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Nitin Chandra Ganatra (born 21 February 1968) is a Kenyan-born English actor, best known for playing Masood Ahmed in the BBC soap-opera ''EastEnders'' since 2007. ==Early and personal life== Both sides of Ganatra's family have origins in Gujarat which were explored on-screen in the 2013 series of ''Who Do You Think You Are?''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039tygt )〕 His great grandfather arrived in Kenya in the late 1890s as one of 32,000 contracted labourers to build the Uganda Railway.〔 One of under 10,000 to stay in the country after the railways completion, his grandfather and his father later joined the family's general trading business.〔 After Kenya gained independence from the United Kingdom and forced the native Indian population to choose between Kenya and their British passports in 1971, Ganatra, aged 3, moved with his family to Coventry, where the family still own a corner shop.〔()〕〔()〕〔(Nitin Ganatra Family Tree )〕 Ganatra was educated at Coundon Court School and Community College on Northbrook Road and then studied Drama, Film and TV at the University of Bristol. He went on to train under the tutelage of the late Master theatre practitioner Jerzy Grotowski. On 17 July 2004, Ganatra married his wife, Meera. They have two children and live in North London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nitin Ganatra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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