Phaldut Sharma

Acting

Born July 10, 1989, London, England, UK

Phaldut "Paul" Sharma (born 10 July 1989) is a Welsh dancer and actor of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known for playing AJ Ahmed in EastEnders, Achmed in Gavin & Stacey and as DCI Ram Sidhu in Unforgotten. Sharma is also known for his recurring work as a Sammy Davis Junior tribute act in both West End Theatre and web series and for his roles in the Alfonso Cuarón movies Children of Men and Gravity.

Filmography

• 2024Men Up — Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah
• Full Circle — Garmen Harry, Dialect Coach
• Sherwood — Chief Constable Fraser
• 2020A Christmas Gift from Bob — Moody
• Avenue 5 — Sanji
• The Singapore Grip — Major Singh
• Hanna — Tom
• 2019The Personal History of David Copperfield — Butcher
• A Discovery of Witches — T.J. Wetson
• Shane the Chef
• Cucumber — Leigh
• Cuffs — Mohammad Bangash
• Unforgotten — Ram Sidhu
• 2013Gravity — Shariff (voice)
• Home Time — Darren Barwick
• 2008Slapper — Referee
• Gavin & Stacey — Achmed
• 2006Children of Men — Ian
• Life on Mars — Ravi Gandhi
• New Street Law — Mark Tang
• Meet the Magoons
• Bodies — Darpak Gill
• The Last Detective — Shivraj
• Spooks — Harish Dhillon
• The Bench — Ranjit Singh
• The Office — Sanj
• 2000It Was an Accident — Asif
• Roger Roger — Rajiv
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Imad Abdullah
• 1996Roger Roger — Ranjiv
• Casualty — Damon Lynch
• EastEnders — AJ Ahmed