Stephen Rahman-Hughes
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Stephen Rahman-Hughes is an English actor who currently stars as DCI Vikesh Dasari in ITV
's Emmerdale
. He has previously starred in Bad Girls
, Doctors
and Sky One Dream Team
. Stephen is a half English/Welsh and a half Malay.
In 2006, Stephen starred as Hang Tuah
in the Malaysian musical production of Puteri Gunung Ledang
. The musical was staged in Malay
, and because Stephen is not fluent in that language, he had to learn his lines phonetically. In 2010, he starred in a comical Radox shower gel advert as a Bollywood image-obsessed actor called 'Abhi Mumtaz', who then reveals his extraordinary hairy back. In 2011, Rahman-Hughes made his breakthrough into the silver screen as the lead actor of Malaysian film Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa.
Stephen is a vocalist in the recently formed male opera group, Teatro, a group formed with 3 British members and 1 American.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
. He has previously starred in Bad Girls
Bad Girls (TV series)
Bad Girls is an award-winning British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1999 to 2006. It is produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road...
, Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
and Sky One Dream Team
Dream Team (TV series)
Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....
. Stephen is a half English/Welsh and a half Malay.
In 2006, Stephen starred as Hang Tuah
Hang Tuah
Hang Tuah is a legendary warrior/hero who lived during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah of the Sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. He was the greatest of all the laksamana, or sultan's admirals, and was known to be a ferocious fighter...
in the Malaysian musical production of Puteri Gunung Ledang
Puteri Gunung Ledang (musical)
Puteri Gunung Ledang is a Malaysian musical directed by Zahim Albakri, co-directed by Adlin Aman Ramlie, book by Saw Teong Hin and music composed by Dick Lee. The musical is based on the 2004 Puteri Gunung Ledang film. The original production was staged at the Istana Budaya in February 2006, this...
. The musical was staged in Malay
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
, and because Stephen is not fluent in that language, he had to learn his lines phonetically. In 2010, he starred in a comical Radox shower gel advert as a Bollywood image-obsessed actor called 'Abhi Mumtaz', who then reveals his extraordinary hairy back. In 2011, Rahman-Hughes made his breakthrough into the silver screen as the lead actor of Malaysian film Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa.
Stephen is a vocalist in the recently formed male opera group, Teatro, a group formed with 3 British members and 1 American.