Fady Elsayed (born 15 September 1993) is a British-Egyptian actor, best known for his role as Ram Singh in the BBC's '' Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Class''.

Early life

Elsayed was born in 15 September 1993 at St Mary's Hospital in

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, Elsayed on sixteenth year old, joined the drama school The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. He is of

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heritage.

Career

Television and film

In 2012, after getting his first lead role in ''

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'', Elsayed fell in love with acting and knew he wanted to be an actor for the rest of his life. For his role as Mo in ''My Brother the Devil'' he was nominated with the '' Best Newcomer Award'' at the BFI London Film Festival. He also received an nomination for the ''

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'' as ''Young British Performer of the Year''. After this Elsayed appeared in several TV series, like ''

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'' and '' Silent Witness''. In 2014, he played a vampire who spoke Arabic in ''

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''. Until then this was the most challenging role for him. In 2016, Elsayed was cast in the

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'' Doctor Who'' spin-off '' Class'' as Ram Singh. Elsayed's character Ram is a student at Coal Hill Academy, who plays in the school's football team. In 2018 Elsayed reprised his role as Ram in six audio plays by Big Finish, and again in 2020. In 2018 he appeared in the film ''

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'' alongside

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and

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. In 2020 he appeared in several episodes of the

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drama '' Baghdad Central'', and the

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drama '' Little Birds''. Elsayed was originally contracted to appear in the film adaptation of ''Black Adam'', but due to the

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he was unable to travel to Atlanta for filming, and his role was recast. In June 2021, it was announced that he would star in the second series of ''Gangs of London''.

Other

In 2021, Elsayed featured in an advertisement campaign for PUMA's Porsche Legacy collection.

Personal life

Elsayed is a Muslim. He has three brothers and one sister. He is a childhood friend of

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, and has appeared in several of her music videos.

Filmography

TV series

Film

Music video roles

Audio

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elsayed, Fady Living people 1993 births People from Paddington English people of Egyptian descent 21st-century English male actors British Muslims English Muslims