Name	Ray Panthaki
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	20-January-1979
Place of Birth	Enfield, England
Famous for	Acting

Ray Panthaki is a British-born actor, film producer and writer. Born in London, Panthaki is best known for the roles he played on BBC soap opera EastEnders as Ronny Ferreira (2003–2005) and as 'Hassan B' the nemesis to Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in Ali G Indahouse.

He also appeared in the hit British films 28 Days Later, REHAB, Tube Tales, Bollywood Queen, Provoked, and the 2006 cult box office hit Kidulthood which he also produced. In 2006 he was nominated for "Best Actor in a Play" at the TMA Theatre Awards for his role in Gladiator Games, which was based on the highly-publicised true story of teenager Zahid Mubarek who was beaten to death by his racist cellmate in Feltham Young Offenders' Institution. Later that year he set up the London-based production company Urban Way. Known for tackling gritty projects in both his acting and producing, he lived homeless on the streets in preparation for his role as a homeless heroin addict in the controversial movie The Feral Generation, which was awarded "Best UK Feature" at the Swansea Film Festival 2008. Panthaki is currently filming the lead role in City Rats alongside Susan Lynch produced by Urban Way Productions and will make his West End debut in July 2008 in the hard hitting play In My Name at the Trafalgar Studios.

Has worked with some of the UK's finest Film Directors including Danny Boyle, Gurinder Chadha, Armando Ianucci, Ben Elton, Antonia Bird and Mark Mylod. He was in It's a Wonderful Afterlife Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Is currently starring in 'The Man Inside' alongside Peter Mullan, Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas and Michelle Ryan. He is also producing the Film through his company Urban Way. Panthaki also appeared in Perry Bhandal's 'Interview with a Hitman' (2012) alongside Luke Goss. In Oct 2011 it was announced that Panthaki will appear on stage at The Royal Court Theatre for the second time in his career in the play The Westbridge by Rachel De-Lahay.