Abhin Shah or Abhin Galeya is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as PC Arun Ghir in the

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series ''

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'' from 2008 to 2009 and Ash in the 2012 film '' Cleanskin''.

Early life and education

Galeya grew up in

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. He trained at the

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Career

During his time at Webber, Galeya landed an ensemble role in ''The Ramayana Role'' at the

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in 2001 and had a couple of guest television roles. Galeya played Jay in the 2002

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miniseries '' First Degree'' and made his film debut in the 2004 romantic comedy ''

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''. He had a recurring role as DC Simon Tait in the second series of the

series ''

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''. After appearing in a 2004 episode of ''

'', Galeya returned to play Police Constable Arun Ghir from 2008 to 2009. He appeared in the indie film ''The Blue Tower'' which went on to win the Best UK Feature award at the 2008

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. In addition, he appeared in

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's "Blowback", part of the

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anthology on the

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''. In 2009, Galeya had stage roles as in the three-day ''Not Black and White'' anthology at the

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and Jemal in ''The Container'' at the

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. Galeya starred as Ash in the 2012 terrorist thriller film '' Cleanskin'' alongside

Sean Bean Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire ac ...

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and

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. Despite mixed reviews for the film as overall, Galeya received critical acclaim for his performance, with ''

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'' calling him "consistently impressive" and ''

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'' attributing "the gravitas" to him and Bean. Galeya had roles in two Christianity-related programmes as

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in the 2015 television film '' Killing Jesus'' on

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and

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in the 2017 series '' Jesus: His Life'' on the

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. He went on the 2017 stage tour of ''

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''. In 2019, he starred in the West End and

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revival of ''

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''. Galeya has roles in the 2020 Finnish series ''Peacemaker'' and the 2021 Norwegian series ''Bortført''. He played Archbishop Thomas Cranmer in the Channel 5 three-part thriller drama ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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, Miniseries , - , 2022 , '' Star Wars: Andor'' , Salman Paak , 5 episodes , - , 2023 , ''

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drama

Video games

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galeya, Abhin Living people Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art British male actors of Indian descent British male television actors British male film actors English people of Indian descent People from Edgware Year of birth missing (living people)