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Hometown: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
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BIO & CREDITS:
*Credits May Not Be Complete
Jimi Mistry is currently filming "The Truth about Love" with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Dougray Scott. He most recently completed filming "Dead Fish" with Gary Oldman and Robert Carlyle, directed by Charley Stadler; "Thirty Things to do Before You're 30,” directed by Simon Shore, and the role of 'Benny the Book' in "Ella Enchanted," directed by Tom O'Haver, which will open in the US in April.
Mistry starred in the title role in Universal/Working Title’s comedy, “The Guru,” with Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei, directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. He co-starred in Damien O’Donnell’s “East Is East,” a project he has been a part of since its first workshop and subsequent theatrical staging at Stratford East, The Royal Court and the West End. “East is East” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to great critical acclaim and went on to receive nominations for five BAFTA Awards, winning for Best British Film. It also won Best Film at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, was named Best British Film of the Year by the London Film Critics, and was named Best Comedy Film at the British Comedy Awards.
Mistry’s other feature work includes starring roles in Ismail Merchant’s “The Mystic Masseur,” with Om Puri and James Fox; Don Boyd’s modern-day Lear, “My Kingdom,” alongside Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave and Paul McGann; and David Kane’s “Born Romantic” with Craig Ferguson, Catharine McCormack and Jane Horrocks. He made his film debut as a sailor in Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet”.