Sanjeev Bhaskar is back in business as Detective Inspector Sunil "Sunny" Khan in ITV's Forgotten.
Now in its fifth series, the programme is among a host of credits the actor, 59, boasts having been in the spotlight for a number of decades.
He made his name in BBC's Goodness Gracious Me and later The Kumars 42, which also starred his wife Meera Syal - who played his granny.