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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Stephen Uppal<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Middlesbrough]], [[England]]<br />
| occupation = [[Actor]]<br />
| yearsactive = 2008–present<br />
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'''Stephen Uppal''' (born 1978) is an [[England|English]] actor of [[British Indians|Indian]] descent from [[Ormesby]] in [[Middlesbrough]].<ref name="examiner-hollyoaks">{{ cite news | url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/07/04/stephen-is-hollyoaks-new-boy-86081-21227942/ | title=Stephen is Hollyoaks' new boy | author=Joanne Douglas | work=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] | date=2008-07-04 | accessdate=2008-07-06 }}</ref> He is known for playing [[Ravi Roy]] in the long-running British soap ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', Zaf in the 2009 film ''Freight'', and also for playing characters in ''[[The History Boys]]'' at [[Wyndham's Theatre]].<ref name="examiner-hollyoaks" /><br />
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Uppal gained a qualification in [[English language|English]] at the [[University of Teesside]] before winning a place at [[Arts Educational School]] where he performed many roles which included Arthur in ''[[Peggy Sue Got Married (musical)|Peggy Sue Got Married]]'', Smike in ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'' and Neville in ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tanithsjosephsite.homestead.com/Issachar.html | title=Issachar | publisher=Tanith's Joseph Site | accessdate=2008-07-06 }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===Television===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Year !! Show !! Episode(s) !! Role<br />
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| 2008–2010|| ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' || regular cast || [[Ravi Roy]]<br />
|}<br />
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===Film===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Year !! Film !! Role <br />
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|2005||''Red Mercury''||Pamphleteer<br />
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|2010||''Freight''||Zaf<br />
|-<br />
|2019||''Stalked''||Cal<br />
|-<br />
|2019||''Looted''||Jamie - Police Officer<br />
|-<br />
|2021||''Twist''||Moody<br />
|}<br />
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===Stage credits===<br />
*''[[My Beautiful Launderette]]'' (Salim), Duchess Theatre (Workshop)<br />
*''[[The History Boys]]'' (Cover Rudge/Timms), Wyndham's Theatre<br />
*''[[The History Boys]]'' (Cover Rudge/Timms), Royal National Theatre<br />
*''[[Tonight's The Night (2003 musical)|Tonight's the Night]]'' (Company), No 1 UK Tour<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|id=3017654|name=Stephen Uppal}}<br />
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[[Category:1978 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:English Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:English people of Punjabi descent]]<br />
[[Category:English male soap opera actors]]<br />
[[Category:English male stage actors]]<br />
[[Category:Actors from Middlesbrough]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Teesside University]]<br />
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