Mistry was born to an Indian father and an Irish mother. He went to St James' Catholic High in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport from 1985-1988 before his family relocated to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School. He then trained at the Birmingham School of Acting.

Mistry first gained exposure playing a gay doctor, Fred Fonseca, on the British soap opera EastEnders.

He then starred in his first American film, The Guru, where he played Ramu Gupta, an Indian dance teacher who moves to America to be a star. Mistry next starred in the British comedy The Truth About Love.

In summer of 2007, he started filming for the new E4 teen drama, Nearly Famous. The show subsequently began airing in November 2007.

Mistry has been married since 2001. He and his wife Meg have one child.

Selected credits

• East is East (1999)
• Born Romantic (2000)
• The Mystic Masseur (2001)
• My Kingdom (2001)
• The Guru (2002)
• Things To Do Before You're 30 (2004)
• Ella Enchanted (2004)
• Touch of Pink (2004)
• The Truth About Love (2004)
• You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (2005)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• Partition (2007)

External links

• Jimi Mistry at the Internet Movie Database