Abhin Galeya

Abhin Shah or Abhin Galeya is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as PC Arun Ghir in the ITV series The Bill from 2008 to 2009, Ash in the 2012 film Cleanskin, and Salman Paak in Star Wars: Andor.

Early life and education Galeya grew up in Edgware. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career During his time at Webber, Galeya landed an ensemble role in The Ramayana Role at the Royal National Theatre in 2001 and had a couple of guest television roles. Galeya played Jay in the 2002 BBC Wales miniseries First Degree and made his film debut in the 2004 romantic comedy Wimbledon. He had a recurring role as DC Simon Tait in the second series of the ITV series Murder Investigation Team.

After appearing in a 2004 episode of The Bill, Galeya returned to play Police Constable Arun Ghir from 2008 to 2009. In addition, he appeared in Ronan Bennett's "Blowback", part of the BBC Two anthology on the Iraq War 10 Days to War.

In 2009, Galeya had stage roles as in the three-day Not Black and White anthology at the Tricycle Theatre and Jemal in The Container at the Young Vic.

Galeya starred as Ash in the 2012 terrorist thriller film Cleanskin alongside Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Michelle Ryan and Tuppence Middleton. Despite mixed reviews for the film as overall, Galeya received critical acclaim for his performance, with Variety calling him "consistently impressive" and Screen International attributing "the gravitas" to him and Bean.

Galeya had roles in two Christianity-related programmes as John the Baptist in the 2015 television film Killing Jesus on National Geographic and Judas in the 2017 series Jesus: His Life on the History Channel.

He went on the 2017 stage tour of Hedda Gabler. In 2019, he starred in the West End and Old Vic revival of The American Clock.

Galeya has roles in the 2020 Finnish series Peacemaker and the 2021 Norwegian series Bortført. He played Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in the Channel 5 three-part thriller drama Anne Boleyn.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Wimbledon Vijay 2008 The Blue Tower Mohan 2009 Living with the Infidels Ali 2012 Cleanskin Ash Broken Eternity Man Short film 2014 Film: The Movie Josh Sawyer Exodus: Gods and Kings Soldier 2017 Let Me Go Chris 2018 Process Varun Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Down to Earth Steve Episode: "Rites and Wrongs" 2001 Judge John Deed Young Jury Man Episode: "Duty of Care" 2002 First Degree Jay Miniseries 2003 Final Demand Bashir Television film 2004; 2008–2009 The Bill PC Arun Ghir / Dalbeer Singh 25 episodes 2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Satnam Gualti Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" 2004 Casualty Ajay Singh Episode: "Little White Lies" 2005; 2007 Doctors Amar Jindal / Matt Whitehead 2 episodes 2005 Murder Investigation Team DC Simon Tait 4 episodes (series 2) 2005 Waking the Dead Harry 2 episodes 2005 Rome Oedipus Episode: "Triumph" 2006 Totally Frank Ash 1 episode 2006 Bad Girls Pete 1 episode 2007 Holby City Vikram Popat Episode: "The Last Throw" 2007 Robin Hood Nasir Episode: "We Are Robin Hood" 2008 10 Days to War Mamoon Episode: "Blowback" 2012 Hustle Wasam Madani Episode: " The Con Is Off" White Heat Saghoor Episode: "The Eye of the Needle" 2013 Fresh Meat Hasan 1 episode 2015 Father Brown Doctor Raj Chandraty Episode: "The Last Man" Silent Witness Daniel Doshi 2 episodes Killing Jesus John the Baptist Television film The Royals Omar Episode: "The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune" 2019 Jesus: His Life Judas 2020 Peacemaker Zamen Essayah 2021 The Girl from Oslo Abu Salim 2021 Anne Boleyn Thomas Cranmer Miniseries 2022 Star Wars: Andor Salman Paak 5 episodes 2023 Maternal Raz Farooqi ITV drama 2024 Say Nothing Dr. Mansuri Episode: "Do No Harm" 2026 House of the Dragon Leo Episode: "Tumbleton" TBA Saviour Dev Sangar

Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Additional voices 2020 Amnesia: Rebirth Salim Hannachi / Malick Tamboura

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2001 The Ramayana Role Ensemble Tricycle Theatre, London 2003 East is East Saleem New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme 2007 The Hot Zone Waris Islam Battersea Arts Centre, London 2009 Not Black and White: Detaining Justice, Seize the Day, Category B Ben / Ravinder / Riz Tricycle Theatre, London 2009 The Container Jemal Young Vic, London 2016 The Hotel Cerise Karim Hassan Theatre Royal Stratford East 2017 The Lower Depths Kleesht Arcola Theatre, London 2017 The Cherry Orchard Trofimov Arcola Theatre, London 2017 Hedda Gabler Tesman UK tour 2018 Big Aftermath of a Small Disclosure Jon Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 The American Clock Tony / Moe 2 Old Vic, London