Shelly Desai

Shelly Desai is the actor who portrayed V'Sal in the fourth season episode .
Desai was born in Bombay, India and started his acting career in the 1970s in projects such as the short film Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon (1970), (1971,with Tracey Walter), (1974, with Gerrit Graham), the drama Short Eyes (1977, with Bruce Davison and Mark Margolis), and the comedy Imposters (1979).
Throughout the 1980s he appeared in episodes of (1985, with William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Christina Pickles, and Keone Young), (1985, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, Gene Dynarski, Stephen Macht, and Joseph Ruskin), (1985, with Bruce Davison, Jonathan Banks, and Patti Tippo), (1986, with Dwight Schultz and Rosalind Chao), Sledge Hammer! (1986, with Brenda Strong and Leslie Morris), and (1988, with Jack Blessing and Marcelo Tubert). He also appeared in (1982), (1987, with William Sadler, Robin Gammell, Daniel Roebuck, Ward Costello, Dick Miller, Randal Patrick, and Bob Minor), and (1989, with Dennis Christopher and Mark Rolston).
In the 1990s, Desai had supporting roles in (1990, with Clarence Williams III, Charles Napier, Andrew Hill Newman, Roger Aaron Brown, Charlie Croughwell, and Marco Rodriguez), the television movie Before the Storm (1991, with Salome Jens and John Rhys-Davies), (1991, with Christopher McDonald and Timothy Carhart), (1992, with Daniel Roebuck, Lawrence Tierney, and Buddy Daniels Friedman), (1992, starring Robin Williams), the television thriller A Kiss Goodnight (1994, with Brett Cullen, Mark Ginther, Mark Moses, Barbara J. Tarbuck, and Lawrence Tierney), (1994), (1994, with Jennifer Nash and Richard Fancy), (1996, with Ron Balicki, Clint Howard, Diana Lee Inosanto, Henry Kingi, Sr., Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Peewee Piemonte, Lou Simon, Patti Tippo, and Nicholas Worth), (1996, with Michelle Forbes, Jeff Imada, Leland Orser, James Lew, and Nick Danger), (1996, starring Mia Kirshner, with Iggy Pop), (1996, with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Clint Howard, Max Daniels, and Jeff Cadiente), (1999, with Jason Alexander, Nicholas Worth, Jack R. Orend, and Steve Schirripa), (1999, with Ronny Cox, Jack Kehler, George D. Wallace, Anne Haney, Bert Remsen, and Bill Erwin), and (1999, with Bill E. Rogers, Tracy Middendorf, Michael Papajohn, and Daniel Dae Kim).
Desai's further television credits include episodes of (1990), (1990, starring Peter Parros, with Tony Rizzoli), Hollywood Beat, (1996, with Daniel Benzali, John Fleck, Kevin Tighe, Barbara Bosson, Roy Brocksmith, James Avery, David Zabel, Ned Vaughn, Deborah May, , Adam Scott, and Spencer Garrett), (1994 and 1996, starring Eriq La Salle, with Christine Harnos, Scott Jaeck, Julianna McCarthy, Michael Cavanaugh, Christine Healy, Liz Vassey, Scott Lincoln, Miguel Ferrer, Kirsten Dunst, Lily Mariye, and Ellen Wheeler), and (1997, with John Cothran, Jr. and Judyann Elder).
Since 2000, Desai had guest roles in (2002, with Roger Aaron Brown and Deborah Strang), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001-2002, with Paul Dooley, Don Stark, and Paul Willson), (2003, with Lori Petty), Girlfriends (2004, with Golden Brooks), Wanted (2005, with Al Rodrigo), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007), (2007, with Alan Dale, Tony Plana, and Vanessa Williams), Hung (2009), and (2009, with George Coe and Keith Szarabajka).
Further film work include (2000, with Matt Malloy, Alan Ruck, Tom McCleister, and Judy Geeson), the drama Zoe (2001), (2001, with Vinny Argiro and Ann Magnuson}, the short comedy The Mexican Dream (2003), the drama The Nickel Children (2005, with John Billingsley), the drama Midnight Clear (2006, with K Callan, Richard Fancy, Richard Riehle, Wren T. Brown, Wayne Grace, and Michael Krawic), (2007, with Michael Edward Rose, Glenn Morshower, Michael Papajohn, Ed O'Ross, and Jimmy Ortega), the horror comedy You're So Dead (2007, with Nikki Flux and Robert Miano), the television comedy Starting Under (2008), the drama The Seekers (2008, with Josh Cruze, Joseph Culp, and Ronald F. Hoiseck), the short film The Museum (2008), (2008, with Robert Pine), the short film Tony (2008, with Amy Benedict and Mike Hagerty), (2008, with Jack Donner), (2009, with Ron Canada, Tania Gunadi, Tommy Hinkley, and Stephen Root), and the television comedy Big Red (2009).
Desai also had a recurring role as Carlos in (2009-2011, starring Scott Bakula) and featured parts in the comedy A Thousand Words (2012, with Matt Winston) and (2012, with Reggie Lee).
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