Rahul Kohli (born 13 November 1985) is a British actor. On television, he gained prominence through the CW series iZombie (2015–2019), and his collaborations with filmmaker Mike Flanagan in the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), and the upcoming Amazon Prime series Carrie. He recently appeared in the Hulu series Death and Other Details (2024) and the Amazon Prime series We Were Liars (2025). His films include Next Exit (2022).
Early life Rahul Kohli was born in London, the son of Indian immigrants. His mother was raised in Thailand and his father was raised in Kenya. Two of his grandparents were born in areas of British India that are now part of Pakistan. He attended Northolt High School and later enrolled at Uxbridge College to study media. In 2006, he trained with the Questors Theatre company.
Career Kohli made his acting debut in March 2007 in the short film The Vacancy.
Kohli was cast as the lead role of Dr Ravi Chakrabarti in the CW series iZombie, which he played from 2015 to 2019. He appeared in all 71 episodes of the series. He played Ed in the 2018 Netflix romantic comedy Happy Anniversary. He also appeared in two episodes of the CW series Supergirl in 2017 and 2019. He voiced Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in the HBO Max animated series Harley Quinn and Aarush Cheena in the Disney Junior series The Rocketeer.
In 2020, Kohli starred as Owen Sharma in The Haunting of Bly Manor, a Netflix horror drama series by Mike Flanagan. He went on to star in Midnight Mass, a supernatural horror miniseries, also created by Flanagan, in the role of Sheriff Hassan Shabazz. The series was released in September 2021.
Personal life Kohli announced his engagement to Yasmin Molloy in July 2018, though they later split up at an unknown date.. Kohli is an avid gamer and supporter of Liverpool FC. In late 2019, he started dating Australian video game writer and content creator Alanah Pearce. Some time after that, they moved in together.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Vacancy Tom Short film 2018 Happy Anniversary Ed 2022 Next Exit Teddy 2024 The Life of Chuck Bri 2025 The Electric State Miles Watlow 2026 Iron Lung Additional voices 2027 The Exorcist: Martyrs TBA Post-production
Television Year Title RoleNotes 2008 My Holiday Hostage Hell Navi Episode: "West Papau" 2012 Holby City Cal Nelson Episode: "Blood Money" 2013 EastEnders Manager Episode aired 16 April 2013 2015–2019 iZombie Ravi Chakrabarti Main role; 71 episodes 2016 Red vs. Blue Male Tex Voice role; Episode: "Get Bent" 2017, 2019 Supergirl Jack Spheer Episodes: "Ace Reporter" and "Confidence Women" 2019–2020 Harley Quinn Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow Voice role; 5 episodes A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2020 The Rocketeer Aarush Cheena Voice role; 5 episodes The Haunting of Bly Manor Owen Sharma Miniseries; 9 episodes 2021 Midnight Mass Sheriff Hassan Miniseries; 7 episodes 2022 The Midnight Club Vincent Beggs Episode: "See You Later" 2023 The Fall of the House of Usher Napoleon "Leo" Usher Miniseries; 7 episodes 2024 Death and Other Details Sunil Bhandari Main role; 9 episodes Twilight of the Gods Egill Voice role; 8 episodes 2025 Love, Death & Robots Vave O'Claw Voice role; Episode: "400 Boys" 2025–present We Were Liars Ed Patil Main role; 8 episodes 2025 The Mighty Nein Verrat Voice role; 4 episodes 2026 Citadel Charles Bantam Episodes: "Chinos" and "Unreasonable" Carrie Harold Allison Upcoming miniseries
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2019 Rage 2 Garcia the Gregarious Gears 5 Fahz Chutani 2022 Fortnite The Origin Chapter 3 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Tobin2023 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Malum Caedo Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Minotaur Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Rupinder "Roops" Kapoor 2026 Diablo II: Resurrected - Reign of the Warlock Warlock Saros Arjun Devraj Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2Malum Caedo
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