Rahul Kohli

Rahul Kohli (born 13 November 1985) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti in the television series iZombie and Owen Sharma in The Haunting of Bly Manor.

Rahul Kohli
Kohli at Wondercon, April 2015
Born (1985-11-13) 13 November 1985
London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Known foriZombie

Early life

Rahul Kohli was born in London, England, to Punjabi Hindu parents of Indian heritage. In an interview he stated his parents were not immigrants from India, but rather his grandparents were.[1]

Career

Kohli was cast in a lead role in the television series, iZombie (2015–2019), as Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti.[2] He appeared in all 71 episodes of the show. Other notable credits include the 2018 film, Happy Anniversary;[3] Supergirl (2017–19);[4][5] and the animated TV series, Harley Quinn (2019–2020). Kohli also starred as Owen Sharma in the Netflix horror anthology series, The Haunting of Bly Manor.[6]

Personal life

He is very active on Twitter and a gamer.[2] Kohli is a supporter of Liverpool F.C.[7] On 17 July 2018, Rahul and his fiancée, Yasmin Molloy, announced that they were engaged.[8]

Partial filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Vacancy Tom Short film
2011 Alone Together Ahmed Short film
2014 I'll Be Home Soon Waseem Short film
2016 Gangsters Gamblers Geezers Dev
2018 Happy Anniversary Ed

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 My Holiday Hostage Hell Navi Episode: "West Papau"
2012 Holby City Cal Nelson Episode: "Blood Money"
2013 EastEnders Manager Episode: 16 April 2013
2015–2019 iZombie Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti Main role
2017–2019 Supergirl Jack Spheer 2 episodes
2019–2020 Harley Quinn Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow
(voice)		 Recurring role
2020 The Rocketeer Aarush Cheena (voice) 3 episodes
2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor Owen Sharma[9] Main role

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Rage 2 Garcia the Gregarious
2019 Gears 5 Fahz Chutani

References
  1. Cornejo, Jordianne (5 July 2015). "Rahul Kohli: 5 Things You Must Know About The 'iZombie' Star". Fashion & Style. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. Rachel Weber (9 March 2017). "Actor Rahul Kohli on Converting 'iZombie' Costars to Gaming". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. Amanda N'Duka (7 February 2017). "Rahul Kohli Joins Netflix Comedy 'Happy Anniversary'; Denis Ménochet & Lior Ashkenazi Cast In 'Entebbe'". Deadline. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. Christina Radish (24 April 2017). "'Supergirl': Rahul Kohli on His Character's Arrival in National City on Tonight's Episode". Collider. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. Sam Stone (28 August 2019). "Supergirl Welcomes Back iZombie's Rahul Kohli for Season 5". CBR.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. Anthony D'Alessandro (30 August 2019). "'iZombie's Rahul Kohli Joins 'Haunting Of Bly Manor' Posse; Catherine Parker Returning To Netflix Anthology Series". Deadline. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. "Twitter reacts as 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' star Rahul Kohli wears a Liverpool jersey to the virtual red carpet". Sportskeeda. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. "Guess whose going to be a WIFE?!". Instagram. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  9. "Meet Rahul Kohli, the newest Indian face on American television". Vogue India. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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