YOU DON’T FOOL ME EastEnders and Only Fools and Horses star Nabil Elouahabi is unrecognisable as he makes Vera debut
EASTENDERS and Only Fools Horses star Nabil Elouhabi stunned ITV viewers on Sunday night after debuting on Vera.
The eleventh season of the popular drama continued at the weekend, with a number of familiar faces starring in episode four.
During Sunday’s instalment, Vera was called onto the scene to solve the death of primary school teacher Lizzy Swan.
Viewers, though, were left seriously distracted after spotting former Only Fools and Horses actor Nabil.
Two decades after appearing in the iconic BBC sitcom, the 46-year-old looked completely unrecognisable.
Nabil portrayed Rashid Mamoon, an illegal immigrant, found in the back of Denzil’s lorry by Del Boy and Rodney Trotter.
Del came up with the nickname Gary for him, but then it becomes the only thing that Rashid says throughout the episode as he shouts it out at random.
But this is far from the only part that the actor has had over the years.
In 2003, he portrayed the recurring character of Tariq for two years in EastEnders.
He has also appeared in Top Boy, Generation Kill, The Night Off, Casualty, Time and The Tower.
Most recently, Elouahabi played a major role in BBC’s Our Girl as Rabee who was revealed to be a warlord posing as a soldier in the Afghanistan army.
Vera season 11 is available to watch on the ITV Hub.
Vera fans soon recognised Nabil who portrayed Rashid Mamoon on the BBC sitcomCredit: ITV
