Abdul Salis is a British actor. He played a paramedic called Curtis Cooper on the medical drama series Casualty.
Career Television Salis has appeared in numerous television roles, including The Hidden City (2002); Casualty (2008–09), the longest-running medical drama broadcast in the UK; Trevor's World of Sport (2003), and the Doctor Who episode "Fear Her" (2006), in which he played Kel from the council. He starred in the CBBC series M.I. High, in the episode "The Big Bling," as footballer Ben Lacy.
In Father Brown (2019), season 7, episode 2, "The Passing Bell," he portrayed Enoch Rowe, an immigrant farm labourer from Trinidad. In January 2019, Salis appeared in EastEnders as Caden James.
In June 2020, Salis was announced to play Eamon Valda in Amazon's forthcoming The Wheel of Time. In 2022, he appeared as recurring character Sebastian in Catherine Tate’s six-part mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell, released on Netflix.
Cinema Salis' film credits include Love Actually (2003), Welcome Home (2004), Animal (2004), and Sahara (2005). In Love Actually, he played Tony in the storyline involving Colin Frissell. The 2006 film Flyboys loosely portrayed aviation pioneer Eugene Jacques Bullard and the Lafayette Flying Corps; Salis played Eugene Skinner, a character inspired by Bullard.
In 2025, he starred in F1 as Dodge Dowda, the chief mechanic of the fictional F1 team APXGP.
Stage On stage, Salis has performed in Blood Wedding and The Road at the Orange Tree Theatre, as well as Joe Guy with Tiata Fahodzi. He appeared in the 2006 production of The Exonerated at London's Riverside Studios.
In 2010, he portrayed David Taylor in the stage production of War Horse at the New London Theatre. In 2018, he played the roles of Kwame / Simon / Wole in Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams at the National Theatre.
Radio In May 2013, Salis played the roles of Sable, Sump, Clarence, and Homeless Man in a BBC radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, adapted by Dirk Maggs. He also reprised his role as Barry in Trevor's World of Sport on Radio 4 between 2004 and 2007.
Video games In 2022 Salis played the role of Joseph Morello in The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me.
Filmography
+FilmYearTitleRoleNotes2003Love ActuallyTony2004Welcome HomeIsaac2005SaharaOumar2006FlyboysEugene Skinner2024Mufasa: The Lion KingChigaru2025F1Dodge Dowda +TelevisionYearTitleRoleNotes2006Doctor WhoKelFear Her Guest star2008M.I. HighBen Lacy Guest star2008-2009CasualtyCurtis Cooper2019Father BrownEnoch RoweGuest star2021The Wheel of Time Eamon Valda2022Hard CellSebastian2025Beyond ParadiseDr Lionel JenningsGuest star +Video gamesYearTitleRoleNotes2022The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in MeJoseph Morello
References
External links
Nell Frizzell, "Abdul Salis on acting in other languages and working in the round", Ideas Tap, 18 June 2014