Ramon Tikaram

Ramon Tikaram
Born Ramon Pramod Junior Tikaram
16 May 1967
Singapore
Occupation Actor
Years active 1994 – present

Ramon Pramod Junior Tikaram (born 16 May 1967) is a British stage and screen actor of Indo-Fijian and Malaysian descent.

Early and personal life

Born in Singapore, Tikaram is the son of Fijian-Indian British Army soldier Pramod Tikaram and Sarawakian mother Fatimah Rohani. His younger sister is singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram. Tikaram is the great-nephew of Sir Moti Tikaram who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest serving national ombudsman.

After attending six primary schools in the United Kingdom and Germany, Tikaram was sent to the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover, Kent in 1978. Tikaram studied at National Youth Theatre

Career

In October 2009, it was announced that Tikaram would appear in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. He played the part of Qadim Shah, father of the already established character Amira Shah.[1] He appeared on-screen in the role from 17 December 2009 to 29 April 2010 in two separate stints, he returned on 6 September 2011 but left again and returned on 6 January and left again. Tikaram also provided voice acting for the character of Gabe Weller in the 2009 video game Dead Space: Extraction.

Tikaram performed the role of the King of Siam in a UK tour of the musical The King and I, ending in May 2012.[2]

He appeared as Prendahl in Game of Thrones in 2013.[3] He lent his voice for Dorian in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Selected film and television credits

References

  1. ↑ Green, Kris (16 October 2009). "'This Life' actor Tikaram joins 'Enders". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ↑ The King and I
  3. ↑ Garcia, Elio (19 August 2012). "Two More for S3: Ramon Tikaram, Dan Hildebrand Join Cast". westeros.org. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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