Harish Patel

Harish Patel is an Indian character actor who has worked mainly on stage but also in Hindi, British and American film and television. Born in Mumbai, he was already performing at seven, taking on both male and female parts in the Ramayana epic. His film debut came in 1983 with Shyam Benegal's Mandi, and from 1994 to 2008 he worked with the theater director Satyadev Dubey; he joined the Indian National Theatre in 1995 for Neela Kamra. His stage work ranged from classical and modern Indian drama to Western playwrights including Pinter, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco and Mrozek, and in 2007 he led the cast of Ayub Khan-Din's Rafta, Rafta..., directed by Nicholas Hytner at London's National Theatre, where it drew critical praise and sold-out audiences. His screen credits include Mr India, Run Fatboy Run (2007), Coronation Street, the David Walliams adaptations such as Mr. Stink (2012), and Eternals (2021), in which he played Karun.