Headshot taken by Anne Eyre.
Bhasker Patel (born 7th February 1956 in Kampala, Uganda) is an Ugandan-born English actor who portrayed Rishi Sharma in Emmerdale from November 2011 to July 2023.
Patel has also appeared in Grange Hill, Crown Court, The Bill, Brookside, Birds of a Feather, Only Fools and Horses, Casualty, My Family, Always and Everyone, Coronation Street, Holby Blue, Doctor Who, Law & Order: UK, Spooks and Holby City.