Jassa Ahluwalia

Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (born 12 September 1990) is a British actor, director and radio presenter. He acted in the BBC television series Some Girls, the film The Whale and presented the Disney Junior TV show Art Attack.

For the 18th century Sikh leader, see Jassa Singh Ahluwalia.

Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
Born (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990
Coventry, England
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Websitewww.jassaahluwalia.com

Early life

Ahluwalia was born in Coventry, England. He is of British and Indian descent, and speaks fluent Punjabi. He has one sibling, Ramanique, who is an aspiring actress currently training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

Ahluwalia grew up in Oadby, Leicester, where he attended first Launde Primary School, and later Beauchamp College, where he achieved 10 A* grades at GCSE and straight As at A Level (at a time when an A* grade was not available at A level).[1] While at school, he had a number of small roles, including a speaking role in the film My Angel.[1] Aged 19, he attained a place on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme, spending six weeks in China. He later attended University College London for one year, studying Spanish and Russian, before dropping out to pursue a television career.[1]

Career

In 2010, Ahluwalia got his big break when he successfully auditioned for the role of host in the children's television series Art Attack.[2] He presented the show for one series in 2011, filming in Argentina, before being replaced by Lloyd Warbey.

In 2011, Ahluwalia begun work on his first, and as yet only album, entitled All Your Letters.[3]

Ahluwalia's next big break was securing the recurring part of lovable badboy Rocky in BBC Three's Some Girls. He plays the love interest of the main character Viva (Adelayo Adedayo). The first season aired in 2012, with the second season being aired in 2013. He also features in the show's third series, which aired in late 2014.[4] He has to date featured in eight episodes.

A role in BBC One's Casualty was next, as he performed in an episode entitled "Seeing in the Dark", which aired on 27 October 2012. Ahluwalia had a small part in The Bible, where he played young David, slayer of Goliath.[2] Filmed in Morocco, this miniseries screened on the History Channel in 2013.

Perhaps his best received performance to date was an appearance in the BBC drama Ripper Street, where he played Vincent Featherwell, a gay prostitute posing as a telegraph boy, in the episode "Threads of Silk and Gold", which was the fifth episode of the second series.[5]

Ahluwalia featured again on BBC One in December 2013, in the film The Whale which tells the true story of the sinking of the whaleship Essex.[5] He plays Owen Coffin, one of the sailors and a cousin of the ship's captain, George Pollard, Jr.[6]

In 2013, he produced a short film entitled Modern Man with director Sebastian Solberg. The film tells the story of an accidental time-travelling cave-woman and her chance encounter with Rupert on the day he plans to propose to his girlfriend.[7]

He has also filmed an as-yet unreleased film for NBC Universal.[4]

He has presented programmes on the BBC Asian Network.[8]

Filmography
Television
YearTitleRole
2011Art AttackHimself
2012CasualtyBart Nowak
2013The BibleYoung David
2012–14Some GirlsRocky
2013Ripper StreetVincent Featherwell
2015-18UnforgottenAdam Stuart
2016Peaky BlindersDimitri
Film
YearTitleRole
2011My AngelPhil
2011ResistanceRussian Partisan
2013El amor y otras desgraciasMark
2013The WhaleOwen Coffin
2015Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's CurseLorne
2015The RezortJack
2018Slaughterhouse RulezYuri

References
  1. Jassa's joy at his biggest role yet. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  2. Rise and rise of Jassa the giant killer Archived 24 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  3. Exclusive Interview with Jassa Ahluwalia previewing tonight's RIPPER STREET. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  4. Some Girls – Exclusive interview with 'Rocky' Jassa Ahluwalia. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  5. Ripper Street Series 2 – Interview with Jassa Ahluwalia. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  6. Screen Terrier - The Whale. Retrieved 21 December 2013
  7. Jassa Ahluwalia talks Modern Man: A comedy 102,014 years in the making.... Retrieved 21 December 2013
  8. BBC Asian Network - Preeya Kalidas, Jassa Ahluwalia Diwali Party. Retrieved 28 January 2021
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