Vincent Ebrahim

Acting

Vincent Ebrahim

Born January 1, 1951 · East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (age 75)

Vincent Ebrahim (born 1951) is a South African actor and comedian. He is known for portraying the roles of Ashwin in the BBC later Sky One comedy series The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–2006, 2014), pub landlord Bobby in the BBC One comedy series After You've Gone (2007–2008), Robert "Big Bob" Gupta in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2014) and Hashim Elamin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2…

Known For

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit · 2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
7.12005
MovieAdventureAnimation
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
AlliedAllied · 2016
Allied
6.82016
MovieActionDrama
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
The PhysicianThe Physician · 2013
The Physician
7.32013
MovieAdventureDrama
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
The Queen and IThe Queen and I · 2018
The Queen and I
6.32018
MovieComedyTV Movie
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
Happy New Year, Colin BursteadHappy New Year, Colin Burstead · 2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
6.42018
MovieComedyDrama
Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother David unexpectedly arrives, throwing the family dynamic far off orbit.
SpringbokSpringbok · 1976
Springbok
1976
Movie
A person of color pretends to be white in order to make the Springbok team
CompulsionCompulsion · 2008
Compulsion
5.02008
MovieCrimeDrama
A beautiful young woman with every privilege except freedom. A despised older man with nothing except his obsession. Are they the key to one another’s salvation? Or are they destined to destroy each other and themselves? Having just finished a degree at Cambridge, Anjika Indrani has the world at her feet. However when her father announces that he intends for her to marry the son of his business associate, Anjika is angry and distraught at the unfairness of it. Then help is offered from an unlikely corner. Her father’s sinister chauffeur Don Flowers proposes a way out… but it comes at a cost.
National Theatre Live: DaraNational Theatre Live: Dara · 2020
National Theatre Live: Dara
9.02020
MovieDramaHistory
1659 Mughal, India. Two brothers, Dara and Aurangzeb, are both heirs to the Muslim empire. Dara, the crown prince, has the love of the people – and of his emperor father – but younger brother Aurangzeb holds a different vision for India’s future. Now they fight ferociously for succession.

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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful ForeversNational Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers · 2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
6.02015
MovieDrama
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.