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Ray Panthaki

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Ray Panthaki
Panthaki at the 6th Asian Awards 2016
Born (1979-01-20) 20 January 1979 (age 45)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter, director, film producer
Years active1999–present

Ray Panthaki (/pənˈθɑːki/;[1] born 20 January 1979) is a British actor, producer, screenwriter and director best known for the roles he played in Marcella (2016-2020), Away (2020), and the movie Boiling Point (2021), for which he was nominated for the 2021 BIFA for Best Supporting Actor.

Other credits include Tube Tales (1999), Ali G Indahouse (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), Bollywood Queen (2003), Kidulthood (2006), Provoked (2006), Convenience (2013), It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), Screwed (2011), Interview with a Hitman (2012), Convenience (2013), Colette (2018), Official Secrets (2019), Gangs of London (2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022).

Early life

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Panthaki was born in London to second-generation Indian parents.[2] His parents belong to India's Parsi minority community.[3]

Career

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Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on ITV and Netflix Original Series Marcella and Netflix Original Series Away alongside Hilary Swank.[4] As Hassan B in Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G Indahouse,[4] He appeared in the films Colette,[4] 28 Days Later, Official Secrets,[4] Convenience,[4] Tube Tales,[4] Provoked,[4] Interview with a Hitman,[4] It's a Wonderful Afterlife, and the 2006 film Kidulthood,[4] which he also produced.[4]

In 2006, he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Play" at the TMA Theatre Awards for his role in Gladiator Games. Later that year, he set up the London-based production company Urban Way.[5] Panthaki made his West End theatrical debut in July 2008 in the play In My Name at the Trafalgar Studios.[6] He has performed twice at the Royal Court Theatre in London in Where Do We Live by Christopher Shinn and The Westbridge by Rachel De-Lehay. He went on to play a leading role in Tanika Gupta's The Empress for the Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Emma Rice.

In 2013, Panthaki's directorial debut Life Sentence, a film which he also wrote, won Best UK Short at the East End Film Festival 2013.[7][8][9] In 2013, Panthaki produced and starred in the comedy film Convenience starring alongside Vicky McClure and Adeel Akhtar.[10][11] The film's director Keri Collins won 'Best Breakthrough' at the 2014 BAFTA Cymru for his work on the film.[12][13][14][15]

In 2014, he was announced as one of 18 BAFTA 'Breakthrough Brits' a celebration of Britain's stars of tomorrow alongside fellow actors Stacy Martin, Katie Leung and Callum Turner.[16] In 2016, Panthaki was cast as DCI Rav Sangha in Hans Rosenfeldt's Nordic noir detective series Marcella.[17]

In 2017, it was announced that Panthaki had signed on to Wash Westmoreland's Colette alongside Keira Knightley and Dominic West to play real-life French playwright Pierre Veber, in the biopic based on the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.[18] Panthaki attended the world premier at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival alongside co-stars Keira Knightley and Dominic West, where the film received positive reviews.[19]

In 2020 Panthaki appeared in the Netflix Original series Away, alongside Hilary Swank, as Group Captain Ram Arya, second in command on a mission to Mars.[20]

