About Ray Panthaki

Ray's into cricket, football and pool. Beware - he's also trained in martial arts! He a huge Spurs fan.

He loves hip-hop music and writes his own rap.

Ray's a massive fan of Al Pacino.

Ray's experienced behind the camera as well. He co-produced a short film called Licks in 2002.

Ray loosely based Ronny on his cousin who's a struggling musician.

A script that Ray has written is being made into a feature film.

Ray starred alongside Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G's rival in Ali G In Da House

He also appeared in the thriller 28 Days Later

Ray's made a number of small screen appearances too. His repertoire ranges from Spooks and Losing It to My Family and The Armando Ianucci Show