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{{short description|Scottish actor}}
{{Short description|British actor (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Sanjeev Kohli
| name = Sanjeev Kohli
| image =
| image = The Queen’s Baton Relay is travelling all over Scotland (14236005198) (cropped).jpg
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| caption =
| caption = Kohli speaking at a publicity event ahead of the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]]
| birth_name = Sanjeev Singh Kohli
| birth_name = Sanjeev Singh Kohli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|30|df=y}}
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| yearsactive = 1990s–present
| yearsactive = 1990s–present
| known = ''[[Still Game]]''<br />''[[Meet the Magoons]]''<br />''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]''<br />''[[River City]]''
| known = ''[[Still Game]]''<br />''[[Meet the Magoons]]''<br />''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]''<br />''[[River City]]''
| spouse =
| spouse = Fiona
|children = 3
|relatives = [[Hardeep Singh Kohli]] (brother)
}}
}}


'''Sanjeev Singh Kohli''' (born 30 November 1971<ref>''England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983''</ref>) is an Scottish actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Still Game]]'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom ''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]'' (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]] soap opera ''[[River City]]'' (2015–present). Since 2019, Kohli has hosted his own television talk show ''Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk'', on the BBC Scotland channel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004jv6|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
'''Sanjeev Singh Kohli''' (born 30 November 1971) is a Scottish actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Still Game]]'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom ''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]'' (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the [[BBC Scotland (TV channel)|BBC Scotland]] soap opera ''[[River City]]'' (2015–2022). Since 2019, Kohli has hosted his own television talk show ''Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk'', on the BBC Scotland channel.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004jv6|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 October 2020|publisher=BBC}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Kohli was born in [[London]] to a [[social worker]] and a teacher, who had emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]] in the 1960s from [[India]].<ref name="thetimes">{{cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article2307878.ece|title=Relative Values: Hardeep Singh Kohli and his brother Sanjeev|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=2007-10-05|last=McFerran|first=Ann|date=2007-08-26 | location=London}}</ref> When he was three years old, they moved to [[Scotland]].<ref name="dailyrecord2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=till-game&method=full&objectid=18879016&siteid=66633-name_page.html|title=TILL GAME|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]]|access-date=2007-04-16|last=English|first=Paul|date=2007-04-09}}</ref>
Kohli was born in [[London]] on 30 November 1971,<ref>''England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983''</ref> to a [[social worker]] and a teacher, who had emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1966 from [[India]].<ref name="thetimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/relative-values-hardeep-singh-kohli-and-his-brother-sanjeev-r55szpljkqr|title=Relative Values: Hardeep Singh Kohli and his brother Sanjeev|newspaper=[[The Times]]|access-date=5 October 2007|last=McFerran|first=Ann|date=26 August 2007|location=London|url-access=subscription}}</ref> When he was three years old, they moved to [[Scotland]].<ref name="dailyrecord2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=till-game&method=full&objectid=18879016&siteid=66633-name_page.html|title=TILL GAME|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]]|access-date=16 April 2007|last=English|first=Paul|date=9 April 2007}}</ref>
Kohli's parents could afford to move him, aged six, and his brothers to be educated by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] at [[St Aloysius' College, Glasgow|St Aloysius' College]], a [[Roman Catholic]] school in Central Glasgow. To pay for their children's education, Kohli's parents ran a [[Newsagent's shop|corner shop]].<ref name ="thetimes" />
Kohli's parents could afford to move him, aged six, and his brothers to be educated by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] at [[St Aloysius' College, Glasgow|St Aloysius' College]], a [[Roman Catholic]] school in Central Glasgow. To pay for their children's education, Kohli's parents ran a [[Newsagent's shop|corner shop]].<ref name="thetimes" />


