Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi (born 23rd January 1997 in Wales) is an actor who appeared as Shakil Kazemi in EastEnders from May 2016 to May 2018.

He was a Britain's Got Talent contestant in 2009 and finished in 7th place. He was featured in a BBC Wales documentary series called Starstruck where cameras followed children of the stage school for six months. After leaving EastEnders, he went on to appear in Casualty which is his current project and aside from EastEnders is best known for appearing in Torchwood.