Background
Sharma is the son of Guyanese Hindus.
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Paul Sharma
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Education
He was educated at Bassaleg Comprehensive, Pontypool College and Guildford School of Acting.
Career
His family moved from London to Bassaleg in Newport when he was six years old. Television and film
Sharma played Vinnay Ramdas in Casualty and then Damon Lynch in 2011, Rajiv in comedy-drama Roger Roger and was Paul in Meet the Magoons. He has also appeared in episodes of Life on Mars, Dalziel and Pascoe and the British Broadcasting Corporation daytime series Doctors. also appeared in one episode of Ultimate Force Series 4 Episode 3 "the dividing line"
Sharma was in the first episode of the United Kingdom comedy The Office, playing Sanj and was Stacey Shipman"s (Joanna Page) ex-fiancé, Achmed, in Gavin & Stacey.
In 2012, Sharma was cast in EastEnders as Masood Ahmed"s (Nitin Ganatra) brother AJ, a regular character.
He left the soap opera in 2014. He also appeared in episode six of Hunted.
In 2013, he voiced Shariff in the film Gravity. In 2015 he released I Gotta Be Maine - a ten part web comedy in which he plays Paul Shah - a semi-autobigraphical character based on his experience as a Sammy Davis Junior tribute acting
Stage
Sharma played Sammy Davis, Junior in the West End production of Rat Pack Confidential in 2003.
From September to October 2010, he appeared in Factory Theatre Company"s Boiling Frogs at Southwark Playhouse, London.