He attended [[Glasgow University]], initially to study Medicine, but changed course to study Mathematics,<ref name="maths">{{Citation|last=tawhitelaw|title=0032|date=2007-08-29|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tawhitelaw/1371037435/|access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref> gaining a first-class degree, and subsequently studied for a PhD.<ref name="thetimes" />
Kohli attended [[Glasgow University]], initially to study Medicine, but changed course to study Mathematics,<ref name="maths">{{Citation|last=tawhitelaw|title=0032|date=29 August 2007|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tawhitelaw/1371037435/|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> gaining a first-class degree, and subsequently studied for a PhD.<ref name="thetimes" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Kohli starred as Surjit Magoon in ''[[Meet the Magoons]]'', co-written by his brother [[Hardeep Singh Kohli|Hardeep]], for [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/meet_magoons/about.shtml|title=''Meet the Magoons''|publisher=British Sitcom Guide|access-date=2007-10-06}}</ref> and has appeared in several episodes of the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Look Around You]]'' as Synthesiser Patel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_january/11/look_synopses.shtml|title=Look Around You
Kohli starred as Surjit Magoon in ''[[Meet the Magoons]]'', co-written by his brother [[Hardeep Singh Kohli|Hardeep]], for [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/meet_magoons/about.shtml|title=''Meet the Magoons''|website=British Sitcom Guide|access-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> and has appeared in several episodes of the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[Look Around You]]'' as Synthesizer Patel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_january/11/look_synopses.shtml|title=Look Around You
|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=2007-10-05|date=2005-01-11}}</ref> He is a former presenter of the [[BBC Asian Network|BBC's Asian Network]] and has previously written for ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'', ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' and ''[[Chewin' the Fat]]'', which was also written by future ''Still Game'' co-stars, [[Ford Kiernan]] and [[Greg Hemphill]].
|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=5 October 2007|date=11 January 2005}}</ref> He is a former presenter of the [[BBC Asian Network|BBC's Asian Network]] and has previously written for ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'', ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' and ''[[Chewin' the Fat]]'', which was also written by future ''Still Game'' co-stars, [[Ford Kiernan]] and [[Greg Hemphill]].


In December 2006, the ''[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]'' revealed that Kohli would be starring in a major [[ITV Network|ITV]] thriller, ''[[Losing Gemma]]''. Starring alongside [[Alice Eve]], he played "a member of the British High Commission, who helps a young English tourist jailed in [[Delhi|Delhi, India]]".<ref name="sundaymail">{{cite web | title=Sunday Mail | work=NAVID'S GAME FOR NEW TV ROLE | url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/feed/tm_method=full%26objectid=18276182%26siteid=64736-name_page.html | access-date=18 December 2006}}</ref> Kohli revealed in 2007 that he would be working on a [[radio comedy]] project for [[BBC Radio 4]], entitled ''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]''.<ref name="dailyrecord2007" /> The series was broadcast in 2008 and was nominated for a [[Sony Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/10/commercialradio.bbc|title=Sony Radio Academy awards 2008 nomination|newspaper=The Guardian | location=London | date=2008-04-10 | access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref> The [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] also revealed Kohli would be writing for ITV children's show, ''[[My Life as a Popat]]''.<ref name="dailyrecord2007" /> Kohli has also starred in [[BBC Three]]'s ''[[Rush Hour (UK TV series)|Rush Hour]]'' as an intolerant [[taxicab driver]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/rushhour/|title=''Rush Hour''|work=BBC Online|access-date=2007-10-06}}</ref> and on the same channel in ''[[Phoo Action]]'' as a television [[news presenter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2007/09/27/still-game-sanjeev-to-be-tv-newsreader-86908-19854633/|title=Still Game Sanjeev To Be TV Newsreader|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]]|access-date=2007-05-10|date=2007-09-27}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
In December 2006, the ''[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]'' revealed that Kohli would be starring in a major [[ITV Network|ITV]] thriller, ''[[Losing Gemma]]''. Starring alongside [[Alice Eve]], he played "a member of the British High Commission, who helps a young British tourist jailed in [[Delhi|Delhi, India]]".<ref name="sundaymail">{{cite web |title=Navid's Game for New TV Role |work=Sunday Mail |url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/feed/tm_method=full%26objectid=18276182%26siteid=64736-name_page.html |access-date=18 December 2006}}{{dead link|date=December 2023}}</ref> Kohli revealed in 2007 that he would be working on a [[radio comedy]] project for [[BBC Radio 4]], entitled ''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]''.<ref name="dailyrecord2007" /> The series was broadcast in 2008 and was nominated for a [[Sony Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/apr/10/commercialradio.bbc|title=Sony Radio Academy awards 2008 nomination|newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=10 April 2008 |access-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> The [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] also revealed Kohli would be writing for ITV children's show, ''[[My Life as a Popat]]''.<ref name="dailyrecord2007" /> Kohli has also starred in [[BBC Three]]'s ''[[Rush Hour (UK TV series)|Rush Hour]]'' as an intolerant [[taxicab driver]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/rushhour/|title=''Rush Hour''|work=BBC Online|access-date=6 October 2007}}</ref> and on the same channel in ''[[Phoo Action]]'' as a television [[news presenter]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2007/09/27/still-game-sanjeev-to-be-tv-newsreader-86908-19854633/|title=Still Game Sanjeev To Be TV Newsreader|newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]]|access-date=10 May 2007|date=27 September 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


