Raoul Bhaneja

Raoul Bhaneja (Hindi: रौल भनेजा; born 6 June 1974) is an English-Canadian actor, musician, writer and producer. 2Early life and studies Bhaneja was born in Manchester. His father is South Asian and mother is Irish. A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada and Canterbury High School's Arts Canterbury programme for drama. 2Career He has appeared in over eighty five different film and television projects along with a long list of theatre productions. His first job in television was in the first season of the 1996 cutting edge comedy The Newsroom, directed by Ken Finkleman for CBC. He was one of the stars of the television series Train 48, which produced over 300 episodes in two years and was broadcast on Global. His first starring role in a feature film, Extraordinary Visitor in 1998 directed by John Doyle opposite Andy Jones and Mary Walsh debuted at The Toronto International Film Festival. Other features include Atom Egoyan's Ararat, The Sentinel opposite Michael Douglas, Touch of Pink with Jimi Mistry and Kyle MacLachlan, Weirdsville with Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley, the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong, and 2016's Miss Sloane, opposite Jessica Chastain. Television regular and recurring roles include The Dresden Files (SyFy), At The Hotel (CBC) with guest star appearances on Rookie Blue (Global & ABC), Motive (CTV), Nikita (The CW), Alphas (Syfy), Warehouse 13 (Syfy), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Saving Hope (CTV), The Listener (CTV), Flashpoint (CTV) and many more. In January 2006 Bhaneja debuted in Hamlet (solo), a one-man version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by Robert Ross Parker, which has been performed across Canada including an engagement at The National Arts Centre in the fall of 2013, in the United Kingdom at The Assembly Rooms as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as well as in New York City on a number of occasions, including Off Broadwa