Fady Elsayed

Fady Elsayed (born 15 September 1993) is an actor, best known for his role as Ram Singh in the BBC's Doctor Who spin-off Class.

Fady Elsayed
Fady in March 2017
Born (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Early life

Elsayed was born at St Mary's Hospital, in Paddington, London. He originally wanted to become a footballer. However, he discovered an interest in acting while performing in school plays. At the age of 16, Elsayed joined the drama school The Young Actors Theatre in Islington.[1] He is of Egyptian heritage.

Career

In 2012, after getting his first lead role in My Brother the Devil, Elsayed fell in love with acting and knew he wanted to be an actor for the rest of his life.[1] For his role as Mo in My Brother the Devil he was nominated with the Best Newcomer Award at the BFI London Film Festival.[2] He also received an nomination for the ALFS Award as Young British Performer of the Year.[3] After this Elsayed appeared in several TV series, like Casualty and Silent Witness.[4] In 2014, he played a vampire who spoke Arabic in Penny Dreadful. Until then this was the most challenging role for him.[5] In 2016, Elsayed was cast in the BBC Three Doctor Who spin-off Class as Ram Singh. Elsayed's character Ram is a student at Coal Hill Academy, who plays in the school's football team.[6] In 2018 Elsayed reprised his role as Ram in six audio plays by Big Finish.[7]

Filmography

TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Casualty Zak Woodma Guest role (1 episode)
2014 Silent Witness Nuri Kavur Recurring cast (2 episodes)
2014 Penny Dreadful Lead Familiar Guest role (1 episode)
2014 Law & Order: UK Jamal Guest role (1 episode)
2015 River Aten Olama Guest role (1 episode)
2015 Citizen Khan Tutor Guest role (1 episode)
2016 The Aliens Henri Guest role (1 episode)
2016 Class Ram Singh Main role (8 episodes)
2020 Baghdad Central Ibrahim Jabani Recurring Cast (4 episodes)
2020 Little Birds Aziz 3 episodes

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 My Brother the Devil Mo
2012 Twenty8k Ray
2013 Sixteen Josh
2013 Ending Ibby Short film
2015 Shakespeare on Love The Speaker Short film
2016 Brotherhood Wino
2017 Boys Don't Cry Karim Short film
2018 Little Monster Ryan Short film
2018 A Private War Mourad
2019 Ser du månen, Daniel George (Beatles)
2019 London Arabia Sayid Short film
2020 Faith TBA
Glia Satish Jarel
LondonBoys Ash

Audio
Year Title Role Notes
2018-2020ClassRam Singh7 episodes
gollark: I would probably just try and run it in a VM in some convoluted way (I'm sure it's possible).
gollark: Good, good.
gollark: Idea: just fake it by displaying a still image or something.
gollark: Apparently it just does this now, sad.
gollark: It's a spreadsheet, but you give people access to it and watch as it inevitably is destroyed.

References
  1. Ruwan, Ruwan. "Actor Interview: Fady Elsayed". Mojehmen. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. "My Brother the Devil - Identity, Brotherhood and Courage..." Worldview. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. "My Brother the Devil Awards". Greatmovies. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. Nika, Law (29 August 2014). "Fady Elsayed". Siriusmode. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. Bogues, Andres (29 August 2016). "Interview: Brotherhood's Fady Elsayed". Candid Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. Avary, Ed. "Fady Elsayed talks doctors, demons and class". 1883 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. "Axed Doctor Who spin-off Class to return for audio series". Radio Times.
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