Character: Fakir
Raj trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Queen Mary University.
Theatre includes: The Great Extension (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Spiral (The Royal Court Theatre); Simply Cinderella (The Curve); Shades/Unheard Voices (The Royal Court Theatre); the award-winning Free Outgoing (The Royal Court Theatre); Tales From Firozsha Baag (National Theatre Studio); High Heel Parrotfish (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria, West End); Hijra (Bush/West Yorkshire Playhouse); My Dad’s Corner Shop (Birmingham Rep); Airport 2000 (Theatre Royal Stratford East at the Greenwich Theatre); West Side Story (Prince of Wales Theatre, West End); Bollywood or Bust (Watermans Theatre/Tour); East is East (Oldham Coliseum); Arrange That Marriage (Bloomsbury Theatre/Watermans); Don’t Look at my Sister Innit! (Bloomsbury Theatre/Watermans); Nagwanti (Tara Arts).
TV includes: Played Grayson in the BAFTA-winning Dead Set (E4/C4); Doctors (BBC); Sinchronicity (BBC); All About Me (Celador); Hard Cash (BBC); Out of Sight (Carlton).
Film includes: Diary of a Thagee, Karma Magnet; Dangerous Parking; Starter for 10; The Lives of the Saints; Never Say Never Mind; Birthday Girl; Sari and Trainers.
Awards: Raj was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for playing Sweetie in Bombay Dreams.
Raj is also Assistant Director for The Secret Garden.
