Vincent Ebrahim

Vincent Ebrahim is a South African actor of mixed ethnicity. Born in 1951, he studied drama at the University of Cape Town. He is the brother of South African actress Vinette Ebrahim, who is best known for playing the role of Charmaine Beukes in the Afrikaans soap opera Sewende Laan.

After immigrating to Britain in 1976, he spent a decade with community theatre companies performing in plays such as

Career

Since 1990, he has worked with Tara Arts, performing in such plays as Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Tartuffe, Oedipus the King, Troilus and Cressida, and Antigone. He has also performed in many radio plays for BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 in the UK.[1] More recently he has appeared on stage at the Tricycle Theatre in the critically praised [2] play The Great Game.[3] For television he has appeared in

He is probably best known for playing Ashwin Kumar, the finance-obsessed father on The Kumars at No. 42.[6] 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.[7]

Ebrahim joined the cast of British soap opera Hollyoaks for a short time in 2014 as Big Bob.[8]

References

  1. ↑ BBC. "This Sceptred Isle". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  2. ↑ The Guardian (2009-04-25). "The Great Game: Afghanistan". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  3. ↑ The Daily Telegraph (2009-04-27). "The Great Game, Tricycle Theatre". London. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  4. ↑ Channel Four. "Meet the Magoons". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  5. ↑ BBC, Bobby. "After You've Gone". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  6. ↑ BBC. "The Kumars at No. 42". Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  7. ↑ Press, City. "Hollywood glam at the Saftas". Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  8. ↑ "Big Bob to threaten Trevor and Grace in Hollyoaks". www.channel4.com. Channel 4. Retrieved 26 January 2015.