Chris Bisson

Chris Bisson
Born	Christopher Paul Bisson 21 July 1975 (1975-07-21) (age 36) Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Christopher Paul "Chris" Bisson (born 21 July 1975) is a British actor.

Career

Born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, Chris Bisson first appeared on television as J.J. in Children's Ward in 1990. He went on to appear in Prime Suspect and Holby City, but he is most recognized for his roles as Saleem Khan in East is East, Vikram Desai in Coronation Street, Kash Karib in Shameless and Jai Sharma in Emmerdale. He also appeared in the second series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.

Bisson appeared in Perfect Day: The Wedding (2005), Perfect Day: The Funeral (2006; Channel Five) and the feature film Stepdad (filmed in February 2007). He participated in the Channel 4 Documentary Empire's Children (2007) tracing his paternal heritage to Trinidad in the West Indies. His recent television appearances have been on the Valentine's Day 2009 episode of Casualty, and on the latest series of Hotel Babylon.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to Shameless in April 2009 for only one episode. In September 2009, Bisson joined the cast of Emmerdale as part of the newly cast Sharma family.^[1]

He and his family appeared on celebrity family fortunes in October 2011 winning £10,000 for charity.

References

1. ^ "Chris Bisson to star in Emmerdale"

External links

• Chris Bisson at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Bisson, Chris
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Date of birth	21 July 1975
Place of birth	Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
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