Ajay Naidu

Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born February 12, 1972) is an American actor.
== Early life and education ==
Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois. His parents came from India to the United States in 1964.[1] He attended Evanston Township High School. He trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.[1]
== Career ==
Naidu's first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go (released in 1986) which he won from an open call. He starred in the TV movie, Lady Blue(1985) as Paquito. This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Special episode, "No Greater Gift" (1985), where he played Nick Santana, a 12-year-old boy with a terminal illness. Naidu then appeared in the MacGyver TV series' first-season episode, "To Be a Man" in 1986.
Other film credits when younger include Where the River Runs Black (1986) and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre.
Naidu returned to film acting in SubUrbia in 1996.
On screen, Naidu starred in the cult film Office Space, as well as appearing in films such as K-Pax, Subway Stories, π, Requiem for a Dream, Bad Santa, The War Within, The Guru, Waterborne, and Loins of Punjab Presents. He co-starred as a series regular in the sitcom LateLine and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos, The West Wing and Bored to Death.
Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years as a dancer and an M.C. His vocals have appeared on many records, most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK".
In 2006, Naidu directed his first feature film Ashes which had its release in 2010 and for which he won Best Actor accolades from the MIACC Film Festival in New York and the London Asian Film Festival. In 2009, he played as ACO Jake in Hotel For Dogs.
Naidu's most recent theatre credits include The Master and Margarita with Complicite, a world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, directed by Simon McBurney and The Little Flower of East Orange alongside Ellyn Burstyn at New York's Public Theater directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.[2] In 2001 Naidu's solo theatre piece Darwaza was a sold-out hit at New York's Labyrinth Theatre.
== Personal life ==
Naidu is married to actress Heather Burns.[3]
== Filmography ==
2019 Billions (TV Series) 
Kulbinder Darcha
- Arousal Template (2019) ... Kulbinder Darcha
2018 God Friended Me (TV Series) 
Eric
- The Good Samaritan (2018) ... Eric
2018 Boy Boy Girl Girl (Short) 
2016-2018 Blindspot (TV Series) 
Shohid Akhtar / Shohid Ahktar
- Warning Shot (2018) ... Shohid Akhtar
- One Begets Technique (2016) ... Shohid Ahktar
2018 The Kindergarten Teacher 
Nikhil Roy
2017 Friends from College (TV Series) 
Howie Wexler
- Second Wedding (2017) ... Howie Wexler
2017 Crazy Famous 
Dr. Manning
2017 Lost Cat Corona 
Amir
2016 World's End (TV Movie) 
Karl
2016 Odd Mom Out (TV Series) 
Doctor
- 40 Is the New 70 (2016) ... Doctor
2014 The Future of Dough (Short) 
Bob
2014 Manhattan Love Story (TV Series) 
Brian
- Pilot (2014) ... Brian
2014 Deadbeat (TV Series) 
Attendant / The Taxi Man
- Pieces of Sue (2014) ... Attendant
- The Sexorcism (2014) ... The Taxi Man
2013 Gods Behaving Badly 
The Producer
2012 3 Days of Normal 
Vik Donowitz
2011 Mister Handsome (Short) 
Mister Handsome
2010 Bored to Death (TV Series) 
Vikram
- Escape from the Castle! (2010) ... Vikram
- Forty-Two Down! (2010) ... Vikram
2010/I Ashes 
Ashes
2010 Futurestates (TV Series) 
Rakesh
- Pia (2010) ... Rakesh
2009 Cop House (TV Movie) 
Skip Malhotra
2009 Today's Special 
Munnamia
2009 Mercy (TV Series) 
Matt
- Pulling the Goalie (2009) ... Matt
2009 Falling Up 
Paco
2009 Kings (TV Series) 
Dr. Nayar
- Judgment Day (2009) ... Dr. Nayar
- First Night (2009) ... Dr. Nayar
2009 30 Rock (TV Series) 
Asif
- Larry King (2009) ... Asif
2009 Stream (Short) 
Kyle
2009 The Hungry Ghosts 
Laurence
2009 Hotel for Dogs 
ACO Jake
2008 Strokes (TV Movie) 
Sanjay Lall
2008 Righteous Kill 
Dr. Chadrabar
2008 The Wrestler 
Medic
2008 The Accidental Husband 
Deep
2007 Loins of Punjab Presents 
Turbanotorious B.D.G.
2006 Hiding Divya 
Divya's husband
2005 Perception 
Kamal
2005 Confess 
Account Executive
2005 The War Within 
Naved
2005 The Honeymooners 
Vivek
2005 Tools of War (Short) 
Rahul
2005 Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (Video) 
Prince Omar (voice)
2005 Alchemy 
Best Man
2005 Waterborne 
Vikram Bhatti
2005 King of the Hill (TV Series) 
Delivery Guy / Malik
- Mutual of Omabwah (2005) ... Delivery Guy / Malik (voice)
2005 212 
Vincent
2004 The Jury (TV Series) 
George Edmonds
- Pilot (2004) ... George Edmonds
2004 Monk (TV Series) 
Masul the Cabbie
- Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan (2004) ... Masul the Cabbie
2004 Fillmore! (TV Series) 
Sanjay
- Field Trip of the Just (2004) ... Sanjay (voice)
2003 Bad Santa 
Hindustani Troublemaker
2003 Scary Movie 3 
Sayaman
2003 Justice 
Mohammed
2002 Bomb the System 
Moses Mundhra
2002 The Guru 
Sanjay
2001 The Gene Pool (TV Movie) 
Paul Patel
2001 K-PAX 
Dr. Chakraborty
2001 The West Wing (TV Series) 
Rakim Ali
- Isaac and Ishmael (2001) ... Rakim Ali
2001 Hannibal 
Perfume Expert
2001 American Chai 
Hari
2000 You Are Here* 
Sanjay
2000 Dinner Rush 
Ademir the Matre'd
2000 More Dogs Than Bones 
Andy
2000 Requiem for a Dream 
Mailman
2000 The Sopranos (TV Series) 
Omar
- Big Girls Don't Cry (2000) ... Omar
1999 Chutney Popcorn 
Raju
1998-1999LateLine (TV Series) 
Raji Bakshi
- The Christian Guy (1999) ... Raji Bakshi
- Karp's Night Out (1999) ... Raji Bakshi
- Svadharma (1999) ... Raji Bakshi
- Kids 'N' Guns (1999) ... Raji Bakshi
- The Minister of Television (1999) ... Raji Bakshi
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1999 Office Space 
Samir
1998 Shopkeeping 
Asif
1998 Scotch and Milk 
Armand
1998 My Giant 
Hot Dog Vendor
1998 Pi 
Farrouhk
1998 Montana 
Ives
1997 Once We Were Strangers 
Apu
1997 SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (TV Movie) 
Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")
1996 New York Undercover (TV Series) 
Manuel
- Brown Like Me (1996) ... Manuel
1996 SubUrbia 
Nazeer Choudhury
1988 Vice Versa 
Dale
1986 Where the River Runs Black 
Segundo
1986 Touch and Go 
Louis DeLeon
1986 MacGyver (TV Series) 
Ahmed
- To Be a Man (1986) ... Ahmed (uncredited)
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) 
Nick Santana
- No Greater Gift (1985) ... Nick Santana
1985 Lady Blue (TV Series) 
Paquito
- Pilot (1985) ... Paquito
Category:American male film actors