Biography
Jimi Mistry is a British actor. He was born on 1 January 1973 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.
He first gained attention playing Dr Fred Fonseca in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. His film breakthrough came as Tariq Khan in East Is East (1999). Subsequent roles include The Guru (2002), Blood Diamond (2006), RocknRolla (2008), Exam (2009) and 2012 (2009). On television he has appeared in Strike Back as Latif and as Kal Nazir in Coronation Street.
Mistry's screen career spans 1996 to 2015.
