Sagar Radia is an English television and film actor. Since 2020, he has portrayed Rishi Ramdani in the

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series ''

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''.

Early life

He was brought up in

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. His mother was a teacher at a primary school and his father worked in the post office. His sister works in finance. He studied at

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and worked in marketing before focusing in acting.

Career

He had an early role in ''

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''. He appeared in

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’s ''

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'' alongside

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, playing brothers, and had a recurring role in ITV series ''

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''. He was also understudy to

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in the theatre production ''The Spoils'' at

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in London in 2016. In 2020, he could be seen as Rishi Ramdani in the

series ''

'', with the character gaining more screen time in the sophomore season and a series regular in season three in 2024 with the character described as a "fan favourite". The episode ''White Mischief'' in the third series focused centrally on him, with the episode being praised as a “standout” episode of the series as he struggles with debt, with his character described "as hubristic and greedy as

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’s Howard Ratner in ''

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''", a film which Radia said he watched prior to filming the episode. In 2022, he began production on the interactive romantic comedy video game ''10 Dates''. He appeared in the 2023 British film ''

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''. He has a role in ''

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'' Scotland-set drama '' An t-Eilean'' (The Island).

Personal life

A keen football fan, he supports

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. He lives in London. When he was a struggling actor he worked in retail in the department store ''

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''.

Partial filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radia, Sagar Date of birth unknown 21st-century English male actors Actors from the London Borough of Harrow Living people Alumni of City, University of London English male film actors English male television actors English people of Gujarati descent Male actors from London