On 21 August 2007, he presented a show called ''10 Things To Hate About The [[Edinburgh Festival]]''. Kohli also sometimes appears as a pundit on [[BBC One Scotland]]'s Saturday afternoon ''[[Sportscene]]'' football programme. Kohli made a brief cameo in a speaking role as himself in an episode of BBC's ''[[VideoGaiden]]'', where he received a fish in the mail as a gift from the hosts in an attempt to recreate the [[Nintendo]] game ''[[Animal Crossing]]''. One of the hosts was [[Robert Florence]], a writer whom Kohli worked with on ''[[Chewin' the Fat]]''.<ref name="videogaiden">{{cite web | title=YouTube | work=videoGaiden: Rab and Ryan Go Animal Crossing | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-fmnRul-Q | access-date=31 August 2007}}</ref>
On 21 August 2007, he presented a show called ''10 Things To Hate About The [[Edinburgh Festival]]''. Kohli also sometimes appears as a pundit on [[BBC One Scotland]]'s Saturday afternoon ''[[Sportscene]]'' football programme. Kohli made a brief cameo in a speaking role as himself in an episode of BBC's ''[[VideoGaiden]]'', where he received a fish in the mail as a gift from the hosts in an attempt to recreate the [[Nintendo]] game ''[[Animal Crossing]]''. One of the hosts was [[Robert Florence]], a writer whom Kohli worked with on ''[[Chewin' the Fat]]''.<ref name="videogaiden">{{cite web |title=YouTube |work=videoGaiden: Rab and Ryan Go Animal Crossing |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-fmnRul-Q |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117030436/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-fmnRul-Q |archive-date=17 January 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=31 August 2007}}</ref>


In February 2008, it was announced that he would play the role of God in the video for Glasgow band [[Attic Lights]] single "God"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2008/02/26/sanjeev-kohli-s-new-role-as-god-86908-20331828/|title=Sanjeev Kohli's New Role As God|newspaper=Daily Record|access-date=2008-02-26}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
In February 2008, it was announced that he would play the role of God in the video for Glasgow band [[Attic Lights]] single "God."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-news/2008/02/26/sanjeev-kohli-s-new-role-as-god-86908-20331828/|title=Sanjeev Kohli's New Role As God|newspaper=Daily Record|access-date=26 February 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


In 2011, Kohli appeared on the Scottish tea-time magazine show ''[[The Hour (magazine series)|The Hour]]'' on [[STV (TV network)|STV]]. He co-hosted in two separate weeks (ten episodes), alongside main presenter [[Michelle McManus]].{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
In 2011, Kohli appeared on the Scottish tea-time magazine show ''[[The Hour (magazine series)|The Hour]]'' on [[STV (TV network)|STV]]. He co-hosted in two separate weeks (ten episodes), alongside main presenter [[Michelle McManus]].{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
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Since April 2019, he has hosted ''Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk'' on the BBC Scotland channel.
Since April 2019, he has hosted ''Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk'' on the BBC Scotland channel.

