Raad Rawi appeared on Coronation Street in October 2001 and February 2004 as Ranjiv Alahan, father of Dev Alahan (the role was recast to actor Madhav Sharma upon the character's return in October 2004).
His other credits include roles in The Gentle Touch, Bergerac, Crown Court, Boon, Tales of the Unexpected, Shalom Salaam, Bugs, Dalziel and Pascoe, Judge John Deed, Holby City, The Bill, Silent Witness, Spooks, The Honourable Woman, Tyrant and the films Midnight Express, Misunderstood, Mona Lisa, Scandal, Nina's Heavenly Delights, The Kingdom, Traitor, Green Zone, The Devil's Double, Conan the Barbarian, Mesocafé, Laajool, Spy and One Crazy Thing.
On stage he has appeared in productions of The Workhouse Donkey, Cymbeline, Naked Robots, A View From the Bridge, Queuing for Everest, King Lear, The Waiting Room, Called to Account - Indictment of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair for the Crime of Aggression Against Iraq - A Hearing and Fred's Diner.