TJ Ramini
| TJ Ramini | |
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| Born | 26 May 1975 London, England |
T J Ramini is an English actor best known for his role as DC Zain Nadir in The Bill.
He attended St Lawrence College Boarding School in Kent. He is of Australian, Jewish and Jordanian ancestry. At 19, he moved to Australia, where he appeared in various acting roles. Other roles included guest parts in the hospital drama Casualty, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and in the Hollywood film Batman Begins.
He recently guest appeared in Boston Legal as a man who is wrongfully detained and tortured at Guantanamo Bay. Also in the US, Ramini appeared in the Desperate Housewives episode "Mama Spent Money When She Had None" as Yaniv.
He more recently appeared in the eighth season of 24 and NCIS.
TJ is also a a successful screenwriter and has just completed principal photography on his first major motion picture for Universal called "Get Lucky".
He is engaged to singer/songwriter/producer Annie McQueen and they reside in Los Angeles, USA.
TJ is a huge football fan and has been a Tottenham Hotspur supporter all his life. He is from North London where 'Spurs' are based and his whole family are avid fans.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Dating the Enemy | Troy | |
| 2003 | The Death of Klinghoffer | Ismael | |
| 2004 | Spivs | Pavel | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Crane Thug #1 | |
| 2012 | Get Lucky | Raphael |
[edit] TV
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Fallen Angels | Barman | as Tarek Ramini; 1 episode: Hair |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Majid Kahn | as Tarek Ramini; 1 episode: Special Relationships |
| 2001–2003 | Casualty | PC Russell | as Tarek Ramini; recurring |
| 2003 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Muneer Malik | as Tarek Ramini; 1 episode: Deception on His Mind |
| Adventure Inc | Loesan | 1 episode: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King | |
| The Bill | Ravi Bhatia | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Ultimate Force | Drew Jordan | 1 episode: Class of 1980 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Visha Iqbal | 2 episodes: Dust Thou Art (Parts 1 & 2) | |
| 2005–2007 | The Bill | DC Zain Nadir | Series regular |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Benyam Kallah | 1 episode: Guantanamo by the Bay |
| 2008 | Heroes and Villains | Cuauhtemoc | 1 episode: Cortes |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Yaniv | 1 episode: Mama Spent Money When She Had None |
| 2009 & 2010 | NCIS | Mossad Officer Malachi Ben-Gidon | Recurring; 3 episodes |
| 2010 | 24 | Tarin Faroush | Recurring; Season 8 |
| 2011 | Private Practice | Doug Iverson |
