Acting
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Maanuv Thiara
Acting
Biography
Maanuv is an award winning actor and creative. He grew up in the West Midlands, before attending Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2016. Since then, as an actor he has worked consistently across all mediums. Recent screen credits include; LANDSCAPERS (HBO), LINE OF DUTY (BBC), TED LASSO (Apple), Varsity (Apple) and DI RAY (ITV), for which he was nominated for an RTS Midlands Award for Best Actor. Recent stage credits include THE FATHER AND THE ASSASSIN (National Theatre) and THE CHERRY ORCHARD (ETT). As a writer, he won the National Theatre’s “New Views” Competition, culminating in his play, 8 WEEKS, being produced at The SHED, he is an Associate Artist of RIFCO Theatre Company and his short film, “BAMBINO” was produced by Bigger Pictures Productions.
Feature Films (3)
Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great play, recorded as-live in its West End transfer on the stage of London's Harold Pinter Theatre. Robert Icke's innovative modern-dress production, featuring Andrew Scott, Juliet Stevenson, Angus Wright and Jessica Brown Findlay, has been widely acclaimed as a dazzlingly intelligent, forcefully contemporary staging. The Evening Standard hailed Andrew Scott's 'career-defining performance... he makes the most famous speeches feel fresh and unpredictable.'
Hamlet
Spurred by the excitement of making a baby, a mixed-race couple's dirty talk delves into uncomfortable racial territory, leaving the man struggling to finish as they grapple with the boundaries of desire and identity.
Dirty Talk
Television & Series (11)
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
Ted Lasso
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Casualty
DI Ray is set in Birmingham and follows Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.
DI Ray
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
Brassic
A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.
