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Abhin Galeya
Other namesAbhin Shah
Alma materWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Abhin Shah or Abhin Galeya is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as PC Arun Ghir in the ITV series The Bill from 2008 to 2009 and Ash in the 2012 film Cleanskin.

Early life and education

Galeya grew up in Edgware. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]

Career

During his time at Webber, Galeya landed an ensemble role in The Ramayana Role at the Royal National Theatre in 2001[2] and had a couple of guest television roles. Galeya played Jay in the 2002 BBC Wales miniseries First Degree[3] and made his film debut in the 2004 romantic comedy Wimbledon. He had a recurring role as DC Simon Tait in the second series of the ITV series Murder Investigation Team.

After appearing in a 2004 episode of The Bill, Galeya returned to play Police Constable Arun Ghir from 2008 to 2009. He appeared in the indie film The Blue Tower which went on to win the Best UK Feature award at the 2008 Raindance Film Festival.[4] In addition, he appeared in Ronan Bennett's "Blowback", part of the BBC Two anthology on the Iraq War 10 Days to War.

In 2009, Galeya had stage roles as in the three-day Not Black and White anthology at the Tricycle Theatre and Jemal in The Container at the Young Vic.[5][6]

Galeya starred as Ash in the 2012 terrorist thriller film Cleanskin alongside Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Michelle Ryan and Tuppence Middleton.[7] Despite mixed reviews for the film as overall, Galeya received critical acclaim for his performance, with Variety calling him "consistently impressive" and Screen International attributing "the gravitas" to him and Bean.[8][9]

Galeya had roles in two Christianity-related programmes as John the Baptist in the 2015 television film Killing Jesus on National Geographic and Judas in the 2017 series Jesus: His Life on the History Channel.[10]

He went on the 2017 stage tour of Hedda Gabler.[11] In 2019, he starred in the West End and Old Vic revival of The American Clock.[12]

Galeya has roles in the 2020 Finnish series Peacemaker and the 2021 Norwegian series Bortført.[13][14] He played Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in the Channel 5 three-part thriller drama Anne Boleyn.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Wimbledon Vijay
2008 The Blue Tower Mohan
2009 Living with the Infidels Ali
2012 Cleanskin Ash
Broken Eternity Man Short film
2014 Film: The Movie Josh Sawyer
Exodus: Gods and Kings Soldier
2017 Let Me Go Chris
2018 Process Varun Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Down to Earth Steve Episode: "Rites and Wrongs"
2001 Judge John Deed Young Jury Man Episode: "Duty of Care"
2002 First Degree Jay Miniseries
2003 Final Demand Bashir Television film
2004; 2008–2009 The Bill PC Arun Ghir / Dalbeer Singh 25 episodes
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Satnam Gualti Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
2004 Casualty Ajay Singh Episode: "Little White Lies"
2005; 2007 Doctors Amar Jindal / Matt Whitehead 2 episodes
2005 Murder Investigation Team DC Simon Tait 4 episodes (series 2)
2005 Waking the Dead Harry 2 episodes
2005 Rome Oedipus Episode: "Triumph"
2006 Totally Frank Ash 1 episode
2006 Bad Girls Pete 1 episode
2007 Holby City Vikram Popat Episode: "The Last Throw"
2007 Robin Hood Nasir Episode: "We Are Robin Hood"
2008 10 Days to War Mamoon Episode: "Blowback"
2012 Hustle Wasam Madani Episode: " The Con Is Off"
White Heat Saghoor Episode: "The Eye of the Needle"
2013 Fresh Meat Hasan 1 episode
2015 Father Brown Doctor Raj Chandraty Episode: "The Last Man"
Silent Witness Daniel Doshi 2 episodes
Killing Jesus John the Baptist Television film
The Royals Omar Episode: "The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune"
2019 Jesus: His Life Judas
2020 Peacemaker (Finnish: Rauhantekijä) Zamen Essayah
2021 The Girl from Oslo (Danish: Bortført) Abu Salim
2021 Anne Boleyn Thomas Cranmer Miniseries
2022 Star Wars: Andor Salman Paak 5 episodes
2023 Maternal Raz Farooqi ITV drama[15]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Additional voices
2020 Amnesia: Rebirth Salim Hannachi / Malick Tamboura

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Ramayana Role Ensemble Tricycle Theatre, London
2003 East is East Saleem New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
2007 The Hot Zone Waris Islam Battersea Arts Centre, London
2009 Not Black and White: Detaining Justice, Seize the Day, Category B Ben / Ravinder / Riz Tricycle Theatre, London
2009 The Container Jemal Young Vic, London
2016 The Hotel Cerise Karim Hassan Theatre Royal Stratford East[16]
2017 The Lower Depths Kleesht Arcola Theatre, London
2017 The Cherry Orchard Trofimov Arcola Theatre, London
2017 Hedda Gabler Tesman UK tour
2018 Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure Jon Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2019 The American Clock Tony / Moe 2 Old Vic, London

References

  1. ^ "Abhin Galeya". Creative Arts Management. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Abhin Galeya". National Theatre. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ "First Degree". BBC Press Office. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. ^ "The Blue Tower". British Council.
  5. ^ "The Container shows claustrophobic reality". Evening Standard. 16 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Not Black and White". Kiln Theatre. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  7. ^ Clark, Mark (8 March 2012). "Cleanskin Interviews With Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya & Director Hadi Hajaig". What Culture.
  8. ^ Felperin, Leslie (11 March 2012). "Cleanskin". Variety.
  9. ^ Adams, Mark (8 March 2012). "Cleanskin". Screen International.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (6 October 2014). "Nat Geo's 'Killing Jesus' Cast Revealed (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  11. ^ Hewis, Ben (19 July 2017). "Full cast announced for the UK tour of Hedda Gabler". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Abhin Galeya". Broadway World. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Rauhantekijä avaa ovet, joiden taakse ei draamasarjoissa ole aikaisemmin päästy – jos jossain tehdään draamasarja rauhasta, sen on oltava Suomi". YLE (in Finnish). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Bortført". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  15. ^ "ITV commissions six part medical drama, Maternal". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Full casting announced for Bonnie Greer's The Hotel Cerise". Stratford East. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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