Chris Bisson

For the baseball player, see Chris Bisson (baseball).

Chris Bisson
Born
Christopher Paul Bisson

(1975-07-21) 21 July 1975 (age 49)
Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
PartnerRowena Finn (2006–present)
Children2

Christopher Paul Bisson (born 21 July 1975) is a British actor, known for portraying the roles of Vikram Desai in Coronation Street (1999–2002), Kash Karib in Shameless (2004–2007, 2009), and Jai Sharma in Emmerdale (2009–present).

Television

Bisson first appeared on television as J.J. in Children's Ward in 1990. He went on to appear in Prime Suspect, Holby City and as Vikram Desai in Coronation Street. Then as 'Saleem Khan' in the 1999 film East Is East.[1] Kash Karib in Shameless and Jai Sharma in Emmerdale. He appeared in Perfect Day: The Wedding (2005), Perfect Day: The Funeral (2006; Channel 5) and the feature film Stepdad (filmed in February 2007). He participated in the Channel 4 documentary Empire's Children (2007).[2]

Bisson appeared in the Valentine's Day 2009 episode of Casualty,[3] and on the last series of Hotel Babylon. He returned to make a one-off appearance in Shameless in April 2009, where his character was killed off.[3]

In September 2009, Bisson joined the cast of Emmerdale,[1] as part of the newly cast Sharma family, playing Jai Sharma.[4] Bisson temporarily departed Emmerdale on 24 January 2013, due to the birth of his child. He later returned at the end of March 2013.

Bisson appeared in the second series of the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!.[5] He and his family appeared on All Star Family Fortunes in October 2011.

In 2012, he appeared in the CBBC series 12 Again where he revealed he once failed to show up for a date at the cinema with Anna Friel at the time.

On 15 December 2013, Bisson took part in The Chase: Celebrity Special to raise money for his selected charity.

On 18 June 2014, he took part in All Star Mr & Mrs with his partner.[6]

On 11 October 2020, he appeared on the ITV game show, Tipping Point Lucky Stars which culminated in him winning the jackpot of £20,000 for his charity.

In December 2024 he won The Great Christmas/Festive Bake Off Soap opera stars edition.

Personal life

Bisson was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester in an Indo-Trinidadian family originally from Rajasthan in India.[7] He is Catholic.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 East Is East Saleem Khan
2001 Understanding Jane Off Licence Storekeeper
2005 Chicken Tikka Masala Jimi
Izzat Man in the telephone booth
Four Brothers and a Funeral Ram Short film
2007 Death of a Socialist Charlie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Children's Ward J. J. TV series; 13 episodes
1996 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement Nazir 2 episodes
1998 The Cops Omar Assi 1 episode
1998, 2005 Where the Heart Is Kahil (1998); Jimmy (2005) 2 episodes
1999–2002 Coronation Street Vikram Desai Series regular, 329 episodes
1999 Coronation Street: After Hours 6 episodes
2003 Indian Dream Surender Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
Spoilt Johnny Television film
2004 Holby City Mark Watkins 1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
The Afternoon Play Digger 1 episode
2004–2007, 2009 Shameless Kash Karib 19 episodes
2005 Perfect Day Billy Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
10:96: Training Night PC David Sands Television film
2006 Perfect Day: The Funeral Billy 1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
Magnolia Dino Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
New Street Law Sammi Kaswa 1 episode
Manchester Passion Barabbas Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
2006, 2009 Doctors Des Lawrenson (2006); James Guple (2009) 2 episodes
2008 Stepdad Doctor Television film
Echo Beach Amit Gurai 1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
2009 Casualty Carl
Hotel Babylon Omar
2009–present Emmerdale Jai Sharma Series regular

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 26th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Longlisted [9]

References

  1. ^ a b Shields, Danielle (6 January 2017). "East Is East: where are they now?". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Empire's Children". www.walltowall.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Shameless: Chris Bisson". Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Chris Bisson to star in Emmerdale" Archived August 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, tv.sky.com; accessed 5 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Street star in Celebrity fall". 29 April 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ "All Star Mr & Mrs Episode 2". Itv.com. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Going back to his roots". Manchester Evening News. 19 April 2010.
  8. ^ Blake, Veronica (24 August 2010). "Chicken Tikka Masala - Chris Bisson interview". indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2015. No, I'm Catholic.
  9. ^ Lovejoy, Hannah (25 May 2021). "Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars land National Television Award nominations". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.


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