Acting

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Born 1963-10-31 · Ealing, London, England, UK

Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as the star of the sitcom The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar in which he travelled to India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan. Bhaskar's more dramatic acting roles include the lead role of Dr Prem Sharma in The Indian Doctor and a main role as DI Sunny Khan in Unforgotten.

Credits

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Bollywoof
as (voice)
2027
The Split Up
as Dhruv Kishan
2026
The Family Plan 2
as Vikram
2025
Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
as Self
2025
Paddington in Peru
as Dr. Jafri
2024
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
as Gwyn
2024
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Dr Watson
2023
The Flash
as David Singh
2023
The Sandman
as Cain
2022
Inside Classical
as Dr Watson
2022
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Comedian
2021
Secrets of the Transport Museum
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Secrets of the Transport Museum
as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Thomas and Friends: The Super Engine
as Shankar / Announcer / Judge (voice)
2021
Dragon Rider
as Mad Doc (voice)
2020
Thomas and Friends: The Royal Engine
as Shankar (voice)
2020
Hitmen
as Robin Sharma
2020
Sandylands
as Les Vegas
2020
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
as Shankar (voice)
2020
Thomas & Friends: A Colourful World
as Shankar / Actor (voice)
2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Mr Felix
2019
Yesterday
as Jed Malik
2019
Good Omens
as Giles Baddicombe
2019
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
as Shankar (voice)
2018
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
Paddington 2
as Dr. Jafri
2017
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Porters
as Mr. Pradeep
2017
Harry Hill's Tea Time
as Self
2016
Unforgotten
as DS Sunil 'Sunny' Khan
2015
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
as Presenter
2015
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Writer
2015
Taskmaster
as Self
2015
Absolutely Anything
as Ray
2015
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
as Colonel Ahmed
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Kumars
as Sanjeev Kumar
2014
The Zero Theorem
as Doctor 1
2013
The Sick Party
as Ray
2012
Gadget Man
2012
BBC Comedy Feeds
as Paul
2012
Arthur Christmas
as Lead Elf (voice)
2011
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
as Self
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as Ten Heart Hero (voice)
2011
Little Crackers
as Papa
2010
Rewind The 60s
2010
The Indian Doctor
as Dr. Prem Sharma
2010
London Boulevard
as Dr. Raju
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Rupee/Old Gil/King (voice)
2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
as Mountie
2010
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
as Self
2009
Mumbai Calling
2009
Horrible Histories
2009
We Are Most Amused
as Self
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
as Self
2007
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
as Self - Presenter
2007
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
Writer
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Shopkeeper
2007
Lewis
as Kanan Dutta
2007
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
The One Show
as Self
2006
Scoop
as Poker Player
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
2006
L'Entente cordiale
as Commandant Bashir
2006
Chopratown
as Vik Chopra
2005
Chopratown
2005
Must See TV
2005
Love Soup
2005
Final Chance to Save
as Himself
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
as Colonel Ahmed
2005
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
2004
Lion Battlefield
as Narrator (voice)
2004