Gurjeet Singh

Gurjeet Trojan Singh (born 26 November 1994) is an English actor. He portrayed Naveed Haider in the Channel 4 series Ackley Bridge (2017–2019). Aside from his role as Naveed, he has appeared in series including Three Girls, Mrs Sidhu Investigates (2023) and Hotel Portofino (2024). As well as his television roles, Singh has also starred in various theatre productions, including Hobson's Choice (2019), The Importance of Being Earnest (2021), East is East (2021) and No Pay? No Way! (2023).

Life and career 1994–2019: Early work and breakthrough Gurjeet Trojan Singh was born on 26 November 1994 in Manchester. He had a passion for acting since primary school and went on to study performing arts at college. He auditioned for a drama school and has stated he "got close" but did not get accepted. Whilst working at a post office, he received a call from his agent, who informed him that the National Theatre wanted to invite him for an audition. He then made his professional acting debut in their 2015 production of Dara. He then made various screen appearances, including an episode of Comedy Playhouse, the 2016 film 25 Kille and an episode of the BBC Three drama series Three Girls.

In 2017, Singh appeared in Goth Weekend at the Live Theatre Company, as well as starring in Hull Truck Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol. Later in 2017, Singh appeared in his first high-profile role when he was cast in the Channel 4 school drama series Ackley Bridge. He was cast as Naveed Haider, a gay Muslim student. At the time of his casting, Singh had left school years prior, and found it fun "putting on a school uniform again and becoming a mischievous student". Singh left his role as Naveed after the conclusion of the third series.

2019–present: Stage and television roles In 2019, whilst also filming for Ackley Bridge, he portrayed Tarig in the ITV1 crime drama series The Bay. He had auditioned for a different role but was not chosen, later receiving a call to instead play Tarig. A year later, he starred in Wuthering Heights, also at the Royal Exchange. Singh then portrayed Jamil in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in 2021, which went on to be a digitised film. Later in 2021

In 2021, Singh was cast in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's production of East is East. Then in 2023, he starred in the Acorn TV mystery crime series Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Tez Sidhu. Singh also returned to the Royal Exchange that year for their production of No Pay? No Way!, in which he played Luigi. WhatsOnStage praised his chemistry with co-star Roger Morlidge. In 2024, he was made a board member of the Royal Exchange, Later that year, he appeared in the recurring role of Virat Sengupta in the third series of the BritBox period drama Hotel Portofino.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2016 31st October Film 2016 Comedy Playhouse Raz Episode: "Broken Biscuits" 2016 25 Kille Film 2017 Three Girls Ali Guest role 2017–2019 Ackley Bridge Naveed Haider Main role 2018 Gamer Nazgore Short film 2019 The Bay Tarig Guest role 2021 The Importance of Being Earnest Jamil Film 2023 Mrs Sidhu Investigates Tez Sidhu Main role 2024 Hotel Portofino Virat Sengupta Recurring role 2025 Magid / Zafar Zafar Short film

Stage Year Title Role Venue 2015 Dara Malik's Watchman National Theatre Live 2017 Goth Weekend Simon Live Theatre Company 2017 A Christmas Carol Dick Wilkins/Topper Hull Truck Theatre 2019 Hobson's Choice Robbie Singh Royal Exchange Theatre 2019 The Manchester Project at Christmas Various HOME Theatre 2020 Wuthering Heights Hindley Royal Exchange Theatre 2021 The Importance of Being Earnest Jamil Lawrence Batley Theatre 2021 East is East Tariq Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2023 No Pay? No Way! Luigi Royal Exchange Theatre 2024 Expendable Raheel Royal Court Theatre