Himesh Patel (born 13 October 1990) is a British actor, musician, and singer.
He got his big break playing Tamwar Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2016. He has since become better known, after starring in the 2019 Danny Boyle-Richard Curtis film Yesterday. He has also had supporting roles in Christopher Nolan's 2020 film Tenet, and the HBO series Avenue 5. In 2021, he appeared in Neflix's Don't Look Up, and HBO Max's Station Eleven, the latter earning him a Emmy Award nomination.
Selected filmography:
- Film
- Yesterday (2019) as Jack Malik
- The Aeronauts (2019) as John Trew
- Tenet (2020) as Mahir
- Don't Look Up (2021) as Phillip Kaj
- Enola Holmes 2 (2022) as Dr John Watson
- The Amazing Maurice (2022) as Keith
- Good Grief (2023) as Thomas
- Television
- EastEnders (2007-2016) as Tamwar Masood
- The Luminaries (2020) as Emery Staines
- Avenue 5 (2020) as Jordan Hatwal
- Station Eleven (2021-2022) as Jeevan Chaudhary
- Ten Percent (2022) as himself
- Black Mirror "Joan is Awful" as TV Krish
