American male actors of Indian descent

The list American male actors of Indian descent includes Karan Brar, Aziz Ansari, Kunal Nayyar, Imran Khan and Naveen Andrews. The list consists of 82 members.

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Karan Brar

American actor (born 1999)

Overview: Karan Brar (born January 18, 1999) is an American actor. He portrayed Chirag Gupta in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film franchise and Ravi Ross on the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie and its subsequent ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1999

Age: 25

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Male actors of Indian descent 53T

Male actors from Washington (state) 88T

American male voice actors 3,299T
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Aziz Ansari

American actor and comedian

Overview: Aziz Ismail Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor, filmmaker and stand-up comedian. He is known for his role as Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) and as creator ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Serena Skov Campbell (Married)

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American male sitcom actors 605T

The American Library (Yinka Shonibare, 2018) people 220T

American male television writers 2,362T
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Kunal Nayyar

Actor

Overview: Kunal Nayyar (, kuu-NAHL NY-ər; born 30 April 1981) is a British-Indian actor known for portraying Rajesh Koothrappali on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019). Forbes listed Nayyar as the world's ...

Date of birth: 30 April 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Neha Kapur (Married)

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British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Male actors from Delhi 93T

Male actors from New Delhi 38T
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Imran Khan

Indian-American actor

Overview: Imran Khan (born Imran Pal; 13 January 1983) is an American former actor of Indian origin who worked in Hindi films. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and director-producer Mansoor Khan, and the grandson ...

Date of birth: 13 January 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Actors from Madison, Wisconsin 33T

Indian male child actors 114T

Indian male voice actors 217T
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Naveen Andrews

British actor

Overview: Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British male actors of Indian descent 56T

American people of Malayali descent 38T

English male actors of South Asian descent 25T
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Kal Penn

American actor and politician

Overview: Kalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, comedian, and civil servant. As an actor, he is known for his role portraying Lawrence Kutner on the t ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Josh Marlar (Engaged)

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Freehold Township High School alumni 11T

Howell High School (New Jersey) alumni 16T

American comedians of Indian descent 12T
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Danny Huston

American actor, director and screenwriter

Overview: Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American actor, writer, and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North, starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum, and Huston's half-sister, Anjelica ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Huston family 12T
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Raja Fenske

American actor

Overview: Raja Jean Fenske (born September 25, 1988) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jake Behari in Nickelodeon's Unfabulous alongside Emma Roberts and Malese Jow. He is sometimes credited ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Male actors of Indian descent 53T

American male television actors 9,851T

American male film actors 11,928T
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Manish Dayal

American actor (born 1983)

Overview: Manish Patel (born June 17, 1983), better known as Manish Dayal, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in The CW hit teen series 90210 in the films The Hundred Foot Journey ...

Date of birth: 17 June 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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George Washington University School of Business alumni 114T

Male actors from South Carolina 50T

American male television actors 9,851T
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Sendhil Ramamurthy

American actor

Overview: Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Ramamurthy is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Olga Sosnovska (Married)

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Male actors from New Rochelle, New York 40T

American people of Kannada descent 14T

Male actors of Indian descent 53T
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Danny Pudi

American actor

Overview: Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC comedy series Community (2009–2015), for which ...

Date of birth: 10 March 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors of Indian descent 53T

Male actors from Chicago, Illinois 564T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
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Akshay Oberoi

Indian actor

Overview: Akshay Oberoi (born 1 January 1985) is an American-born Hindi film actor of Punjabi origin. After making his acting debut as a child in the 2002 comedy-drama American Chai, Oberoi played his first leading ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from Lucknow 16T

Male actors in Hindi television 195T

Indian male stage actors 326T
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Utkarsh Ambudkar

American actor and rapper (born 1983)

Overview: Utkarsh Ambudkar ( UUT-karsh am-BUUD-kar; born December 8, 1983) is an American actor.

Date of birth: 8 December 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Naomi Campbell (Married)

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Actual play performers 106T

American male rappers 1,555T

Male actors from Baltimore, Maryland 113T
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Waris Ahluwalia

American actor

Overview: Waris Singh Ahluwalia (Punjabi: ਵਾਰੀਸ ਅਹਲੁਵਾਲੀਆ, born 1974) is a Sikh American designer and actor based in New York City. His company, House of Waris, has collaborated with a number of other designers ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century American jewellers 14T

American people of Punjabi descent 82T

American male television actors 9,851T
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Firdous Bamji

Indian actor

Overview: Firdous Bamji is an Indian-born actor and writer.

Date of birth: 3 May 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Hayley Mills (Long-Term)

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Parsi people from Mumbai 198T

American people of Parsi descent 33T

Indian male stage actors 326T
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Sabu

Indian actor (1924–1963)

Overview: Sabu Dastagir (born Selar Sabu; 27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was an Indian film actor who later gained United States citizenship. He was credited under the name Sabu and is primarily known for his ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1924

Date of death: 2 December 1963

Age: 39 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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United States Army personnel of World War II 4,472T

Male actors from Mysore 18T

People with acquired American citizenship 943T
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Jay Chandrasekhar

Indian film director

Overview: Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for ...

Date of birth: 9 April 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Comedy film directors 139T

Screenwriters from New York (state) 1,175T

Screenwriters from Illinois 340T
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Deep Roy

Kenyan actor

Overview: Gurdeep Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 26 January 1949), known professionally as Deep Roy, is a Kenyan-British actor, puppeteer and stuntman. At 132 centimetres (4 ft 4 in) tall, he has often been cast as ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1957

Age: 66

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 4' 4" (132 cm)

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Kenyan stunt performers 1T

British male actors of Indian descent 41T

21st-century Kenyan male actors 18T
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Karan Soni

Indian-born American actor

Overview: Karan Soni (born January 8, 1989) is an Indian-born American actor. Often appearing in comedic roles, he came to prominence for playing Dopinder in the Deadpool films.

Date of birth: 8 January 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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USC School of Dramatic Arts alumni 81T

Male actors from New Delhi 38T

Indian male television actors 887T
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Arj Barker

American actor and comedian

Overview: Arjan Singh (born 12 August 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe ...

Date of birth: 12 August 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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21st-century American comedians 1,986T

20th-century American comedians 1,226T

People from San Anselmo, California 30T