Nikesh Patel (BA Acting)

Biography

Nikesh graduated in 2010, and in the same year was named as one of the 2010 Screen’s UK Stars of Tomorrow. Nikesh got his professional start in the theatre, appearing in Anupama Chandrasekhar's play Disconnect at the Royal Court Theatre in 2010. In 2011, Nikesh was part of the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th birthday season and appeared in The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice.

In 2011, Nikesh's first television credit was playing the part of Dan in the TV series Bedlam, which was followed by roles in episodes of Midsomer Murders and Law and Order: UK.

Nikesh appeared in Rona Munro's play Donny's Brain at the Hampstead Theatre in 2012, and returned to the Royal Court Theatre in 2013 to appear in Abhishek Majumdar's play The Djinns of Eidgah.

Also in 2013, Nikesh appeared in Howard Brenton's play Drawing the Line at the Hampstead Theatre. In 2015, he appeared in Man, a production of three one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, at the Young Vic.

In 2015, Nikesh played Tanvir in the film Honour, directed by Shan Khan. He was then cast as one of the leads in the TV series Indian Summers, playing Aafrin Dalal for two seasons. In 2016, he played Raghdan Aziz in the film Halal Daddy and Pradhan in London Has Fallen.

In 2017, Nikesh starred in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children. Also for radio, Nikesh played Arcite, one of the two title characters in the BBC Radio 3 production of William Shakespeare's Two Noble Kinsmen, first broadcast in April 2019.

2019 saw Nikesh take on roles in two high-profile television shows. He played Mitch in the Doctor Who New Year's Day special episode, as well as Kash Khan, one of the seven lead characters in Mindy Kaling's 2019 miniseries adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Nikesh co-starred in Walt Disney Pictures's Artemis Fowl in 2020, a fantasy film based on Eoin Colfer's bestselling YA fantasy novel. He played tech expert centaur Foaly.

In 2021, Nikesh starred opposite Rose Matafeo in her new BBC3/HBO MAX series Starstruck, playing Tom Kapoor. Nikesh is currently filming The Devil’s Hour for Amazon.