Christopher Paul Bisson (born 21 July 1975) is a British actor who first appeared as J.J. in Children's Ward in 1990. He was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, to an Indo-Trinidadian father and an English mother.
He has also appeared in Prime Suspect and Holby City, but he most recognized for his roles as Saleem Khan in East is East, Vikram Desai in Coronation Street and Kash Karib in Shameless. He also appeared in the second series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. He most recently appeared in the Perfect Day: The Wedding in 2005, Perfect Day: The Funeral in 2006 on Five and the feature film Stepdad which was filmed in February 2007 and is currently in post production. He participated in the Channel 4 Documentary Empire's Children (2007) tracing his paternal heritage to the West Indies.
In May 2003, following his departure from Coronation Street, he featured as a contestant in the second series of "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", once more set in the Australian outback, where he kept a low profile.
Is the stepson of Granada television executive and presenter, Eamonn O'Neal.
Appeared in the stage version of _East is East (1999)_
