Vincent Ebrahim

Acting

Born January 1, 1951, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Vincent Ebrahim (born 1951) is a South African actor and comedian. He is known for portraying the roles of Ashwin in the BBC later Sky One comedy series The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–2006, 2014), pub landlord Bobby in the BBC One comedy series After You've Gone (2007–2008), Robert "Big Bob" Gupta in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2014) and Hashim Elamin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2021).

Filmography

• The Good Ship Murder — Captain Gregory Jameson
• 2021New Material — Ebrahim Kaif
• Starstruck — Sunay
• 2020National Theatre Live: Dara — Emperor Shah Jahan
• 2018Happy New Year, Colin Burstead — Nikhil
• Killing Eve — Mike
• 2018The Queen and I — Judge
• 2016Allied — Driver in Desert
• 2015National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
• The Kumars — Ashwin Kumar
• 2013The Physician — Tughrul
• 2012Material — Ebrahim Kaif
• The Old Guys — Rajan
• 2008Compulsion — Satvik
• After You've Gone — Bobby
• New Street Law — Sonny Mehta
• Ideal — Mr Rupani
• Meet the Magoons
• 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Mr. Caliche (voice)
• Bedtime — Mohammad
• The Kumars at No. 42
• 1987We Are the Elephant
• 1976Springbok