Ameet Chana
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Born in Epsom, Surrey, Ameet Chana has lived in various places during
his life, including Reading, Berks, Cheam in Surrey, Croydon, and has
lived in Harrow, Middlesex for the past 15 years with his parents and
sister. He attended Gayton High school before moving on to Elm Park
College where he completed a BTEC in National Performing Arts. From a
very young age, he was re-enacting Amitabh Bachchan scenes or singing
and dancing like Michael Jackson around the house. His parents realised
his destiny and enrolled him into a Sunday acting workshop at the
London Academy of Acting when he was 13. After this, he procured an
agent, and started work in television. He then went on to perform in
many plays and worked extensively in theatre and low budget films. His
first film was for an educational programme with the London Docklands
Development Corporation at age 14. He has also starred in a feature
film that was shown on Film Four called Wild West (1992). Ameet then went on to
act in hit comedy show League of Gentlemen and cinema hit Joue-la comme Beckham (2002). He
is currently a member of an Asian family on the popular soap,
EastEnders (1985).
