Ramon Tikaram
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| Ramon Tikaram | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ramon Pramod Junior Tikaram 16 May 1967 Singapore |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
Ramon Pramod Junior Tikaram (born 16 May 1967) is a British stage and screen actor of Indo-Fijian and Malaysian descent.
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Early and personal life
Born in Singapore, Tikaram is the son of Fijian-Indian British Army soldier Pramod Tikaram and Sarawakian mother Fatimah Rohani. His younger sister is singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram. Tikaram is the great-nephew of Sir Moti Tikaram who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest serving national ombudsman.
After attending six primary schools in the United Kingdom and Germany, Tikaram was sent to the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover, Kent in 1978. Tikaram studied at National Youth Theatre
Career
In 1992, Tikaram had a recording contract and released two singles followed by the album Chill and Kiss, the latter with musicians including brothers Bill and Ian Nelson on guitar and sax respectively.
In October 2009, it was announced that Tikaram would appear in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. He played the part of Qadim Shah, father of the already established character Amira Shah.[1] He appeared on-screen in the role from 17 December 2009 to 29 April 2010 in two separate stints, he returned on 6 September 2011 but left again and returned on 6 January and left again. Tikaram also provided voice acting for the character of Gabe Weller in the 2009 video game Dead Space: Extraction.
Tikaram performed the role of the King of Siam in a UK tour of the musical The King and I, ending in May 2012.[2] In November 2012, he also provided the voice of World Eaters Captain Macer Varren for the Black Library audio drama, "Garro: Sword of Truth", part of the long-running Horus Heresy series.
He appeared as Prendahl in Game of Thrones in 2013.[3] He lent his voice for Dorian in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Discography
Singles
- Johnny's Coming Home (1992) German release DSB (Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin)
- Hey! (1992) German release DSB (Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin)
Album
- Chill and Kiss Bill Nelson guitar, Ian Nelson sax on some tracks (1992) German release DSB (Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin)
Selected film credits
Selected television credits
- Crossroads
- Dream Team
- EastEnders
- Fortitude
- Game of Thrones
- Happy Valley
- Krakatoa: The Last Days
- Man Down
- The Mighty Boosh
- Mile High
- Moving On
- My Spy Family
- Primeval
- This Life
- Stella
References
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- Ramon Tikaram at the Internet Movie Database
- BBC News Online: "This Life's Ferdy not coming back" from October 2006
- "Making Mischief" Future Movies from November 2011
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Fijian people of Indian descent
- British people of Indo-Fijian descent
- Alumni of the University of London
- Alumni of the University of Kent
- People educated at the Duke of York's Royal Military School
- British people of Malaysian descent
- Male actors of Indian descent
- 21st-century British male actors
- 20th-century British male actors
- British male film actors
- British male television actors
- National Youth Theatre members
- Malaysian people of Indian descent
