Sanjeev Bhaskar
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.
As actor 99
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
2005
The Sandman
2022
Top Gear
2002
Taskmaster
2015
Natural World
1983
Good Omens
2019
Have I Got News for You
1990
Omnibus
1967
Lewis
2007
The One Show
2006
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Richard & Judy
2001
The Flash
2023
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Horrible Histories
2009
Unforgotten
2015
Parkinson
1998
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Paddington in Peru
2024
The Family Plan 2
2025
Notting Hill
1999
Room 101
1994
Paddington 2
2017
Yesterday
2019
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
Arthur Christmas
2011
Love Soup
2005
Absolutely Anything
2015
Little Crackers
2010
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Harry Hill's Tea Time
2016
Scoop
2006
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
The Zero Theorem
2013
London Boulevard
2010
Dragon Rider
2020
Porters
2017
The Guru
2002
This Morning
1988
The Indian Doctor
2010
Gadget Man
2012
Must See TV
2005
Porkpie
1995
Mumbai Calling
2009
Tuk Tuk!
Hitmen
2020
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
The Real McCoy
1991
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
Inside Classical
2022
The Kumars
2014
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
Sandylands
2020
Thomas and Friends: The Royal Engine
2020
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
2018
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
Anita and Me
2002
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Small Potatoes
1999
Thomas & Friends: A Colourful World
2019
Secrets of the Transport Museum
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
We Know Where You Live
1997
Keeping Mum
1997
We Are Most Amused
2008
L'Entente cordiale
2006
Thomas and Friends: The Super Engine
2021
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Inferno
2002
Captain Butler
1997
Final Chance to Save
2005
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
Chopratown
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2015
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
2009
Rewind The 60s
2010
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
2020
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
2007
The Mystic Masseur
2001
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
2011
Lion Battlefield
2004
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
The Dance of Shiva
1998
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025
Chopratown
2005
The Sick Party
2012
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023