Cast & creator
Phaldut Sharma
Best known for EastEnders, Casualty, Spooks
Phaldut "Paul" Sharma (born 10 July 1989) is a Welsh dancer and actor of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known for playing AJ Ahmed in EastEnders, Achmed in Gavin & Stacey and as DCI Ram Sidhu in Unforgotten. Sharma is also known for his recurring work as a Sammy Davis Junior tribute act in both West End Theatre and web series and for his roles in the Alfonso Cuarón movies Children of Men and Gravity.
Also known as: Paul Sharma
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film credits
25
television credits
32
1985–2024 · acting roles
6.8
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (33)
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EastEnders
AJ Ahmed
1985
Casualty
Damon Lynch
1986
Spooks
Harish Dhillon
2002
The Office
Sanj
2001
Dalziel and Pascoe
Imad Abdullah
1996
A Discovery of Witches
T.J. Wetson
2018
Unforgotten
Ram Sidhu
2015
Hanna
Tom
2019
Sherwood
Chief Constable Fraser
2022
Gravity
Shariff (voice)
2013
Avenue 5
Sanji
2020
Children of Men
Ian
2006
Full Circle
Garmen Harry
2023Full Circle
Dialect Coach
2023
Life on Mars
Ravi Gandhi
2006
Gavin & Stacey
Achmed
2007
New Street Law
Mark Tang
2006
The Last Detective
Shivraj
2003
Bodies
Darpak Gill
2004
Cucumber
Leigh
2015The Bench
Ranjit Singh
2001
Cuffs
Mohammad Bangash
2015
The Singapore Grip
Major Singh
2020
Home Time
Darren Barwick
2009
Shane the Chef
2018
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Butcher
2019
A Christmas Gift from Bob
Moody
2020
Roger Roger
Rajiv
1998
Men Up
Peetham ‘Pete’ Shah
2024
Slapper
Referee
2008
It Was an Accident
Asif
2000Meet the Magoons
2005
Roger Roger
Ranjiv
1996