Stephen Uppal

Stephen is best known to over five million viewers as Ravi Roy in teen soap Hollyoaks.

BA (Hons) English Studies

Stephen Uppal

Stephen Uppal

After I graduated from Teesside I went to London to pursue my dream of acting. I got a place at the Arts Educational Institute.

In my final year I landed a small role in the film Red Mercury, starring Pete Postlethwaite and Stockard Channing. I then went on to play stage roles which included the main character in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys in the West End.

I returned to Hollyoaks after taking a break to film my second movie Freight which was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

I visited Teesside University in 2009. It has changed so much since I graduated and is taking over Middlesbrough in a good way.