Music and musical theatre In 1992, Tikaram had a recording contract and released two singles followed by the album , the latter with musicians including brothers and on guitar and sax respectively. Tikaram starred as Judas in the West End production of
Jesus Christ Superstar from 1997 to 1998. Tikaram performed the role of the King of Siam in a UK tour of the musical
The King and I, ending in May 2012.
Television and film In 1996–97, he played the recurring character of Ferdy Garcia in the BBC TV series
This Life. A 10th-anniversary return of the show in 2006 was based on Ferdy's funeral, and Tikaram therefore did not appear. In 1997, Tikaram was offered a role in the
Star Wars prequel trilogy, but refused because it required that he cut his hair. In October 2009, it was announced that Tikaram would appear in the
BBC One soap opera
EastEnders. He played the part of
Qadim Shah, father of the established character
Amira Shah. He appeared on-screen in the role from 17 December 2009 to 29 April 2010 in two stints, then returned on 6 September 2011 and 6 January 2012 for short appearances. He appeared as Prendahl in
Game of Thrones in 2013. In 2013-2015, Tikaram played the part of Dom in
Channel 4 sitcom
Man Down. Tikaram also appeared as Inspector Victor Aziz in
Pennyworth since it premiered in 2019. Tikaram also appeared as The Baker in Simon Davison's 2023 adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark'.
Voice acting and narration Tikaram provided voice acting for the character of Gabe Weller in the 2009 video game
Dead Space: Extraction. In November 2012, he also provided the voice of World Eaters Captain Macer Varren for the
Black Library audio drama
Garro: Sword of Truth, part of the long-running
Horus Heresy series. He lent his voice for
Dorian in
Dragon Age: Inquisition, Gein in the cancelled
Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun, and Ravindra 'Rav' Chaudhry in
Need for Speed Payback. He voiced the roles of Ozzy, Danby, and Second Officer Keen, characters in the 2018 video game
Subnautica. In 2018, he took on the role of voicing Aatrox in the video game
League of Legends as well as its
auto battler counter part
Teamfight Tactics. Tikaram continued this role when Aatrox was released in the card game
Legends of Runeterra. Tikaram also voiced the role of Godrick The Grafted in the 2022 video game
Elden Ring. Tikaram has also narrated a number of audiobooks. Tikaram voices the character Ramattra from the 2022 video game
Overwatch 2. He had also narrated a number of
Sleep Stories for the
Calm app. ==Discography==