Nitin Ganatra (born 30 June 1967)[1] is a Kenyan-British actor and writer. He portrays Reggie Anwar in season one of the 2022 Netflix TV series Wednesday.
Biography[]
He was born in Kenya. He began acting in the 1990s. In 2022, for his services to drama, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]
Acting Credits[]
Movies[]
- "Truly Madly Deeply" (1990) as Ghost
- "Secrets & Lies" (1996) as Potential Husband
- "Guru in Seven" (1998) as Sanjay
- "Second Generation" (2000) as Jamal
- "Shooters" (2002) as Ajay
- "Pure" (2002) as Abu
- "Bride & Prejudice" (2004) as Mr. Kohli
- "Piccadilly Jim" (2004) as Banje Singh
- "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) as Prince Pondicherry
- "The Mistress of Spices" (2005) as Haroun Rehman
- "Color Me Kubrick" (2005) as Deepak
- "Land of the blind" (2006) as Prison Official
- "The Hunting Party" (2007) as Indian Officer
- "Shifty" (2008) as Rez
- "Mad Sad & Bad" (2009) as Atul
- "Eaten by Lions" (2018) as Malik
- "Hellboy" (2019) as August Swain
- "Accused" (2023) as Ramesh Bhavsar
Podcast Series[]
- "Zoetrope" (2021) as Saj
Shorts[]
- "This Bastard Business" (2000) as Raj
- "The Love Doctor" (2001) as Vivek
- "Another Day" (2002) as Sunil
- "Stag" (2002) as Sammi
- "Inferno" (2002) as Naz
- "Disconnect" (2017) as Abdullah
- "Expiation" (2021) as Jimmy
- "Short Stay, Long Stay" (2023) as Vinny
TV Mini-Series[]
- "Extremely Dangerous" (1999) as Ali Khan (4 episodes)
- "The Sins" (2000) as Job Centre Clerk
- "Sweet Revenge" (2001) as Lawyer (2 episodes)
- "Canterbury Tales" (2003) as Pushpinder (1 episode)
- "Son of the Dragon" (2006) as Prince of India (2 episodes)
- "The State" (2017) as Munir Hossein (2 episodes)
- "The Essex Serpent" (2022) as Charles Ambrose (3 episodes)
- "Bodies" (2023) as Ishmael (5 episodes)
TV Movies[]
- "Me & Mrs Jones" (2002) as Adam Crawley
- "Second Generation" (2003) as Firoz Khan
- "Indian Dream" (2003) as Dr. Rajiv Reddy
- "You're Breaking Up" (2003) as Deep
- "England Expects" (2004) as Anwar
- "The Papdits" (2006) as Gopi Papdit
- "Astronuts" (2007) as Ches
- "The Grey Man" (2007) as Gary Page
- "The Shadow in the North" (2007) as Patents Clerk
- "The Walford Apprentice" (2012) as Masood Ahmed
- "The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas" (2012) as Dad / Ram / Camel / Additional Characters (voice)
TV Series[]
- "Thief Takers" (1996) as Doctor (1 episode)
- "This Life" (1997) as Salim (1 episode)
- "Our Charly" (1999) as Ravi Patel (1 episode)
- "Murder in Mind" (2001) as Riaz Chowdry (1 episode)
- "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" (2001) as Ramon (1 episode)
- "The Jury" (2002) as Tariq Shah (4 episodes)
- "Rescue Me" (2002) as Jimmy (6 episodes)
- "Being April" (2002) as Sunil (6 episodes)
- "Comedy Lab" (2002) as Nitin (1 episode)
- "Grease Monkey" (2003) as Doctor (1 episode)
- "Holby City" (2003 - 2004) as Sami Sattar (9 episodes)
- "Twisted Tales" (2005) as Harry Nagra (1 episode)
- "Meet the Magoons" (2005) as Nitin (6 episodes)
- "New Street Law" (2006) as Ronson (1 episode)
- "Jane Hall" (2006) as Sid Gokahani (6 episodes)
- "The Bill" (1999 - 2006) as Charlie May / Mr. Chauduri (2 episodes)
- "The Afternoon Play" (2007) as Samir (1 episode)
- "Gina's Laughing Gear" (2007) as Ches Nut (1 episode)
- "New Tricks" (2007) as Doctor Lau (1 episode)
- "The Catherine Tate Show" (2007) as Ranjit (1 episode)
- "Trial & Retribution" (2008) as Jaheed Jeffers (2 episodes)
- "Mumbai Calling" (2007 - 2008) as Dev Raja (8 episodes)
- "Hounded" (2010) as Dr. Wu (1 episode)
- "Twenty Twelve" (2011) as Martin Soper (1 episode)
- "EastEnders: E20" (2010 - 2011) as Masood Ahmed (3 episodes)
- "Tamwar Tales: The Life of an Assistant Market Inspector" (2013) as Masood Ahmed (1 episode)
- "Warren United" (2014) as Dillip (voice)
- "Silent Witness" (2002 - 2018) as DI Roy Pereira / Simon Laing (4 episodes)
- "Children in Need" (2010 - 2018) as LeFou / T-Bird / Street Dancer / Roger Taylor / Suzie Birchall / Masoon Ahmed (5 episodes)
- "EastEnders" (2007 - 2019) as Masood Ahmed (741 episodes)
- "Midsomer Murders" (2019) as Ned Skye (1 episode)
- "The Worst Witch" (2020) as Mr. Daisy (7 episodes)
- "Murder, They Hope" (2021) as Carl (1 episode)
- "McDonalds & Dodds" (2021) as Dan (1 episode)
- "The Undeclared War" (2022) as Ahmed Parvin (2 episodes)
- "Wednesday" (2022) as Dr. Anwar (1 episode)
- "Doctors" (2023) as Kamil Razaq (1 episode)
- "Changing Ends" (2023) as Mr. Robertson (3 episodes)
- "Breeders" (2023) as Sunil (3 episodes)
Trivia[]
- He has won one award.
- He has been nominated for six awards.
External Links[]
Nitin Ganatra on IMDb
Nitin Ganatra on Instagram
Nitin Ganatra on Kinorium
Nitin Ganatra on The Movie Database
Nitin Ganatra on the Tim Burton Wiki
Nitin Ganatra on Wikipedia
Gallery[]
Jamie McShane and Nitin Ganatra