==Personal life==
Kohli lives in [[Glasgow]] with his wife, Fiona, and their three children.<ref name="thetimes" />

He has two elder brothers — Randeep Singh Kohli (b. 1966), a senior police officer with the [[Metropolitan Police]] in [[London]], and [[Hardeep Singh Kohli]] (b. 1969), who is also a journalist and broadcaster and lives in [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="thetimes" />


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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! Notes
! Notes
! Channel
! Channel
|-
|-
| 2002
| 2002
| ''[[Comedy Lab]]''
| ''[[Comedy Lab]]''
| Surjit
| Surjit
| Meet The Magoons Special
| ''Meet the Magoons'' Special
| [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]]
| [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]]
|-
|-
| 2002–2007, 2016–2019
| 2002–2007, 2016–2019
| ''[[Still Game]]''
| ''[[Still Game]]''
| Navid Harrid
| Navid Harrid
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| [[BBC One]]
| [[BBC One]]
|-
|-
| 2004
| 2004
| ''[[Look Around You]]''
| ''[[Look Around You]]''
| Synthesizer Patel
| Synthesizer Patel
|
|
| [[BBC Two]]
| [[BBC Two]]
|-
|-
| 2004–2005
| 2005
| ''[[Meet the Magoons]]''
| ''[[Shoebox Zoo]]''
| Mr Kasmani
| Surjit
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| BBC One
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Meet the Magoons]]''
| Surjit
| Series regular
| [[Channel 4]]
| [[Channel 4]]
|-
|-
| 2007
| 2007
| ''[[The Peter Serafinowicz Show]]''
| ''[[The Peter Serafinowicz Show]]''
| Various Characters
| Various characters
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| [[BBC Two]]
| BBC Two
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''[[Hope Springs (TV series)|Hope Springs]]''
| ''[[Hope Springs (TV series)|Hope Springs]]''
| Mo Khan
| Mo Khan
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| [[BBC One]]
| BBC One
|-
|-
| 2010
| rowspan="2"|2010
| ''[[Rab C Nesbitt]]''
| ''[[Rab C Nesbitt]]''
| Mr Khan
| Mr Khan
| Guest Role
| Guest role
| [[BBC Two]]
| BBC Two
|-
|-
| 2010
| ''Angelos Epithemiou's Moving On''
| ''Angelos Epithemiou's Moving On''
| Gupta
| Gupta
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| [[BBC Three]]
| [[BBC Three]]
|-
|-
| 2011
| 2011
| ''[[Gary Tank Commander]]''
| ''[[Gary Tank Commander]]''
| Director
| Director
| Guest Role
| Guest role
| [[BBC Two]]
| BBC Two
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2012
| ''[[Fresh Meat (TV series)|Fresh Meat]]''
| ''[[Fresh Meat (TV series)|Fresh Meat]]''
| Dr Minaj
| Dr Minaj
| Recurring Role
| Recurring role
| [[Channel 4]]
| Channel 4
|-
|-
| 2013
| rowspan="3"|2013
| ''[[Bob Servant]]''
| ''[[Bob Servant]]''
| Norrie
| Norrie
| Guest Role
| Guest role
| [[BBC Four]]
| [[BBC Four]]
|-
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Filth (film)|Filth]]''
