Biography for
Jimi Mistry More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

1973, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse

Meg Leonard

(? - 15 March 2010) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Appeared in the stage version of East Is East (1999).

Daughter Elin born June, 2001.

His father is Indian and his mother is Irish. He was brought up as a strict Catholic.

Trained at the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama, the same school where Nicol Williamson studied.

He and his wife, Meg Leonard, have been together since 1993.

Competed on the 8th series of "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004), partnered with Flavia Cacace, finishing 10th out of 14 celebrities.

Is one of 16 "EastEnders" (1985) actors to compete on "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Jill Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell), Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zoe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann) and Anita Dobson (Angie Watts).

Is in a relationship with Flavia Cacace, having met on "Strictly Come Dancing" (2004) (December 2010).