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Raoul Bhaneja | |
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 Bhaneja in 2011 | |
| Born | Manchester, UK |
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| Education | Canterbury High School (Ottawa) National Theatre School of Canada British American Drama Academy |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | www |
Raoul Bhaneja is anEnglish-Canadian actor, musician, writer and producer.
Bhaneja was born in Manchester. His father is an IndianSindhi, and his mother isIrish.[1] A graduate ofThe National Theatre School of Canada and Ottawa'sCanterbury High School's Arts Canterbury programme for drama.
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Raoul Bhaneja has appeared in more than a hundred and twenty different film and television projects in addition to a long list of theatre productions.
His first job in television was in the first season of the 1996 cutting edge comedyThe Newsroom, directed by Ken Finkleman for CBC. He was one of the stars of the television seriesTrain 48, which produced over 300 episodes in two years and was broadcast onGlobal.
Bhaneja's first starring role in a feature film was withAndy Jones andMary Walsh inExtraordinary Visitor in 1998. Directed by John Doyle, it debuted at The Toronto International Film Festival. Other features include Atom Egoyan'sArarat,The Sentinel oppositeMichael Douglas,Godsend with Rebecca Romin,Touch of Pink withJimi Mistry andKyle MacLachlan,Weirdsville withWes Bentley, the romantic comedyThe Right Kind of Wrong, the U.S. independent film As Good As You,Portrait of a Serial Monogamist,Ice Soldiers,Miss Sloane, oppositeJessica Chastain, HBO FilmsFahrenheit 451 and the 2020 Sundance breakoutPossessor oppositeChristopher Abbot.
His television roles include recurring as the crooked Southern lawyer Richard Shirley onBlindspot (NBC),Titans (Netflix),Departure (Peacock/GlobalTV),The Dresden Files (SyFy), Pure (WGN), Rogue (Direct), The Best Laid Plans, Crawford, Sunshine Sketches,At The Hotel (CBC) with guest-star appearances onGrey's Anatomy (ABC),Hudson and Rex (CITY),V-Wars (Syfy),Rookie Blue (Global & ABC),Remedy (Global),Motive (CTV), Beauty and The Beast,Nikita (The CW), Bitten,Alphas (Syfy),Warehouse 13 (Syfy),Frankie Drake, The Ron James Show,The Republic of Doyle,Murdoch Mysteries (CBC),Private Eyes,Saving Hope (CTV),The Listener (CTV),Flashpoint (CTV),The Art of More (Sony Crackle),Suits (USA) and many others.
Bhaneja narrated the 2020 novel, Afterlife Crisis, byRandal Graham.[2]
In January 2006 Bhaneja debuted inHamlet (solo), a one-man version of Shakespeare'sHamlet directed by Robert Ross Parker, which has been performed across Canada including an engagement atThe National Arts Centre in the fall of 2013, in the United Kingdom at The Assembly Rooms as part of theEdinburgh Festival Fringe andThe Royal Academy of Dramatic Art as well as inNew York City on a number of occasions, including Off Broadway. The production is the subject of a documentary, directed by Jeff Stephenson, that was later nominated for the 2008Gemini Award.
His stage musicalLife, Death and The Blues, produced in association withTheatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, toured across Canada for more than a hundred performances and played to more than 20,000 patrons. Described as a "theatre/concert hybrid," theDora Mavor Moore Award and Betty Mitchell Award production featured a live band on stage and Raoul Bhaneja's co-star,Juno-Award-winnerDivine Brown. That successful production was followed by the hit playDisgraced by Ayad Akhtar, co-produced withMirvish Productions, which smashed box-office records in two separate runs in Toronto at the Panasonic Theatre as well as at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. Bhaneja was joined on stage by his wife Birgitte Solem. He later produced the Canadian premiere of Vietgone by Qui Nguyen atRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg.
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Bhaneja is also the front man of theMaple Blues Award-winningblues band Raoul and The Big Time, formed in 1998. They have releasedBig Time Blues (2000),Cold Outside (2004), You My People (2009), Blue Midnight: A Live Tribute Little Walter (2010) throughBig Time Records and Maple Blues Award nominated Hollywood Blvd (2014) recorded with members ofCanned Heat andThe Mavis Staples Band among others. In late 2019 he released "A Good Thing" the debut album from Blue Standard, a jazz duo formed with pianist Jesse Whiteley. Bhaneja is also a member of the band The Legendary Miles Johnson withEdmonton-based musician Graham Guest and has appeared as a guest artist on a number of recordings. In 2020 he began hosting "Raoul's Blues" a two-hour blues music and interview broadcast on Jazzcast a 24-hour streaming station.