| ''[[Filth (film)|Filth]]''
| Sunil
| Sunil
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The IT Crowd]]''
| ''[[The IT Crowd]]''
| Booth
| Booth
|
| [[Channel 4]]
|-
| 2014
| ''Walter''
| Hardeep
|
|
| Channel 4
|
|-
|-
| 2014
| rowspan="2"|2014
| ''Walter''
| Hardeep
|
|
|-
| ''[[List of Still Game episodes#Live at the Hydro (2014)|Still Game: Live at the Hydro]]''
| ''[[List of Still Game episodes#Live at the Hydro (2014)|Still Game: Live at the Hydro]]''
| Navid Harrid
| Navid Harrid
| Main Cast
| Main cast
| [[BBC One]]
| BBC One
|-
|-
| 2015
| rowspan="2"|2015
| ''[[Fried (2015 TV series)|Fried]]''
| ''[[Fried (2015 TV series)|Fried]]''
| Mike Fagins
| Mike Fagins
|
|
| [[BBC Three]]
| BBC Three
|-
|-
| 2015
| ''[[You Me and the Apocalypse]]''
| ''[[You Me and the Apocalypse]]''
| Doctor
| Doctor
| Guest Role
| Guest role
| [[Sky 1]]
| [[Sky 1]]
|-
|-
| 2015–2022
| 2015–present
| ''[[River City]]''
| ''[[River City]]''
| Amandeep 'AJ' Jandhu
| Amandeep 'AJ' Jandhu
| Series Regular
| Series regular
| [[BBC One]]
| BBC One
|-
|-
|2016
| 2016
|''[[Cold Feet]]''
| ''[[Cold Feet]]''
|Shopkeeper
| Shopkeeper
|one off
|
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|-
|2018
| 2018
|''[[Stan & Ollie]]''
| ''[[Stan & Ollie]]''
|Glasgow Empire Manager
| Glasgow Empire Manager
| Film
|film
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019
|2019
|''Dark Sense''
| ''Dark Sense''
|Sir Parduman Nagra
| Sir Parduman Nagra
| Film
|film
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Shooting Clerks]]''
|2019
| Jared Patel
|''[[Shooting Clerks]]''
| Film
|Dr. Jared Patel
|film
|
|
|-
|-
|2020
| 2020
|''[[Lost at Christmas]]''
| ''[[Lost at Christmas]]''
|Sid
| Sid
| Film
|film
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2022
| ''[[Magpie Murders#Adaptation|Magpie Murders]]''
| Sajid Khan / Dr Kamal
| Series regular
| BBC One
|-
| ''[[Little English]]''
| Ranjeet
| Film
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Stonehouse (TV series)|Stonehouse]]''
| Prosecuting Counsel
|
| ITV
|-
| rowspan="3"|2024
| ''[[The Madame Blanc Mysteries]]''
| Sonny Montario
| Guest role
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] / [[Acorn TV]]
|-
| ''[[Dinosaur (TV series)|Dinosaur]]''
| Sachin
| [[BBC]] comedy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/dinosaur-casting-confirmed|title=Casting confirmed for BBC comedy series Dinosaur as filming commences|publisher=BBC Media Centre |accessdate=12 August 2023}}</ref>
| BBC Three
|-
| ''[[Moonflower Murders (TV series)|Moonflower Murders]]''
| Sajid
| Post-production<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/moonflower-murders-images-lesley-manville/|title= Lesley Manville Is Back on the Case in First 'Moonflower Murders' Images|first=Ryan|last= O'Rourke|date=14 December 2023|website=Collider|access-date=25 May 2024}}</ref>
| BBC One
|}
|}

