The family moved frequently during Tikaram's youth due to his father's military service with the British army.
He went to the Duke of York's Royal Military School before studying English at the University of Kent, where he discovered acting.
[3][4] In 1992, Tikaram had a recording contract and released two singles followed by the album Chill and Kiss, the latter with musicians including brothers Bill and Ian Nelson on guitar and sax respectively.
[12] Tikaram provided voice acting for the character of Gabe Weller in the 2009 video game Dead Space: Extraction.
[citation needed] In November 2012, he also provided the voice of World Eaters Captain Macer Varren for the Black Library audio drama Garro: Sword of Truth, part of the long-running Horus Heresy series.
In 2018, he took on the role of voicing Aatrox in the video game League of Legends as well as its auto battler counter part Teamfight Tactics.