{{Short description|British actor and comedian}} {{BLP one source|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = <!-- Freely licenced images only. NO SCREEN CAPTURES. Please do not put a fair-use image here, it will be deleted - see WP:NONFREE --> | name = Inder Manocha | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = London, England }} '''Inder Manocha''' (born 1968) is a British-Indian stand-up comedian and actor.
==Early life== Born in London to Indian parents,<ref name="bwns">[http://news.bahai.org/story/300 Comedian wins major award] London, United Kingdom, 25 May 2004 (BWNS)</ref> Manocha read Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford University and worked in international relations and as a therapist before deciding to work professionally in comedy and acting in 2001.<ref name="bwns"/> Manocha is a member of the Baháʼí Faith.<ref name="bwns"/>
==Radio== * Freudian Slips Radio 4 * Beyond Belief Radio 5
==Television== * Mega Mela Malai BBC (2001) * Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee BBC 1 (2005) * Waking the Dead BBC1 (2005) * Holby City BBC1 (2006) * Skins (played Anwar's dad) E4 (2007)
==Film== *''Filth and Wisdom'' *''The Blue Tower''
==Print== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071114171306/http://www.breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/bsr03_1/315_manocha_art.htm Baháʼí Art: Fact or Fiction?] by Inder Manocha, Baháʼí Studies Review,<!--- note that the Studies Review publication uses only 1 of the 3 diacritics, the ʼ ---> Vol.3.1, 1993
==Awards== Winner of EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Achievement Awards) Best Comedy/Comedian 2004<ref name="bwns"/>
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{IMDb name|1918810}} * [http://www.comedycv.co.uk/indermancoha/index.htm Comedy CV] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070918133351/http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2004wk2/features/you%27re_having_a_laugh Oxford Student interview] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVO1dvXcUCs YouTube - BBC Asian Network]
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