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Shubham Saraf

Shubham Saraf (born March 1992) is a British actor. He earned an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination. On television, he is known for his roles in the Netflix crime anthology Criminal: UK (2019–), the BBC One drama A Suitable Boy (2020), and the Apple TV+ series Shantaram (2022).^[1] His films include Honour (2014).

Early life[edit]

Saraf was born in Calcutta. He spent his early childhood in Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago, before moving to London when he was 7 or 8.^[2] He attended St Paul's School, London. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2013. He then spent a year with the École Philippe Gaulier in Paris before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017.^[3]

Career[edit]

Saraf appeared in the 2014 films Honour and The Cut. He made his professional stage debut in 2017 as revolutionary Dinesh GuptainLions and Tigers at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.^[4] In 2018, he appeared in the BBC One political thriller Bodyguard as PR adviser Tahir Mahmood.^[5] He also had stage roles in a gender-swapped version of HamletatShakespeare's Globe and An Adventure Bush Theatre.

The following year, Saraf began starring as Detective Constable Kyle Petit in the Netflix crime anthology Criminal: UK.^[6] He was in the main cast of the BBC One drama miniseries A Suitable Boy as Nawabzada Firoz Khan.^[7] He appeared in Three Sisters at the Almeida Theatre and Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre.^[8] In 2022, Saraf starred as Prabhu Kharre in the Apple TV+ adaptation of Shantaram and played Nathuram GodseinThe Father and the Assassin, also at the National,^[9] the latter of which earned Saraf an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Stage[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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External links[edit]

• Shubham SarafatIMDb
• Shubham Saraf at Insight