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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{for|the baseball player|Chris Bisson (baseball)}}
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|birthname= Christopher Paul Bisson
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1975|7|21|df=y}}
|birth_place= [[Wythenshawe]], [[Manchester]], England
|occupation= Actor
|partner= Rowena Finn (2006–present)
|years_active= 1989–present
|children= 2
}}

'''Christopher Paul Bisson''' (born 21 July 1975) is an English actor, known for portraying the roles of [[Vikram Desai]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1999–2002), [[List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Kash Karib|Kash Karib]] in ''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]'' (2004–2007, 2009), and [[Jai Sharma]] in ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2009–present).

==Television==
Bisson first appeared on television as J.J. in ''[[Children's Ward]]'' in 1990. He went on to appear in ''[[Prime Suspect]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'' and as [[Vikram Desai]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]''. Then as 'Saleem Khan' in the 1999 film [[East Is East (1999 film)|''East Is East'']].<ref name="Shields">{{cite news |last1=Shields |first1=Danielle |title=East Is East: where are they now? |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-pictures/46657/east-is-east-where-are-they-now-om-puri-jimi-mistry-raji-james-chris-bisson-archie-panjabi/949086/ruth-jones-portrayed-stellas-best-friendnbsppeggy-in-the-famous-british-film-the-brunette-beauty-went-on-to-star-in-the-lead-role-in-the-tv-show-stella |accessdate=28 February 2019 |work=OK! Magazine |date=6 January 2017}}</ref> [[List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Kash Karib|Kash Karib]] in ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'' and [[Jai Sharma]] in ''Emmerdale''. He appeared in ''Perfect Day: The Wedding'' (2005), ''Perfect Day: The Funeral'' (2006; [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]) and the feature film ''Stepdad'' (filmed in February 2007). He participated in the [[Channel 4]] documentary ''Empire's Children'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |title=Empire's Children |url=https://www.walltowall.co.uk/program/empires-children_30.aspx |website=www.walltowall.co.uk |accessdate=28 February 2019}}</ref>

Bisson appeared in the Valentine's Day 2009 episode of ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'',<ref name="manchester"/> and on the last series of ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]''. He returned to make a one-off appearance in ''Shameless'' in April 2009, where his character was killed off.<ref name="manchester">{{cite news |title=Shameless: Chris Bisson |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/shameless-chris-bisson-916930 |accessdate=28 February 2019 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=17 April 2009}}</ref>

In September 2009, Bisson joined the cast of ''Emmerdale'',<ref name="Shields"/> as part of the newly cast Sharma family, playing [[Jai Sharma]].<ref>[http://tv.sky.com/star-sharmas-join-emmerdale-cast "Chris Bisson to star in Emmerdale"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802022503/http://tv.sky.com/star-sharmas-join-emmerdale-cast |date=August 2, 2009 }}, tv.sky.com; accessed 5 May 2015.</ref> Bisson temporarily departed ''Emmerdale'' on 24 January 2013, due to the birth of his child. He later returned at the end of March 2013.

Bisson appeared in the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 2)|second series]] of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] reality show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Street star in Celebrity fall |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2981157.stm |accessdate=28 February 2019 |date=29 April 2003}}</ref> He and his family appeared on ''[[All Star Family Fortunes]]'' in October 2011.

In 2012, he appeared in the [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] series ''[[12 Again]]'' where he revealed he once failed to show up for a date at the cinema with [[Anna Friel]] at the time.

On 15 December 2013, Bisson took part in ''[[The Chase (British game show)|The Chase: Celebrity Special]]'' to raise money for his selected charity.

On 18 June 2014, he took part in ''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]'' with his partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep2week25/all-star-mr-mrs#.U422lXbYGLU|title=All Star Mr & Mrs Episode 2|publisher=Itv.com|date=18 June 2014|accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref>

On 11 October 2020, he appeared on the ITV game show, Tipping Point Lucky Stars which culminated in him winning the jackpot of £20,000 for his charity.

==Personal life==
Bisson was born in [[Wythenshawe]], [[Manchester]]. His father is from [[Trinidad]]. Bisson is [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Veronica|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/film/chicken_tikka_masala_bisson.html|title=Chicken Tikka Masala - Chris Bisson interview|work=indielondon.co.uk.|quote=No, I'm Catholic.|date=24 August 2010|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1999
|''[[East Is East (1999 film)|East Is East]]''
|Saleem Khan
|
|-
|2001
|''Understanding Jane''
|Off Licence Storekeeper
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|''Chicken Tikka Masala''
|Jimi
|
|-
|''[[Izzat (2005 film)|Izzat]]''
|Man in the telephone booth
|
|-
|''Four Brothers and a Funeral''
|Ram
|rowspan=2|Short film
|-
|2007
|''Death of a Socialist''
|Charlie
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1990
|''[[Children's Ward]]''
|J. J.
|TV Series; 13 episodes
|-
|1996
|''[[List of Prime Suspect (British TV series) episodes#Series 5 (1996)|Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement]]''
|Nazir
|2 episodes
|-
|1998
|''[[The Cops (British TV series)|The Cops]]''
|Omar Assi
|1 episode
|-
|1998–2005
|''[[Where the Heart Is (British TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]''
|Kahil (1998); Jimmy (2005)
|2 episodes
|-
|1999–2002
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Vikram Desai]]
|Series regular, 329 episodes
|-
|1999
|''Coronation Street: After Hours''
|6 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|''Indian Dream''
|Surender
|Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|''Spoilt''
|Johnny
|Television film
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|''[[Holby City]]''
|Mark Watkins
|1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|''[[The Afternoon Play]]''
|Digger
|1 episode
|-
|2004–2007, 2009
|''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]''
|[[Kash Karib]]
|19 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|''[[Perfect Day (2005 film)|Perfect Day]]''
|Billy
|Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|''10:96: Training Night''
|PC David Sands
|Television film
|-
|rowspan=4|2006
|''Perfect Day: The Funeral''
|Billy
|1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|''Magnolia''
|Dino
|Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|''[[New Street Law]]''
|Sammi Kaswa
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Manchester Passion]]''
|[[Barabbas]]
|Television film; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|2006, 2009
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
|Des Lawrenson (2006); James Guple (2009)
|2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|''Stepdad''
|Doctor
|Television film
|-
|''[[Echo Beach (TV series)|Echo Beach]]''
|Amit Gurai
|rowspan=3|1 episode; credited as Christopher Bisson
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Carl
|-
|''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]''
|Omar
|-
|2009–present
|''[[Emmerdale]]''
|[[Jai Sharma]]
|Series regular
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0084353}}

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[[Category:English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Salford]]
[[Category:People from Wythenshawe]]
[[Category:Actors from Manchester]]
[[Category:English Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:English male film actors]]
[[Category:English male soap opera actors]]
[[Category:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants]]

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