Stephen Rahman-Hughes

Stephen Rahman-Hughes (born 26 January 1970) is a British–Malaysian actor and singer with Cymru ancestry. He is known for his roles as The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines as the legendary Austronesian 1st Century BCE figures, Merong and Adam Bateman in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.^[1][2]

Stephen Rahman-Hughes
Rahman-Hughes at the 9th Asian Awards in 2019
Born	(1970-01-26) 26 January 1970 (age 55) London, United Kingdom
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	2004–present
Children	3

Career

In 2006, Rahman-Hughes starred as Hang Tuah in the Malaysian musical production of Puteri Gunung Ledang.^[3] Later in 2006, Rahman-Hughes made his television debut in the Sky One drama series Dream Team. In 2007, he became a vocalist in a male opera group, Teatro.^[4]

In 2011, Rahman-Hughes became the lead actor of Malaysian film The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines. In August 2018, he joined EastEnders as Adam Bateman, a dentist.^[5] It was announced on 28 September 2019 that his character was axed from the show. Adam's final episode aired on 3 December 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Los dan Faun	Dick Johnson
2011	The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines	Merong Mahawangsa
2014	Cut	The Actor	Short film
2019	Shadowplay	Dr Keith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2005	Dream Team	Carl Caskey	Recurring role; 9 episodes
	Doctors	Jayant Chopra	1 episodes
2006–2007, 2025	Emmerdale	Vikesh Dasari	Series regular; 39 episodes
2006	The Afternoon Play	James Khan	1 episode
2007	Highlander: The Source	Zai Jie	Television film
2011–2012	The Kitchen Musical	Alex Marcus	13 episodes
2011	Doctors	Asif Khan	1 episodes
2013	Bollywood Carmen	Don	Television film
2018–2019	EastEnders	Adam Bateman	Series regular
2019	Almost Never	Dev	Recurring role
2023	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Harinder Ray	1 episodes
2024	3 Body Problem	Anwar Suleiman	3 episodes