Davood Ghadami

Davood Ghadami (Persian: داوود قدمی‎; born 7 August 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as Kush Kazemi in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2014 onwards.

Davood Ghadami
Ghadami in 2016
Born (1982-08-07) 7 August 1982
Harlow, Essex, England
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Television

Life and career

Ghadami was born in Harlow, Essex where he attended Saint Nicholas School, Old Harlow. He is an actor and was a series regular Duncan Clark in Taggart. Other notable television credits include Life's Too Short, Law & Order, Skins Redux, Doctor Who, Top Boy, Fast Freddie, Silent Witness, Criminal Justice and Spooks.

His film credits include John Carter for Disney, Shop Girl for Bwark Productions, Red Mercury, Extraordinary Rendition and most recently Survivor directed by James McTeigue. On stage he most recently played Amir in 13 at The National, as well as working for York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre.

In 2014, Ghadami joined the cast of EastEnders as newcomer, Kush Kazemi [1] for which he won "Best Newcomer" at the TV Choice Awards. He was also nominated for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Actor" at the British Soap Awards.

In August 2017, Ghadami was announced as a contestant for the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[2] He was partnered with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova.[3] They were eliminated in week 11 of the competition, in the quarter-finals.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Casualty Mero Hashid Guest appearance
2005 The Bill Faz Episodes 288 and 289
2006 Spooks Prince Wissam
2007 The Omid Djalili Show Mafia Guy
2009 Doctors Aran Chandar
2009 Criminal Justice Josh Hughes
2010 Bloody Foreigners Plautinianus
2010 Taggart Duncan Clark Regular role
2011 Doctor Who Jim "Let's Kill Hitler"
2011 Top Boy Teacher
2013 Silent Witness Ali Kolathi
2013 Life's Too Short Waiter
2013 Skins Raj
2013 Law & Order: UK Russell
2013 Doctors Tariq Kalbasi
2014 Casualty Ramin Tehrani
2014– EastEnders Kush Kazemi Regular role[1]
2017 Strictly Come Dancing Participant Series 15

References
  1. "Davood Ghadami joins EastEnders cast as Kush!". BBC. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. "Swapping Walford for the Waltz, Davood Ghadami joins Strictly". BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. "Say hello to your Strictly 2017 couples!". BBC. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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