Ramon Tikaram

Ramon Pramad Junior Tikaram (born May 16, 1967 in Singapore ) is a British actor of Fijian - Malaysian descent.

life and career

Ramon Tikaram was born as the son of the British Army soldier Pramad Tikaram, who belonged to the Indian minority of Fiji, and the Malaysian Fatimah Rohani in Singapore. His sister, two years younger than him, is the singer Tanita Tikaram . The family later moved to Münster in Westphalia , where the father was stationed as part of his army work and which is also the birthplace of his sister. Tikaram attended a total of six primary schools in Germany and England , where the family settled in Basingstoke in 1981 .

As early as 1978 Tikaram was sent to the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover , before he was later accepted at the University of Kent in Canterbury and joined the National Youth Theater in London .

In 1995 he took on his first acting role. In The Pirate Bride, he played the role of a pirate. This was followed by a supporting role in the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love . As a result, he took part in a variety of films and series, from 1996 to 1997 recurring as Ferdy in This Life , in My Sp Family , Primeval or in the role of the mercenary Prendahl in the third season of Game of Thrones . From 2009 to 2012 he appeared as Qadim Shah in EastEnders .

In 2015 he took on a supporting role as Phylo Percadium in the science fiction film Jupiter Ascending . Also that year he took on a supporting role as Tavrani Tavani in Fortitude , which he played until 2017. Since 2019 he can be seen as Inspector Victor Aziz in a supporting role in the US crime series Pennyworth . He also took on a recurring role as Terence McCann in the British comedy series Brassic . His entire work in front of the camera includes more than 90 film and television productions.

On stage, Tikaram was seen in the role of the King of Siam in the musical The King and I , which he embodied in 2012. In addition to his acting activities, Tikaram is also active as a singer and lends his voice to characters from video games, for example in Dragon Age: Inquisition or The Hitman . He recorded some of his singles with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin .

Filmography (selection)

• 1995: The Pirate Bride (Cutthroat Island)
• 1996: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
• 1996–1997: This Life (TV series, 21 episodes)
• 1997-2016: Casualty (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2000: Daylight Robbery (mini series, 4 episodes)
• 2000–2002: Dream Team (TV series, 47 episodes)
• 2001: The Fear (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2001: Judge John Deed (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2002: Crossroads (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2004: Holby City (TV series, episode 6x21)
• 2004: Silent Witness (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2005: Down to Earth (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2005, 2018: Doctors (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2005: Murphy's Law (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2006: Mischief Night
• 2006: Tripping Over (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2006: Take 3 Girls
• 2007–2009: My Spy Family (TV series, 16 episodes)
• 2008: Speed ​​Racer
• 2008: Dean Stanley
• 2008: Wired (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2008–2009: Primeval - Return of the primeval monsters ( Primeeval , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2009: Endgame
• 2009–2012: EastEnders (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2010: Identity (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2010: Combat Kids (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2012: White Heat (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2013: Father Brown (TV series, episode 1x03)
• 2013: Game of Thrones (TV series, episode 3x08)
• 2013–2014: Law & Order: UK (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2013–2015: Man Down (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2014: Vampire Academy
• 2015: Jupiter Ascending
• 2015: Dragonfly
• 2015: Stella (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015–2017: Fortitude (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2016: 5 Greedy Bankers
• 2016: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, episode 18x04)
• 2016: The Coroner (TV series, episode 2x09)
• 2017: Death in Paradise (TV series, episode 6x02)
• 2017: Happy Feather (TV series, episode 3x04)
• 2018: Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Mini-Series, Episode 1x06)
• 2018: Boogie Man
• 2019–2020: Brassic (TV series, 8 episodes)
• since 2019: Pennyworth (TV series)
• 2020: Feel Good (TV series, 6 episodes)

Web links

• Ramon Tikaram in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ramon Tikaram in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The King and I ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.