Himesh Jitendra Patel is a British actor. He began his career portraying Tamwar Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. This was followed by roles in the Channel 4 sitcom Damned and the films Yesterday and Tenet. In 2021, Patel starred in the HBO miniseries Station Eleven, earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, and appeared in Adam McKay's Netflix film Don't Look Up.