Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series Goodness Gracious Me and as the star of the sitcom The Kumars at No. 42. He also presented and starred in a documentary series called India with Sanjeev Bhaskar in which he travelled to India and visited his ancestral home in today's Pakistan. Bhaskar's more dramatic acting roles include the lead role of Dr Prem Sharma in The Indian Doctor and a main role as DI Sunny Khan in Unforgotten.
90 acting credits
Acting · 90
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
2005
Top Gear
2002
Have I Got News for You
1990
The One Show
2006
The Sandman
2022
Good Omens
2019
Natural World
1983
Taskmaster
2015
Omnibus
1967
Lewis
2007
Horrible Histories
2009
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Richard & Judy
2001
The Flash
2023
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Unforgotten
2015
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
The Family Plan 2
2025
Parkinson
1998
Room 101
1994
Paddington in Peru
2024
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
Notting Hill
1999
Paddington 2
2017
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Arthur Christmas
2011
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
The Indian Doctor
2010
Gadget Man
2012
Yesterday
2019
Porters
2017
Love Soup
2005
Little Crackers
2010
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Hitmen
2020
Scoop
2006
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Zero Theorem
2013
The Kumars
2014
Dragon Rider
2020
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
This Morning
1988
The Guru
2002
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
2019
London Boulevard
2010
The Real McCoy
1991
Sandylands
2020
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
Keeping Mum
1997
Harry Hill's Tea Time
2016
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
All the Queen's Horses with Alan Titchmarsh
2009
Secrets of the Transport Museum
2021
Mumbai Calling
2009
Porkpie
1995
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2015
Anita and Me
2002
Inside Classical
2022
Must See TV
2005
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
We Know Where You Live
1997
Final Chance to Save
2005
Rewind The 60s
2010
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
2007
L'Entente cordiale
2006
We Are Most Amused
2008
Captain Butler
1997
The Mystic Masseur
2001
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
2025
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Founding of The Premier Grand Lodge
2017
Chopratown
2005
The Hound of the Baskervilles
2023
The Dance of Shiva
1998
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Chopratown
2005
Inferno
2002
The Sick Party
2012
Lion Battlefield
2004