== Controversy ==
{{Criticism section|date=November 2010}}

In 2005, Kohli was reprimanded by [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]] and had his licence to let a property in the city suspended for two years due to safety concerns.<ref name="Scotsman">. {{cite news|url=http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=1883872005|title=Navid the landlord falls foul of council|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|date=3 September 2005}}</ref> The Kohli family have a very successful business in property in Scotland.

In January 2007, Kohli commented on the accusations of severe racism on ''[[Celebrity Big Brother 5 (UK)|Celebrity Big Brother]]''. He told of an incident in which a former boss called him "Mahatma", in reference to [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]].<ref name="dailyrecord">{{cite web | title=Daily Record | work=DON'T REVEL IN RACISM | url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=don-t-revel-in-racism&method=full&objectid=18511518&siteid=66633-name_page.html | access-date=9 February 2007}}</ref>

His attempts to learn [[Scottish Gaelic]] were documented by [[BBC Alba]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC ALBA - An Dubhlan - Sanjeev Kohli Does Gaelic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05q4tq4|access-date=2021-06-14|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> The adequacy of his teaching was criticised.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rhona NicDhùghaill|title=Dubhlan Shanjeev BBC Alba|url=http://danamag.org/dubhlan-shanjeev-bbc-alba/|website=Dàna Magazine|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kohli currently lives in [[Glasgow]] with his wife, Fiona, and their three children.<ref name="thetimes" />

He has two elder brothers — Randeep Singh Kohli (b. 1966), a senior police officer with the [[Metropolitan Police]] in [[London]], and [[Hardeep Singh Kohli]] (b. 1969), who is also a journalist and broadcaster and lives in [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="thetimes" />


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 21:42, 1 August 2024

Sanjeev Kohli
Kohli speaking at a publicity event ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Born
Sanjeev Singh Kohli

(1971-11-30) 30 November 1971 (age 52)
London, England
BildungUniversity of Glasgow
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active1990s–present
Known forStill Game
Meet the Magoons
Fags, Mags and Bags
River City
SpouseFiona
Children3
RelativesHardeep Singh Kohli (brother)

Sanjeev Singh Kohli (born 30 November 1971) is a Scottish actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom Still Game (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags (2007–present), and A.J. Jandhu in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City (2015–2022). Since 2019, Kohli has hosted his own television talk show Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk, on the BBC Scotland channel.[1]

Early life

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Kohli was born in London on 30 November 1971,[2] to a social worker and a teacher, who had emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1966 from India.[3] When he was three years old, they moved to Scotland.[4] Kohli's parents could afford to move him, aged six, and his brothers to be educated by the Jesuits at St Aloysius' College, a Roman Catholic school in Central Glasgow. To pay for their children's education, Kohli's parents ran a corner shop.[3]

Kohli attended Glasgow University, initially to study Medicine, but changed course to study Mathematics,[5] gaining a first-class degree, and subsequently studied for a PhD.[3]

Career

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Kohli starred as Surjit Magoon in Meet the Magoons, co-written by his brother Hardeep, for Channel 4.[6] and has appeared in several episodes of the BBC comedy series Look Around You as Synthesizer Patel.[7] He is a former presenter of the BBC's Asian Network and has previously written for Goodness Gracious Me, The Big Breakfast and Chewin' the Fat, which was also written by future Still Game co-stars, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill.

In December 2006, the Sunday Mail revealed that Kohli would be starring in a major ITV thriller, Losing Gemma. Starring alongside Alice Eve, he played "a member of the British High Commission, who helps a young British tourist jailed in Delhi, India".[8] Kohli revealed in 2007 that he would be working on a radio comedy project for BBC Radio 4, entitled Fags, Mags and Bags.[4] The series was broadcast in 2008 and was nominated for a Sony Award.[9] The Daily Record also revealed Kohli would be writing for ITV children's show, My Life as a Popat.[4] Kohli has also starred in BBC Three's Rush Hour as an intolerant taxicab driver,[10] and on the same channel in Phoo Action as a television news presenter.[11]

On 21 August 2007, he presented a show called 10 Things To Hate About The Edinburgh Festival. Kohli also sometimes appears as a pundit on BBC One Scotland's Saturday afternoon Sportscene football programme. Kohli made a brief cameo in a speaking role as himself in an episode of BBC's VideoGaiden, where he received a fish in the mail as a gift from the hosts in an attempt to recreate the Nintendo game Animal Crossing. One of the hosts was Robert Florence, a writer whom Kohli worked with on Chewin' the Fat.[12]

In February 2008, it was announced that he would play the role of God in the video for Glasgow band Attic Lights single "God."[13]

In 2011, Kohli appeared on the Scottish tea-time magazine show The Hour on STV. He co-hosted in two separate weeks (ten episodes), alongside main presenter Michelle McManus.[citation needed]

In 2012, he appeared on the Channel 4 comedy programme Fresh Meat as a dentistry lecturer Dr Minaj.

