# Parvesh Cheena

Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots.

## Early life

Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Indian descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School. He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

## Career

Cheena's first feature film role was in Barbershop as Samir. He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. His other film roles include Because I Said So (2007), The Other End of the Line and The Ode (2008), House Broken (2009), Just Before I Go (2014), Everything Before Us (2015), Time Toys (2016), Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Definition Please (2020), Music (2021), The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), and Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023).

## Personal life

Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time. In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality."
He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Samir | |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Samir | |
| 2007 | Because I Said So | Foreign Guy | |
| 2007 | Universal Remote | Sammy, Baliff | |
| 2008 | The Other End of the Line | NY cabbie | |
| 2008 | The Ode | Salman | |
| 2009 | House Broken | Zerban | |
| 2014 | Just Before I Go | Abhay | |
| 2015 | Everything Before Us | Eric | |
| 2016 | Time Toys | Franklin | |
| 2017 | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Rohan | |
| 2019 | Lady and the Tramp | Mr. Richland | |
| 2020 | Definition Please | Jimit Uncle | |
| 2021 | Music | Electronics Store Manager | |
| 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Potential Customer | Voice |
| 2023 | Sometimes I Think About Dying | Garrett | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | ER | Dr. Agbo | Episode: "Twas the Night" |
| 2006 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Mr. Babalabaloo | Episode: "Boston Holiday" |
| 2006 | The West Wing | Barista | Episode: "The Last Hurrah" |
| 2006 | The O.C. | Passerby | Episode: "The Avengers" |
| 2006–2007 | Help Me Help You | Parvesh | 5 Episodes |
| 2008 | Brothers & Sisters | Jordan | 2 Episodes |
| 2007–2008 | 'Til Death | Ken, Leo | 3 Episodes |
| 2009 | My Name Is Earl | Savage Indian in Jungle | Episode: "My Name is Alias" |
| 2010 | Sons of Tucson | Stewart | Episode: "Father's Day" |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Father | Episode: "A Rite of Passage" |
| 2010–2011 | Outsourced | Gupta | 22 episodes |
| 2011 | The Fresh Beat Band | Genie | Episode: "Bollywood Beats – Jai Ho" |
| 2011–2016 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Blades, additional voices | Voice, main role |
| 2012 | Squad 85 | Alan Rickman | Episode: "It's Not the Work, It's the Stares" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Kabir | Episode: "Indian Takers" |
| 2013–2014 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Pradeep | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Sean Saves the World | Jerry | 7 episodes |
| 2014 | A to Z | Dinesh | 13 episodes |
| 2015–2018 | The Goldbergs | Andy Cesunda | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | TripTank | Sajeep | Voice, episode: "Crime Steve Investigation" |
| 2016–2019 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Sunil Odhav | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | The Odd Couple | Neil Armstrong | Episode: "Conscious Odd Coupling" |
| 2017 | Fresh Off The Boat | Mr. O'Connor | Episode: "Pie vs. Cake" |
| 2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Marcus | Episode: "The Tenant Disassociation" |
| 2018 | Alone Together | Neel | Episode: "Pootie" |
| 2018–2022 | Craig of the Creek | Raj | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2018 | The Guest Book | Sabu | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Mr. Mom | Jerry | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2019 | All Rise | Sai Dalal | 2 episodes |
| 2019–2022 | T.O.T.S. | Bodhi | Voice, recurring role |
| 2019–2020 | The Rocketeer | Deany | Voice, recurring role |
| 2020 | Code-Switched | Parvesh | Episode: "Soft Brown Boys" |
| 2020–2022 | Mira, Royal Detective | Manish | Voice, 13 episodes |
| 2020–2022 | The Owl House | Tibbles Grimm Hammer | Voice, recurring role |
| 2020 | Connecting | Pradeep | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | Mythic Quest | Zach | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Centaurworld | Zulius | Voice, main role |
| 2021–2022 | Central Park | Taylor | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Raven's Home | Conductor | Episode: "A Streetcar Named Conspire" |
| 2022–2023 | Shining Vale | Laird | 7 episodes |
| 2022 | The Resort | Ted | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Ross | Episode: "Face Off" |
| 2022 | Oddballs | Principal Loudspeaker | Voice, episode: "Breaking and Entering" |
| 2023 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Waylon Amaredda | Voice, episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim" |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Publisher | Episode: "I" |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Nevarro Copper Droid | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Frasier | Dev Sharma | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | That Girl Lay Lay | Mr. Kimes | Episode: "How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back" |
| 2023–2024 | Pupstruction | Rusty Whiskers | Voice, recurring role |
| 2024 | The Conners | Trivia Game Host | Episode: "When Sisters Collide and The Return of the Grifters" |
| 2024 | Ariel | Ravi | Voice, recurring role |