Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (born 12 September 1990) is a British actor, director and radio presenter. He acted in the BBC television series Some Girls, the film The Whale and presented the Disney Junior TV show Art Attack.
Early life Ahluwalia was born in Coventry, England. He is of British and Indian descent, and speaks fluent Punjabi. His grandfather was the architect James A Roberts, and his sister Ramanique also acts.
Ahluwalia grew up in Oadby, Leicester, where he attended Launde Primary School, and later Beauchamp College, where he achieved 10 A* grades at GCSE and straight As at A Level (at a time when an A* grade was not available at A level).Jassa's joy at his biggest role yet . Retrieved 21 December 2013 While at school, he had a number of small roles, including a speaking role in the film My Angel. Aged 19, he attained a place on the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme, spending six weeks in China. He later attended University College London for one year, studying Spanish and Russian, before dropping out to pursue a television career.
Career In 2010, Ahluwalia got his big break when he successfully auditioned for the role of host in the children's television series Art Attack.Rise and rise of Jassa the giant killer . Retrieved 21 December 2013 He presented the show for one series in 2011, filming in Argentina, before being replaced by Lloyd Warbey.
In 2011, Ahluwalia began work on his debut music album All Your Letters.Exclusive Interview with Jassa Ahluwalia previewing tonight's RIPPER STREET. Retrieved 21 December 2013
Ahluwalia's next big break was securing the recurring part of lovable badboy Rocky in BBC Three's Some Girls. He was the love interest of the main character Viva (Adelayo Adedayo). He appeared in 12 episodes in the shows run from 2012 to 2014.
A role in BBC One's Casualty was next, as he performed in an episode entitled "Seeing in the Dark", which aired on 27 October 2012. Ahluwalia had a small part in The Bible, where he played young David, slayer of Goliath. Filmed in Morocco, this miniseries screened on the History Channel in 2013.
Perhaps his best received performance to date was an appearance in the BBC drama Ripper Street, in which he played Vincent Featherwell, a gay prostitute posing as a telegraph boy, in the episode "Threads of Silk and Gold", which was the fifth episode of the second series.Ripper Street Series 2 – Interview with Jassa Ahluwalia. Retrieved 21 December 2013
Ahluwalia featured again on BBC One in December 2013, in the film The Whale which tells the true story of the sinking of the whaleship Essex. He plays Owen Coffin, one of the sailors and a cousin of the ship's captain, George Pollard, Jr.Screen Terrier – The Whale . Retrieved 21 December 2013
In 2013, Ahluwalia produced a short film entitled Modern Man with director Sebastian Solberg. The film tells the story of an accidental time-travelling cave-woman and her chance encounter with Rupert on the day he plans to propose to his girlfriend.Jassa Ahluwalia talks Modern Man: A comedy 102,014 years in the making.... Retrieved 21 December 2013
He has also filmed an as yet unreleased project for NBC Universal.Some Girls – Exclusive interview with 'Rocky' Jassa Ahluwalia. Retrieved 21 December 2013
Ahluwalia has presented programmes on the BBC Asian Network.BBC Asian Network – Preeya Kalidas, Jassa Ahluwalia Diwali Party. Retrieved 28 January 2021
Filmography + Television Year Title Role 2011 Art Attack Himself 2012 Casualty Bart Nowak 2013 The Bible Young David 2012–2014 Some Girls Rocky 2013 Ripper Street Vincent Featherwell 2015–2021 Unforgotten Adam Stuart 2016 Peaky Blinders Dimitri
+ Film Year Title Role 2011 My Angel Phil 2011 Resistance Russian Partisan 2013 El amor y otras desgracias Mark 2013 The Whale Owen Coffin 2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse Lorne2015 The Rezort Jack2018 Slaughterhouse Rulez Yuri
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