Sartaj Garewal

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Sartaj Garewal
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NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active2000-present

Sartaj Garewal is a British actor and voice artist who works in films, TV, theatre and audio. His films include The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dirty War (2004), The Infidel (2010) and Baseline (2010).

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Biography

Born and raised in Wiltshire, Garewal holds a BA(Hons) Accounting & Finance.

Career

Notable stage performances include Behind The Beautiful Forevers (National Theatre) 2015 and Wipers (Leicester Curve) 2016. Other theatre includes Romeo & Juliet (Royal Exchange Manchester), Taming of the Shrew (Arcola Theatre), East is East (New Vic Theatre, Stoke), Too Close to Home (Lyric Hammersmith, and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre) 2008.

He played the lead role of Kuljit in the BBC radio drama Silver Street for six years and has narrated various audiobooks including Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese, Jubilee by Shelley Harris, and Playing It My Way, Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography. He has also featured on The Archers and BBC Radio 4's Book At Bedtime.

Garewal played Jasper Choudhury in over 50 episodes in season 2 of the US teen drama House of Anubis for Nickelodeon in 2012. Other screen credits include The Gold (BBC) 2022, This Country (BBC) 2020 and the feature film Men In Black International (Columbia/Sony) 2019. In 2023, he portrayed the role of Professor Abid Anwar in the BBC soap opera Doctors . [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Doctors Professor Abid Anwar Recurring role
2012 Tezz Anil's Friend
2012 House of Anubis Jasper Choudhuary39 episodes
2012 L8r Mr. Acklandepisode: Youngers 2
2011 Densi Boyz Menon
2010 Law and Order: UK Ravi Luthraepisode: Defence
2010 Non-Resident RajShort
2010BaselineFiaz
2010The InfidelWasif
2008ChristieMoVideo Short
2006 The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers DarshanVoice
2003-2004 Casualty PC Whatmore / PC DaviesTV series
2004 Dirty War Bomb Incident Room OfficerTV movie
2004 Keen Eddie PC Henningepisode: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Rocket Room Crewman
2003 Doctors Malvin Daleepisode: Assisted Passage
2000 The Bill Rudy Ramphalepisode: Riot City
2000 EastEnders Paramedicepisode: Episode dated 17 January 2000

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References

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