Renu Setna
Renu Setna | |
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Born | Karachi, Pakistan |
Occupation | Actor |
Renu Setna is a Pakistani-born actor working in the United Kingdom. He is perhaps best known for his appearance as the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in In Sickness and in Health.
Setna made an appearance in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, in the episode "Cash and Curry", where he played a trickster who cons Del and Rodney out of £2000.
Setna began his acting career after winning a scholarship to RADA in 1960. He has played roles in productions from Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Before this he was employed building houses as manual labour in the 1950s.
Setna has appeared in a diverse number of television shows. He has appeared on Z-Cars, Doomwatch, I, Claudius, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Only Fools and Horses Doctor Who (in the serial The Hand of Fear), Crossroads, The Bill, Open All Hours, Are You Being Served?, Holby City, Silent Witness and Collision.
He currently lives in Wimbledon, London.
External links
- Renu Setna at the Internet Movie Database
- http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/peterstevenson,renusetnamothercourage/Interesting link to photos and reviews of Renu Setna as the Chaplain in Peter Stevenson`s production of Brecht`s ` Mother Courage` for Internationalist Theatre