Mistry first gained exposure playing
Dr. Fred Fonseca on BBC TV's
EastEnders, and has since worked on film and stage. His work includes starring roles in
East Is East,
The Guru with
Heather Graham and
Marisa Tomei,
Blood Diamond opposite
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Guy Ritchie's
RocknRolla and
Partition with
Kristin Kreuk. He can be seen in the
BAFTA-nominated movie
Exam, and also portrayed Satnam Tsurutani in the epic disaster film
2012. In 2010, Mistry appeared in
Gurinder Chadha's film ''
It's a Wonderful Afterlife which premiered at the 2010 Sundance film festival; Basement, a horror film with Danny Dyer; and West is West, the sequel to East is East. Mistry has also produced, written and starred in a music documentary about Ibiza entitled And The Beat Goes On, exploring the history of the island, the birth of House Music and the art of the DJ. DJs involved in the film include Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Nicky Holloway, David Guetta, Brandon Block, Alfredo, Pete Tong and Danny Tenaglia. Mistry, himself, regularly DJs in clubs across UK and Europe. He also runs and DJ"s London"s hippest "mystery" location party scene called Tabula Rasa, as well as having his own record label and studio. Mistry has also appeared in television series such as Nearly Famous and the second series of The Syndicate''. Mistry joined the soap
Coronation Street in November 2013 as
Kal Nazir, a fitness coach and former soldier. The character died in 2015.
Strictly Come Dancing In 2010, Mistry competed in the
eighth series of
BBC One's
Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with
Flavia Cacace. The couple were eliminated after week 6. == Personal life ==