Amit Shah
Biography
Amit Shah is a British actor who earned a BAFTA nomination for playing Faisal Bhatti in the third series of Happy Valley. Born in Enfield, England, he read drama at Staffordshire University and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, leaving early in 2003 to rehearse for the West End musical Bombay Dreams. He began stage work at the National Theatre in 2006, appearing in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Alchemist, the latter earning him an Ian Charleson Award nomination. His television roles include Sunny in Hospital People, Fred in Crashing, Torque in The Witcher, and parts in Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024). His first major film part came in The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), and he later appeared in Pain Hustlers (2023), Final Score (2018), The Courier (2019), and Ordinary Love (2019). In 2025 he took a leading role in Murder Before Evensong.
45years old
Turns 46 on April 26in 195 days
- Born London Borough of Enfield
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Amit Kaushik Shah
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 19 years2006 to 2025
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Early training
Shah trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and in 2003 the principal let him graduate early so he could start rehearsals for the West End musical Bombay Dreams, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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