Stephen Rahman-Hughes

Stephen Rahman-Hughes (born 26 January 1970) is a British–Malaysian actor and singer from London. He is known for his roles as DCI Vikesh Dasari in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Adam Bateman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.^[1][2]

Stephen Rahman-Hughes
Rahman-Hughes at the 9th Asian Awards in 2019
Born	(1970-01-26) 26 January 1970 (age 55) London, United Kingdom
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2004–present
Children	3

Career

In 2006, Rahman-Hughes starred as Hang Tuah in the Malaysian musical production of Puteri Gunung Ledang.^[3] Later in 2006, Rahman-Hughes made his television debut in the Sky One drama series Dream Team. In 2007, he became a vocalist in a male opera group, Teatro.^[4]

In 2011, Rahman-Hughes became the lead actor of Malaysian film The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines. In August 2018, he joined EastEnders as Adam Bateman, a dentist. ^[5] It was announced on 28 September 2019 that his character was axed from the show. Adam’s final episode aired on 3 December 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Los dan Faun	Dick Johnson
2011	The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines	Merong Mahawangsa
2014	Cut	The Actor	Short film
2019	Shadowplay	Dr Keith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2005	Dream Team	Carl Caskey	Recurring role; 9 episodes
	Doctors	Jayant Chopra	1 episodes
2006–2007	Emmerdale	Vikesh Dasari	Series regular; 39 episodes
2006	The Afternoon Play	James Khan	1 episode
2007	Highlander: The Source	Zai Jie	Television film
2011–2012	The Kitchen Musical	Alex Marcus	13 episodes
2011	Doctors	Asif Khan	1 episodes
2013	Bollywood Carmen	Don	Television film
2018–2019	EastEnders	Adam Bateman	Series regular
2019	Almost Never	Dev	Recurring role
2023	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Harinder Ray	1 episodes
2024	3 Body Problem	Anwar Suleiman	3 episodes