In 2014, Kohli joined the rest of the cast of Still Game in the comeback live show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. There were 21 performances of the sold-out show.

In October 2015, Kohli made his first appearance as A.J. Jandhu in the Scottish soap opera River City.

Since April 2019, he has hosted Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk on the BBC Scotland channel.

Personal life

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Kohli lives in Glasgow with his wife, Fiona, and their three children.[3]

He has two elder brothers — Randeep Singh Kohli (b. 1966), a senior police officer with the Metropolitan Police in London, and Hardeep Singh Kohli (b. 1969), who is also a journalist and broadcaster and lives in Edinburgh.[3]

Filmography

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Year Titel Role Notes Channel
2002 Comedy Lab Surjit Meet the Magoons Special E4
2002–2007, 2016–2019 Still Game Navid Harrid Series regular BBC One
2004 Look Around You Synthesizer Patel BBC Two
2004–2005 Shoebox Zoo Mr Kasmani Series regular BBC One
2005 Meet the Magoons Surjit Series regular Channel 4
2007 The Peter Serafinowicz Show Various characters Series regular BBC Two
2009 Hope Springs Mo Khan Series regular BBC One
2010 Rab C Nesbitt Mr Khan Guest role BBC Two
Angelos Epithemiou's Moving On Gupta Series regular BBC Three
2011 Gary Tank Commander Director Guest role BBC Two
2012 Fresh Meat Dr Minaj Recurring role Channel 4
2013 Bob Servant Norrie Guest role BBC Four
Filth Sunil
The IT Crowd Booth Channel 4
2014 Walter Hardeep
Still Game: Live at the Hydro Navid Harrid Main cast BBC One
2015 Fried Mike Fagins BBC Three
You Me and the Apocalypse Doctor Guest role Sky 1
2015–2022 River City Amandeep 'AJ' Jandhu Series regular BBC One
2016 Cold Feet Shopkeeper ITV
2018 Stan & Ollie Glasgow Empire Manager Film
2019 Dark Sense Sir Parduman Nagra Film
Shooting Clerks Jared Patel Film
2020 Lost at Christmas Sid Film
2022 Magpie Murders Sajid Khan / Dr Kamal Series regular BBC One
Little English Ranjeet Film
2023 Stonehouse Prosecuting Counsel ITV
2024 The Madame Blanc Mysteries Sonny Montario Guest role Channel 5 / Acorn TV
Dinosaur Sachin BBC comedy[14] BBC Three
Moonflower Murders Sajid Post-production[15] BBC One

References

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  1. ^ "Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk". BBC. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983
  3. ^ a b c d e McFerran, Ann (26 August 2007). "Relative Values: Hardeep Singh Kohli and his brother Sanjeev". The Times. London. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b c English, Paul (9 April 2007). "TILL GAME". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 16 April 2007.
  5. ^ tawhitelaw (29 August 2007), 0032, retrieved 14 June 2021
  6. ^ "Meet the Magoons". British Sitcom Guide. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Look Around You". BBC Press Office. 11 January 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Navid's Game for New TV Role". Sunday Mail. Retrieved 18 December 2006.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Sony Radio Academy awards 2008 nomination". The Guardian. London. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Rush Hour". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  11. ^ "Still Game Sanjeev To Be TV Newsreader". Daily Record (Scotland). 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2007. [dead link]
  12. ^ "YouTube". videoGaiden: Rab and Ryan Go Animal Crossing. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  13. ^ "Sanjeev Kohli's New Role As God". Daily Record. Retrieved 26 February 2008. [dead link]
  14. ^ "Casting confirmed for BBC comedy series Dinosaur as filming commences". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  15. ^ O'Rourke, Ryan (14 December 2023). "Lesley Manville Is Back on the Case in First 'Moonflower Murders' Images". Collider. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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