Vincent Ebrahim

Vincent Ebrahim (born 1951) is a South African actor and comedian.

Vincent Ibrahim
Born
Vincent Ibrahim

1951 (age 68–69)
South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
OccupationActor, comedian
Years active1976-present
FamilyVinette Ebrahim (sister)

Early life

Ebrahim was born in South Africa in 1951 and studied drama at the University of Cape Town. He immigrated to England in 1976 and began an acting career.

Career

Stage

Ebrahim spent a decade with community theatre companies performing in plays such as Away From It by the Common Stock Theatre Company, Borderline by Hanif Kureishi and the Joint Stock Theatre Company and infamous stage play Tartuffe.[1]

Since 1990, he has worked with Tara Arts, performing in such plays as Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Tartuffe, Oedipus Rex, Troilus and Cressida, and Antigone. He has also performed in many radio plays for BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 in the UK.[2] He also appeared on stage at the Tricycle Theatre in the critically praised[3] play The Great Game.[4]

Media

Ebrahim is probably best known for playing Ashwin Kumar, the finance-obsessed father on The Kumars at No. 42.[5]

In March 2013 he won the Safta for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film for his work in Material, which won the best film award.[6]

Personal life

He is the brother of South African actress Vinette Ebrahim, who is best known for playing the role of Charmaine Meintjies in the Afrikaans soap opera Sewende Laan.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Bedtime[7] Mohammad
2002–2003 The Kumars at No. 42 Ashwin Kumar
2005 Meet the Magoons[8][9] Nitin's dad
2006 Ideal[10] Mr Rupani
2008–09 After You've Gone[11] Bobby 25 episodes
2009 Compulsion[12] Satvik
2010 The Old Guys[13] Rajan
2012 Material[14] Ebrahim Kaif
2014 Hollyoaks[15] Big Bob
gollark: Actually, most ants aren't capable of transmutation into bees.
gollark: OH NO, the issue SPREAD to the nonwebsocket mode?!
gollark: I have unfortunately disabled the websocket status link as it just *does not work* consistently.
gollark: Oh no, it recascaded.
gollark: Uncascaded, but the now playing thing is just *filled* with apioforms.

References
  1. http://feastcreative.com, Feast Creative |. "Tartuffe (1990) | Projects | Tara Arts". tara-arts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. BBC. "This Sceptred Isle". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  3. The Guardian (2009-04-25). "The Great Game: Afghanistan". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. The Daily Telegraph (2009-04-27). "The Great Game, Tricycle Theatre". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. BBC. "The Kumars at No. 42". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  6. Press, City. "Hollywood glam at the Saftas". Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  7. Crossley, Neil (2003-12-15). "TV pick of the day". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  8. "The Kumars star Vincent Ebrahim to play a villain in Hollyoaks | News | Hollyoaks | What's on TV". 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  9. "British Comedy Guide - Meet the Magoons". www.sitcom.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  10. "BBC - Press Office - Ideal: Cast credits". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  11. BBC. "After You've Gone". Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  12. "ITV Error 404". www.itv.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  13. "Amber's Engaged, Engagement, Series 2, The Old Guys - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  14. "TSA film Material makes UK viewers cry". 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  15. "The Kumars actor joins Hollyoaks". 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
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