Background
Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport, of Indian descent.
Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport, of Indian descent.
He attended Aquinas College in Stockport.
He has performed on stage, film, television and radio. Dhawan trained at the Laine-Johnson Theatre School in Manchester, and started acting at the age of twelve. Onscreen Dhawan has appeared in a number of television shows in the United Kingdom.
He had recurring roles in Weirdsister College, in which he played Azmat Madaridi, and series two and three of the children"s television series Out of Sight.
He appeared in the mini series The Last Train (1999), and has guest starred in episodes on EastEnders, Altogether Now, and City Central. He also appeared in 2008 Independent Television drama, Wired, as Ben Chandrakar, alongside Jodie Whittaker and Laurence Fox.
He was part of an ensemble cast on the National Broadcasting Company sitcom Outsourced, which aired during the 2010-2011 season. In November 2013, Dhawan appeared as former director Waris Hussein in An Adventure in Space and Time, a docu-drama created as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations for Doctor Who.
He also portrayed Paul Jatri, a 22-year-old man involved with a woman twice his age, in the first series of British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Last Tango in Halifax.
Onstage Dhawan originated the role of Akthar in Alan Bennett"s play The History Boys. After playing Akthar in the original stage production he reprised the role in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions, and radio and film versions of the play.