Jimmi Harkishin

Jimmi Harkishin
Born Rajan Harkishindas
14 March 1965 (1965-03-14) (age 53)
Paris, France

Jimmi Harkishin (born Rajan Harkinshindas; March 1965) is a French-born British actor best known for his role as shopkeeper Dev Alahan in Coronation Street, which he has played since November 1999. He also had a small role in the film East is East as well as Bhaji on the Beach. Harkishin played Gary Dunn in the Jonathan Creek episode "Danse Macabre".

Harkishin was born in Paris, France, to an Indian Mackem father, Deepak, and a Gujarati Indian mother, Soni.[1]

He began acting in 1988 under the stage name James Harkishin, and played the regular character of Jose Cuervo in the children's TV series Uncle Jack.

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