- He was inspired to take up acting by watching Grange Hill. He enrolled in a Sunday acting workshop when he was 13.
- He's also appeared in several plays, including Wicked Year, Balti Kings, The Skeleton, Ungrateful Dead, Crazy Horse and Papa Was A Bus Conductor.
- Helped launch a National Kidney Research Fund initiative in July of 2002. The campaign is designed to encourage members of the South Asian and African- Caribbean communities to come forward and receive a free test for kidney disease.
- He played cricket, hockey and football at school. He hosted the British Asian Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.
- He has one sister.
- His favourite actors are Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke.
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