# Simon Nagra

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{{Short description| British Asian radio, television and theatre actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox person
| name               = Simon Nagra
| occupation         = Radio, television and theatre actor
}}

'''Simon Nagra''' is a [British Asian](/source/British_Asian) radio, television and theatre actor. Television roles include [Ash Parmar](/source/Ash_Parmar) in the [BBC](/source/BBC) soap opera ''[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))'' in 2007,<ref name="Parmars">{{cite web |title=Ketchup on That? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cjrl |publisher=BBC |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref> as well as roles in ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))'', ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill)'', ''[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)'', ''[Dalziel and Pascoe](/source/Dalziel_and_Pascoe_(TV_series))'', ''The Break'', and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simon Nagra|url=https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/ensemble/simon-nagra.html|access-date=2020-07-17|website=birmingham-rep.co.uk}}</ref>

In 2017 he appeared in the  ''[Midsomer Murders](/source/Midsomer_Murders)'' episode "Red in Tooth & Claw" as Dhruv Varma. He also appeared in the TV mini-series ''[Three Girls](/source/Three_Girls_(TV_series))'' as Daddy and the comedy-drama ''[Man Like Mobeen](/source/Man_Like_Mobeen)'' as Uncle Habib.

==Theatrical work==
Nagra has also worked extensively in theatre, including ''[The Revenger's Tragedy](/source/The_Revenger's_Tragedy)'', ''[Rafta, Rafta...](/source/Rafta%2C_Rafta...)'', ''[Haroun and the Sea of Stories](/source/Haroun_and_the_Sea_of_Stories)'' (National Theatre); ''[Antony and Cleopatra](/source/Antony_and_Cleopatra)'' (RSC);<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simon Nagra {{!}} BBA Shakespeare|url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/simon-nagra|access-date=2020-07-17|website=bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref> ''[Play to Win](/source/Play_to_Win_(musical))'' (Soho); ''The Deranged Marriage'' (Rifco, Theatre Royal Stratford);<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dattani|first=Meera|date=20 September 2004|title=A British Asian Deranged marriage – reviewed|url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/theatre/608|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923065845/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/theatre/608|archive-date=2004-09-23|website=asiansinmedia.org}}</ref> ''[East is East](/source/East_Is_East_(play))'' (Oldham Coliseum);<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rossmore Management|url=https://rossmoremanagement.com/clients/simon-nagra|access-date=2021-07-11|website=rossmoremanagement.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> ''A Song for a Sanctuary'' (Lyric Hammersmith); ''Embryo of Death'' (Young Vic); and others.

==References==
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== External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=1368647|name=Simon Nagra}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|people|simon_nagra}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200718004426/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbd69092d ''Simon Nagra''] at the [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute){{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert – if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}

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