:Stephen Uppal

{{Short description|English actor (b. 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Stephen Uppal

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978}}

| birth_place = Middlesbrough, England

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2008–present

}}

Stephen Uppal (born 1978) is an English actor of Indian descent from Ormesby in Middlesbrough.{{ cite news | url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/07/04/stephen-is-hollyoaks-new-boy-86081-21227942/ | title=Stephen is Hollyoaks' new boy | author=Joanne Douglas | work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner | date=2008-07-04 | accessdate=2008-07-06 }} He is known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap Hollyoaks, Zaf in the 2009 film Freight, and also for playing characters in The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre.

Uppal gained a qualification in English at the University of Teesside before winning a place at Arts Educational School where he performed many roles which included Arthur in Peggy Sue Got Married, Smike in Nicholas Nickleby and Neville in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.{{cite web | url=http://tanithsjosephsite.homestead.com/Issachar.html | title=Issachar | publisher=Tanith's Joseph Site | accessdate=2008-07-06 }}