Ramon Tikaram

Ramon P. Tikaram (born 16 May 1967) is a British actor.

In 1992, Tikaram had a recording contract and released two singles followed by the album Chill and Kiss, the latter with musicians including brothers Bill and Ian Nelson on guitar and sax respectively.

On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC Two series This Life (1996–1997), he appeared as Mr. Prashant Dattani in the Sky One drama Dream Team (TV series) (2000-2001), the BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2009–2012), the Sky Atlantic series Fortitude (2015–2017), the DC Universe series Pennyworth (2019–2022), and the Sky One comedy-drama Brassic (2019–2021).

In 1996–97, he played the recurring character of Ferdy Garcia in the BBC TV series This Life.

Tikaram starred as Judas in the West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar from 1997 to 1998.

In 1997, Tikaram was offered a role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but refused because it required that he cut his hair.

His films include Mischief Night (2006) and Endgame (2009).

Tikaram is the son of Pramod Tikaram, an Indo-Fijian officer of the British Army, and Fatimah Rohani, a Sarawakian Malay mother.

His younger sister is singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram.

The family moved frequently during Tikaram's youth, because of his father's military service with the British army.

When not living abroad, Tikaram grew up in Basingstoke.

He went to the Duke of York's Royal Military School before studying English at the University of Kent, where he discovered acting.

A 10th-anniversary return of the show in 2006 was based on Ferdy's funeral, and Tikaram therefore did not appear.

In October 2009, it was announced that Tikaram would appear in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

He played the part of Qadim Shah, father of the established character Amira Shah.

He appeared on-screen in the role from 17 December 2009 to 29 April 2010 in two stints, then returned on 6 September 2011 and 6 January 2012 for short appearances.

Tikaram provided voice acting for the character of Gabe Weller in the 2009 video game Dead Space: Extraction.

Tikaram performed the role of the King of Siam in a UK tour of the musical The King and I, ending in May 2012.

In November 2012, he also provided the voice of World Eaters Captain Macer Varren for the Black Library audio drama Garro: Sword of Truth, part of the long-running Horus Heresy series.

He lent his voice for Dorian in Dragon Age: Inquisition, Gein in the cancelled Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun, and Ravindra 'Rav' Chaudhry in Need for Speed Payback.

He appeared as Prendahl in Game of Thrones in 2013.

He voiced the roles of Ozzy, Danby, and Second Officer Keen, characters in the 2018 video game Subnautica.

In 2018 he took on the roll of voicing Aatrox in the video game League of Legends as well as its auto battler counter part Team Fight Tactics.

Tikaram continued this role when Aatrox was released in the card game Legends of Runeterra.

Tikaram also voiced the role of Godrick The Grafted in the 2022 video game Elden Ring.

Tikaram has also narrated a number of audiobooks.

Tikaram voices the character Ramattra from the 2022 video game Overwatch 2.

He had also narrated a number of “sleep stories” for the Calm app.

Tikaram also appeared as Inspector Victor Aziz in Pennyworth since it premiered in 2019.