Ronak Patani

Ronak Patani
Born	Ronak Patani 1993 (age 31–32) London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice artist, poet
Years active	2012–present
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)

Ronak Patani (born 1993), ^[1] is a British actor and voice artist of Indian descent. ^[2] He is best known for the roles in the films Point Break, The Works and Mayfair. ^[3]

Career

He was raised in London, England and later trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. ^[4] Then on 2012, he made acting debut with the short film Hannah. In 2014, he worked as a casting assistant for the British film Three Brothers directed by Aleem Khan. ^[5]

In 2015, he made his international acting debut in the Hollywood remake of Point Break. He was lucky to work opposite top British stars: Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Meera Syal, Sharon D Clarke and Sanjeev Bhaskar in his early career. During his acting performance in the play Macbeth at the Royal National Theatre, his friend Rajesh Gopie invited him to play in a South African film titled Mayfair. ^[6]

In 2018, he appeared in the South African Indian action crime film Mayfair . He played the supportive role of 'estranged son Zaid' in the film, which later received positive reviews. ^{[7] [8]} The film was also screened at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival and Africa in Motion Film Festival in October 2018. ^{[9] [10]}

Other than acting, he is also a prolific poet where he won the prestigious Roundhouse Poetry Slam, a UK competition for spoken word artists. He performs his poetry throughout the UK, and also produces poetry short films.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
2012	Hannah	Tariq	Short film
2012	Schemata	Derenik	Film
2014	Three Brothers	Casting Assistant	Film
2015	Point Break	FBI Technician	Film
2016	Stella	Danny	TV series	[11]
2016	The Works	Edgar	Short film
2016	The Level	Pervaiz Quareshi	TV series
2018	Mayfair	Zaid Randera	Film
2019	Brexit	Leave Intern Ameet	TV movie

References

1. "Ronak Patani information". castupload. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
2. "Ronak Patani bio". spotlight. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
3. "Rajesh Gopie: Actor". MUBI. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
4. "Ronak Patani". National Theatre. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
5. "Rajesh Gopie". British Film Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Mayfair's Ronak Patani to visit SA". Gauteng Film. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
7. "Mayfair – Cape Town International Film Market & Festival – CTIFMF" . Retrieved 2019-11-19.
8. "Mayfair". Channel. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
9. "Johannesburg's Mayfair suburb goes international in new movie". IndianSpice. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
10. Press, Indigenous Film Distribution (2018-11-06). "Mayfair opens to great reviews". Screen Africa. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
11. "Stella - Series 5". British Comedy Club. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

External links

• Ronak Patani at IMDb