''I Gotta Be Me'' is a web series starring
Phaldut Sharma
Phaldut "Paul" Sharma is a Welsh actor and dancer. He is perhaps best known for his small role in the 2013 science fiction movie ''Gravity'', and is also known for playing Achmed in ''Gavin & Stacey'' and AJ Ahmed in ''EastEnders''.
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as an actor, Paul Shah, who is given the role of
Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician.
At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which t ...
in a
Rat Pack
The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. They originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a group of A-list show business friends, s ...
tribute show. The tribute show is filmed as part of a faux documentary.
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The series stars Phaldut Sharma as Paul Shah/Sammy Davis Jr., Martin Rhodes as Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...
, and Andrew Oliver, David Locke, John Hughes, Karen Kendall, Angela Rhodes, and Chris King as Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
.
The series has nine episodes:
#Faraway Close
#I Gotta Be Me
#Bums on Seats
#The Chairman of the Board
#Birth of the Blues...
#'How Long Have I Been On?'
#That's Life
#Why Me?
#That's Amore!
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American comedy web series
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Cultural depictions of Sammy Davis Jr.
Cultural depictions of Frank Sinatra
Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley