Rish Shah
Born
Rishabh Shah

(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 26)
Enfield, London, England
Alma materKing's College London
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present

Rishabh Shah (born 17 December 1997), known professionally as Rish Shah, 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 India Sweets and Spices (2021) and Do Revenge (2022), and the Netflix thriller series Obsession (2023).

Early life

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]

Career

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.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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
2023 Sitting in Bars with Cake Owen

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2017 PrankMe Asif 4 episodes

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
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

References

  1. ^ Fraser, Emma (13 July 2022). "Rish Shah on finding his superpowers in the Ms Marvel finale". GQ. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ Khan, Unzela (2 June 2022). "Disney Ms Marvel star Rish Shah: 'I grew up in Enfield helping my parents in their shop, now I'm starring in a major series'". My London. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Grange Park finish national runners-up". Enfield Independent. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Variety's 10 Brits to Watch for 2021: A Celebration of Talent". Variety. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Torch Song". The Turbine Theatre. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Dainty, Sophie (12 September 2020). "Emmerdale newcomer Rish Shah reveals all on Kirin Kotecha recast and return plot". Digital Spy. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ^ Warner, Sam (11 November 2022). "First look at Uncharted's Sophia Ali and Ms Marvel's Rish Shah in new movie". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. ^ Kroll, Justin (28 April 2021). "Rish Shah To Co-Star In The Netflix Pic Strangers From Someone Great Director". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ Davids, Brian (16 July 2022). "'Ms. Marvel' Star Rish Shah Defends Kamran's True Intentions and Talks Mind-Blowing Spider-Man Lunch Break". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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