# Hari Dhillon

Hari Dhillon (Punjabi: ਹਰੀ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ (Gurmukhi)) is an American television, film and stage actor, best known for playing Michael Spence in British television medical drama series Holby City. His name has also been spelled Hari Dillon and Harry Dillon.

## Early life and education

Dhillon was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He spent nine months of his childhood in India. He took one acting class at UC Berkeley in his senior year at San Francisco State University. After graduation, he worked as a prison AIDS educator in California and Hawaii before setting up a theatre company in San Francisco with friends. In 1994, he attended drama school in the United Kingdom.

## Career

Dhillon originally appeared in Holby City in 2001 as recurring minor character Dr. Sunil Gupta, before returning in November 2007 as consultant Michael Spence. Dhillon took an 'extended break' from Holby City on December 17, 2013, after Michael was forced to leave his post by new CEO, Guy Self (John Michie).
On June 19, 2014, it was announced Dhillon would be returning to Holby City as Michael for a short stint in late 2014. During this time, Dhillon also starred alongside Amanda Mealing on Casualty.
His appearances in US TV shows include Medium, Charmed, Without a Trace, The Loop, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also had minor, unnamed roles in the films Cradle 2 the Grave, Wit and Entrapment. He also starred in the Broadway debut of the Ayad Akhtar play, Disgraced.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Dream Team | | |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Prince Hussain | |
| 2000 | Trial & Retribution | | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Lawless Heart | | |
| 2001 | Holby City | Dr Sunil Gupta | Recurring role |
| 2002 | The Agency | | 1 episode |
| 2003 | She Spies | | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Charmed | | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Medium | | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Mr. Nice Guy | | |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | | 1 episode |
| 2007 | The Loop | | 5 episodes |
| 2007–2014 | Holby City | Michael Spence | Regular role |
| 2014 | Casualty | Michael Spence | Episode: "Entrenched" |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Varma | Episode: Granting Immunity |
| 2015 | The Mysteries of Laura | Swami Sanjay | Episode: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex" |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Agent Deepak Singh | Episode: Harvested |
| 2016 | Midsomer Murders | Reece Dexter | Episode: Breaking the Chain |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Foreign Minister/Prime Minister | Episodes: Connection Lost/ Render Safe |
| 2017 | This Is Us | Sanjay Jahiri | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Billions | Michael Panay | |
| 2019 | Death in Paradise | Jay Carver | Episode: S8:E8 |
| 2021 | Alex Rider | Ed Pleasance | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | The Serial Killer's Wife | Maxwell | |

### Film

* Entrapment (1999)
* New World Disorder (1999)
* Wit (2001)
* Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
* Bad Education (2019)
* Doom: Annihilation (2019)
* The Beanie Bubble (2023)
* We Strangers (2024)
* Trigger Warning (2024)

### Theatre

* Mother Teresa Is Dead (2002), Royal Court Theatre, London
* Drifting Elegant (2004), Magic Theatre, San Francisco
* A Perfect Wedding (2004), Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles
* Morbidity and Mortality (2006), Magic Theatre, San Francisco
* Charles L. Mee's A Perfect Wedding, which was the inaugural production of the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles
* Original production of Stephen Belber's Drifting Elegant at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, which was later developed into a feature film
* Broadway debut of the Ayad Akhtar play, Disgraced.

## Awards and nominations

Dhillon was nominated to the long-list of the 2010 National Television Awards in the category for "Best Drama Performance".