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Ray Panthaki
Panthaki at the 6th Asian Awards 2016
Born	(1979-01-20) 20 January 1979 (age 45) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter, director, film producer
Years active	1999–present

Ray Panthaki (/pənˈθɑːki/; born 20 January 1979) is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and director best known for the roles he played in Marcella (2016-2020), Away (2020), and the movie Boiling Point (2021), for which he was nominated for the 2021 BIFA for Best Supporting Actor.

Other credits include Tube Tales (1999), Ali G Indahouse (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), Bollywood Queen (2003), Kidulthood (2006), Provoked (2006), Convenience (2013), It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), Screwed (2011), Interview with a Hitman (2012), Convenience (2013), Colette (2018), Official Secrets (2019), Gangs of London (2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022).

Early life

Panthaki was born in London to second-generation Indian parents. His parents belong to India's Parsi minority community.

Career

Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on ITV and Netflix Original Series Marcella and Netflix Original Series Away alongside Hilary Swank. As Hassan B in Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G Indahouse, He appeared in the films Colette, 28 Days Later, Official Secrets, Convenience, Tube Tales, Provoked, Interview with a Hitman, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, and the 2006 film Kidulthood, which he also produced.

In 2006, he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Play" at the TMA Theatre Awards for his role in Gladiator Games. Later that year, he set up the London-based production company Urban Way. Panthaki made his West End theatrical debut in July 2008 in the play In My Name at the Trafalgar Studios. He has performed twice at the Royal Court Theatre in London in Where Do We Live by Christopher Shinn and The Westbridge by Rachel De-Lehay. He went on to play a leading role in Tanika Gupta's The Empress for the Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Emma Rice.

In 2013, Panthaki's directorial debut Life Sentence, a film which he also wrote, won Best UK Short at the East End Film Festival 2013. In 2013, Panthaki produced and starred in the comedy film Convenience starring alongside Vicky McClure and Adeel Akhtar. The film's director Keri Collins won 'Best Breakthrough' at the 2014 BAFTA Cymru for his work on the film.

In 2014, he was announced as one of 18 BAFTA 'Breakthrough Brits' a celebration of Britain's stars of tomorrow alongside fellow actors Stacy Martin, Katie Leung and Callum Turner. In 2016, Panthaki was cast as DCI Rav Sangha in Hans Rosenfeldt's Nordic noir detective series Marcella.

In 2017, it was announced that Panthaki had signed on to Wash Westmoreland's Colette alongside Keira Knightley and Dominic West to play real-life French playwright Pierre Veber, in the biopic based on the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Panthaki attended the world premier at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival alongside co-stars Keira Knightley and Dominic West, where the film received positive reviews.

In 2020 Panthaki appeared in the Netflix Original series Away, alongside Hilary Swank, as Group Captain Ram Arya, second in command on a mission to Mars.

In 2021 Panthaki was nominated for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor at the British Independent Film Awards 2021 for his role as Freeman in Boiling Point alongside Stephen Graham.

Filmography

References

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11. Felperin, Leslie (1 October 2015). "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
12. Cooper, Sarah. "The British independent comedy is being produced by Ray Panthaki for his company Urban Way". Screen International. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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14. Lalji, Aly (2015-09-29). "Convenience review: "Highly recommended"". The Hollywood News. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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17. Adejobi, Alicia (February 2021). "Marcella viewers 'obsessed' as Rav confronts her in Ireland after faking her own death". Metro. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
18. Lodderhose, Diana (2017-07-10). "Ray Panthaki Joins Keira Knightley & Dominic West In Wash Westmoreland's 'Colette'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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20. Feldman, Dana (6 September 2020). "Ray Panthaki Says The Unifying Message Of 'Away' Comes At The Perfect Time". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
21. "Ali G Indahouse (2002)". BBC Online. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
22. Bradshaw, Peter (22 March 2002). "Can Sacha Baron Cohen take Ali G to the big screen and still keep his legions of fans? Very probably, writes Peter Bradshaw". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
23. Dalton2022-08-17T09:36:00+01:00, Ben. "Bankside boards Sky-backed UK feature 'Bonus Track' as production begins (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2023-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

• Ray Panthaki at IMDb

• 1979 births
• Living people
• 21st-century British male actors
• English male actors
• English producers
• English screenwriters
• English writers
• English actors
• English people of Indian descent
• English people of Parsi descent
• Male actors from London