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Personal Info

Birth date

1965-08-10 (59 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Nairobi, Kenya

Also known as

Kulvinder Singh Ghir

Kulvinder Ghir

Biography

Kulvinder Ghir (born 10 August 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. Diversity in the entertainment industry has seen him perform on TV, film and theatre. His transition into comedy wasn't easy. As a young man, worried how his parents would react to his passion, he would secretly go off to comedy clubs to perform. Conquering tough audiences gave him the confidence to then move into the wide world of radio, film and television.

Filmography

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Goodness Gracious Me

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Overview:

Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life. Some sketches reversed the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective, and others poked fun at Indian stereotypes. In the television series most of the white characters were played by Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen; in the radio series those parts were played by the cast themselves. The show's title and theme tune is a bhangra rearrangement of a hit comedy song of the same name. The original was performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren reprising their characters from the 1960 film The Millionairess. The show's original working title was "Peter Sellers is Dead", but was changed because the cast generally liked Peter Sellers. In her 1996 novel Anita and Me, Syal had referred to British parodies of Asian speech as "a goodness-gracious-me accent". One of the more famous sketches featured the cast "going out for an English" after a few lassis. They mispronounce the waiter's name, order the blandest thing on the menu and ask for twenty-four plates of chips. The sketch parodies often-drunk English people "going out for an Indian", ordering chicken phall and too many papadums. This sketch was voted the 6th Greatest Comedy Sketch on a Channel 4 list show.

Acting

2025Picture This as Pandit RBS Fugga

2025Virdee (6 Episodes) as Ranjit

2025MAGID / ZAFAR as Bilal

2022Suspicion (2 Episodes) as Rakesh Kapoor

2021Foundation (8 Episodes) as High Claric Brother Poly Verisof

2020Black Narcissus (3 Episodes) as General Toda Rai

2019Blinded by the Light as Malik

2019Beecham House (6 Episodes) as Mool Chand

2019The Queen's Corgi as Sanjay / Guards / Other Dogs (voice)

2017Snapshot Wedding as Sandeep

2016Delicious (1 Episode) as Mohan

2016Level Up as Osman

2014Still Open All Hours (40 Episodes) as Cyril

2014Three Brothers as Dad

2013Jadoo as Jagi Chandana

2013Big School (1 Episode) as Mr Rupesh

2012Up There as Ali

2010The Arbor as Rafee

2009Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley as Ajay

200931 North 62 East as Tariq Malim

2009Lunch Monkeys (12 Episodes) as Unknown

2008Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service (78 Episodes) as Bill Thompson / Ajay Bains / Michael Lam (voice)

2008Ealing Comedy as Alfie Singh

2006Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj as Taj's Father

2006Great British Menu (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge

2004My Life as a Popat (6 Episodes) as Unknown

2004Lighthouse Hill as Raymonburr Singh

2003Monkey Dust (18 Episodes) as Unknown

2003Ice Cream Dream as Dad

2002Tomorrow La Scala! as Rajiv

2002The House Across The Street as Sanjay

2002Bend It Like Beckham as Teetu

2000Arabian Nights (2 Episodes) as Ali's Servant

2000The Strangerers (1 Episode) as Keith

1996Goodness Gracious Me (22 Episodes) as Unknown

1995Brothers in Trouble as Agent

1994Two Oranges and a Mango as Rajesh

1993Body & Soul (6 Episodes) as Terry Singh

1992Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay as Nizam Hosein

1991G.B.H. (7 Episodes) as Ravi

1991The Real McCoy (30 Episodes) as Unknown

1990The Chief (2 Episodes) as Ramesh

1989Campion (1 Episode) as Mr. Cheetoo

1988Lucky Sunil as Sunil

1987Rita, Sue and Bob Too as Aslam

1986Casualty (1, 1 Episode) as Jeevan, Ahmet

1985Howards' Way (18 Episodes) as Davy Malik

1981Postman Pat (80 Episodes) as Ajay (voice)

Crew

1991Breath of Life ... Script