In 2021 Panthaki was nominated for the BIFA for Best Supporting Actor at the British Independent Film Awards 2021 for his role as Freeman in Boiling Point alongside Stephen Graham.[21][22]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Bill Charlie Episode: "Taking Sides"
1999 Jump Boy Shamil Short film
Tube Tales Mo Segment: "Grasshopper"
2000 Losing It Ray Television film
2001 The Armando Iannucci Shows Episode: "Communication"
My Family Gary Episode: "Trust Never Sleeps"
2002 Blood Strangers Zafar Wahid Television film
Ali G Indahouse Hassan B
Spooks Chalak Ahmed Episode: "One Last Dance"; uncredited
Licks Pizza man Short film; also co-producer
28 Days Later Private Bedford
2003 Bollywood Queen Anil
Rehab Naz Television film
Doctors Duncan Marks Episode: "Donations"
2003-2005 EastEnders Ronny 158 episodes
2005 Blessed Lance 8 episodes
2006 Kidulthood Mark Also co-producer
Provoked Ravi
Strictly Confidential Ali Series 1 Episode 3
2007 Veils Samir Short film
The Feral Generation Vincent Also producer
2009 City Rats Dean Also executive producer
2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Jazz Sethi
2011 Screwed Neil
2012 Interview with a Hitman Franco
The Man Inside Bose Also executive producer
2013 Jadoo
Life of Crime DS Nabeel Kothari Episode: "1997"
Convenience Ajay Also producer
2014 DCI Banks Jeff Kitson Episodes: "Bad Boy Parts 1 & 2"
Cryptic Cochise
The Wrong Mans Khalil 2 episodes
2015 World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen Marcus
Crackanory Nasim
2016 One Crazy Thing Jay Veer Also producer
Oysters Have Feelings Too Jay Short film
Ghosted Paul
2016-2020 Marcella DI/DCI Rav Sangha 24 episodes
2018 Colette Veber
2019 Official Secrets Kamal Ahmed
2020 Dreams Dreams architect Video game' voice only
Gangs of London Jevan Kapadia 8 episodes
Away Ram Arya 10 episodes
Ernie Writer and producer
2021 SAS: Red Notice Prime Minister Atwood
Boiling Point Freeman Also executive producer
2022 The Serpent Queen Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
2023 Bonus Track[23] Mr. Zeppelin
Boiling Point Freeman BBC television series
TBA Fortunate Sons †

References

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  1. ^ "Ray Panthaki: Breakthrough Brit in 2014". BAFTA. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ Alex Ritman (1 June 2018). "'Colette' Star Ray Panthaki on Helping Remove Racial Casting Barriers". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ Lacey, Hester (12 February 2022). "Ray Panthaki: 'I need to continue making films. I don't know why'". Financial Times.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ray Panthaki Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Vicky McClure to star in Convenience". Screen International. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Cruelly funny black comedy thriller." Remotegoat. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Halley wins top prize at East End Film Festival". screendaily. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ "SHORTS: LIFE SENTENCE/THE UNDREAM". Eastendfilmfestival.com. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Youth of Today : TAKE ONE". www.takeonecff.com. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  10. ^ "Convenience". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ Felperin, Leslie (1 October 2015). "Convenience review – fun-fuelled comedy caper". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ Cooper, Sarah. "The British independent comedy is being produced by Ray Panthaki for his company Urban Way". Screen International. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Ray Panthaki - Why I'm Open About Cost Of Film". Sky News. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  14. ^ Lalji, Aly (2015-09-29). "Convenience review: "Highly recommended"". The Hollywood News. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  15. ^ "10 Actor/Producers you should already know about! - Raindance". Raindance. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  16. ^ "Thesps Among BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits". Variety. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. ^ Adejobi, Alicia (February 2021). "Marcella viewers 'obsessed' as Rav confronts her in Ireland after faking her own death". Metro. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. ^ Lodderhose, Diana (2017-07-10). "Ray Panthaki Joins Keira Knightley & Dominic West In Wash Westmoreland's 'Colette'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  19. ^ Radio, Southern California Public (2018-01-27). "Sundance market cools with few breakouts or Oscar pics". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  20. ^ Feldman, Dana (6 September 2020). "Ray Panthaki Says The Unifying Message Of 'Away' Comes At The Perfect Time". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Ali G Indahouse (2002)". BBC Online. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  22. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (22 March 2002). "Can Sacha Baron Cohen take Ali G to the big screen and still keep his legions of fans? Very probably, writes Peter Bradshaw". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  23. ^ Dalton2022-08-17T09:36:00+01:00, Ben. "Bankside boards Sky-backed UK feature 'Bonus Track' as production begins (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2023-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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