Sanjeev Bhaskar
Department: Acting
Biography
Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as the star of the sitcom The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar in which he travelled to India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan. Bhaskar's more dramatic acting roles include the lead role of Dr Prem Sharma in The Indian Doctor and a main role as DI Sunny Khan in Unforgotten.
Known For
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
L'Entente cordiale
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
The Flash
2023
Inferno
2002
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Zero Theorem
2013
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
Anita and Me
2002
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
Lion Battlefield
2004
We Are Most Amused
2008
The Dance of Shiva
1998
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2015
Scoop
2006
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Notting Hill
1999
Arthur Christmas
2011
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
London Boulevard
2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Chopratown
2005
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Paddington 2
2017
Dragon Rider
2020
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
Yesterday
2019
The Mystic Masseur
2001
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
Paddington in Peru
2024
The Sick Party
2012
The Guru
2002
The Family Plan 2
2025
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025
Top Gear
2002
This Morning
1988
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
The One Show
2006
Goodness Gracious Me
1996
Room 101
1994
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Richard & Judy
2001
Good Omens
2019
Captain Butler
1997
Chopratown
2005
The Real McCoy
1991
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Mumbai Calling
2009
Natural World
1983
Must See TV
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Rewind The 60s
2010
The Indian Doctor
2010
Keeping Mum
1997
Natural World
1983
Doctor Who
2005
The Kumars
2014
Secrets of the Transport Museum
2021
Horrible Histories
2009
Unforgotten
2015
Love Soup
2005
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
Midsomer Murders
1997
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
2009
Little Crackers
2010
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Gadget Man
2012
Inside Classical
2022
The Sandman
2022
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
2007
Porters
2017
Lewis
2007
Hitmen
2020
Final Chance to Save
2005
Sandylands
2020
Parkinson
1998
Have I Got News for You
1990
The One Show
2006
We Know Where You Live
1997
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Have I Got News for You
1990
Taskmaster
2015
Harry Hill's Tea Time
2016
Porkpie
1995