Hari Dhillon

Hari Dhillon is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for playing Michael Spence in British television medical drama series Holby City. His name has also been spelled Hari Dillon and Harry Dillon.

Early life and education Dhillon was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He spent nine months of his childhood in India. He took one acting class at UC Berkeley in his senior year at San Francisco State University. After graduation, he worked as a prison AIDS educator in California and Hawaii before setting up a theatre company in San Francisco with friends. In 1994, he attended drama school in the United Kingdom. Dhillon took an 'extended break' from Holby City on December 17, 2013, after Michael was forced to leave his post by new CEO, Guy Self (John Michie).

On June 19, 2014, it was announced Dhillon would be returning to Holby City as Michael for a short stint in late 2014. During this time, Dhillon also starred alongside Amanda Mealing on Casualty.

His appearances in US TV shows include Medium, Charmed, Without a Trace, The Loop, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also had minor, unnamed roles in the films Cradle 2 the Grave, Wit and Entrapment. He also starred in the Broadway debut of the Ayad Akhtar play, Disgraced.

Filmography Television Year(s) Title Role Notes 1997 Dream Team 2000 Arabian Nights Prince Hussain 2000 Trial & Retribution 1 episode 2001 Lawless Heart 2001 Holby City Dr Sunil Gupta Recurring role 2002 The Agency 1 episode 2003 She Spies 1 episode 2005 Charmed 2 episodes 2005 Medium 1 episode 2006 Mr. Nice Guy 2007 Without a Trace 1 episode 2007 The Loop 5 episodes 2007–2013, 2014, 2022 Holby City Michael Spence Regular role 2014 Casualty Episode: "Entrenched" 2014 The Mentalist 1 episode 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Attorney Varma Episode: Granting Immunity 2015 The Mysteries of Laura Swami Sanjay Episode: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex" 2016 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Agent Deepak Singh Episode: Harvested 2016 Midsomer Murders Reece Dexter Episode: Breaking the Chain 2016 Madam Secretary Foreign Minister/Prime Minister Episodes: Connection Lost/ Render Safe 2017 This Is Us Sanjay Jahiri 4 episodes 2018 Billions Michael Panay 2019 Death in Paradise Jay Carver Episode: S8:E8 2021 Alex Rider Ed Pleasance 6 episodes 2023 The Serial Killer's Wife Maxwell 2025 The Chelsea Detective Nathaniel "Marty" Sylvester Episode: "Deadlock" (S3:E2)

Film Entrapment (1999) New World Disorder (1999) Wit (2001) Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) Bad Education (2019) Doom: Annihilation (2019) The Beanie Bubble (2023) We Strangers (2024) Trigger Warning (2024)

Theatre Mother Teresa Is Dead (2002), Royal Court Theatre, London Drifting Elegant (2004), Magic Theatre, San Francisco A Perfect Wedding (2004), Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles Morbidity and Mortality (2006), Magic Theatre, San Francisco Charles L. Mee's A Perfect Wedding, which was the inaugural production of the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles Original production of Stephen Belber's Drifting Elegant at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, which was later developed into a feature film Broadway debut of the Ayad Akhtar play, Disgraced.

Awards and nominations Dhillon was nominated to the long-list of the 2010 National Television Awards in the category for "Best Drama Performance".