on to play Russ in the Netflix comedy film Do Revenge . [8] [9] He starred in the Netflix limited thriller series Obsession and will appear in the Amazon film Sitting in Bars with Cake .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | The Long Goodbye | Karim | Short film |
2021 | To All the Boys: Always and Forever | Ravi | |
India Sweets and Spices | Varun Dutta | ||
2022 | Do Revenge | Russ | |
2023 | The Sweet East | Mohammad | |
Sitting in Bars with Cake | Owen | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Years and Years | Ahmed | 1 episode |
Doctors | Rajdeep Mishra | Episode: "Failing to Stop" | |
2020 | Casualty | Virat Dewala | 1 episode |
Emmerdale | Kirin Kotecha | 5 episodes | |
2022 | Ms. Marvel | Kamran | 5 episodes (main cast) |
Marvel Studios: Assembled | Himself | Documentary; episode: "Assembled: The Making of Ms Marvel" | |
2023 | Obsession | Jay Farrow | 4 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | PrankMe | Asif | 4 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | The Plains of Delight | Jerry | Clapham Fringe Festival |
2019 | You're Dead, Mate | The Man | The Nutshell, Winchester |
Torch Song Trilogy | Alan | Turbine Theatre, London | |
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