Ajay Naidu (1972)

Biografía

Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an American actor.

Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Chicago, the son of Indian immigrants from Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh to the U.S. He attended Evanston Township High School. As an actor, he trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.

His first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go (released in 1986) which he won from an open call, this in turn led to television jobs.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. He then appeared in an uncredited role as "Ahmed" in the "MacGyver" TV series, during the first season, in 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.

He returned to film acting in SubUrbia (1996), where he was praised for his role as the convenience store owner, "Nazeer Choudhury" and for which he was nominated for an independent spirit award for best supporting actor.

On screen, Naidu has appeared in the film Office Space, as well as K-Pax, p, Requiem for a Dream, Bad Santa, The War Within, American Chai, The Guru, Waterborne and Loins of Punjab Presents and many more. He co-starred in the sitcom LateLine and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos, in the episode entitled Big Girls Don't Cry, as well as The West Wing. In 1997, Naidu was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his role in the independent film subUrbia. Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years and his vocals have appeared on many records most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK". In 2006 he directed his first feature film Ashes which came out in 2010. His most recent Theatre credits include A world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Simon McBurney's Theatre Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, and The Little Flower of East Orange at New York's Public Theater. He is currently engaged to actress Heather Burns.

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Año	Título	Personaje	Valoración
2024	The Zombie Wedding	Brick Rivers	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	Elsbeth	Martin Wali	★★★★☆
2023	Un futuro desafiante	Hiram	★★★☆☆
2022	El ángel de la muerte	Dr. Robert Hind	★★★☆☆
2022	WeCrashed	Randall	★★★★☆
2022	Desparejado	Raffi	★★★☆☆
2021	Dr. Death	Dr. Sasani	★★★★☆
2020	Antarctica	Principle Pepp	★★★☆☆
2020	Uncle		☆☆☆☆☆
2020	The Sleepless	Vivek	★★★☆☆
2020	Thorp	Pat	★★★☆☆
2018	Boy Boy Girl Girl		☆☆☆☆☆
2018	La profesora de parvulario	Nikhil Roy	★★★☆☆
2018	God Friended Me	Eric	★★★★☆
2017	Lost Cat Corona	Amir	★★★☆☆
2015	Blindspot	Shohid Akhtar	★★★★☆
2013	The Blacklist	Mahmoud Iqbal	★★★★☆
2012	3 Days of Normal	Vik Donowitz	★★☆☆☆
2011	Ashes	Ashes	★★★★☆
2011	Mister Handsome	Mister Handsome	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	PIA	Rakesh	★★☆☆☆
2009	Hotel para perros	ACO Jake	★★★☆☆
2009	Felicidad sin recetas	Munnamia	★★★☆☆
2009	Falling Up	Paco	★★★☆☆
2009	Stream	Kyle	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	Kings		★★★★☆
2009	Mercy		★★★☆☆
2008	El luchador	Medic	★★★★☆
2008	Marido por sorpresa	Deep	★★★☆☆
2008	Asesinato justo	Dr. Chadrabar	★★★☆☆
2007	Loins of Punjab Presents	Turbanotorious B.D.G.	★★★☆☆
2006	Rockefeller Plaza	Asif	★★★★☆
2005	¡Scooby Doo! en el Misterio del Faraón	Prince Omar (voice)	★★★★☆
2005	The Honeymooners	Vivek	★★☆☆☆
2005	Perception	Kamal	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	The War Within	Naved	★★★☆☆
2005	212	Vincent	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	Alchemy	Best Man	★★★☆☆
2005	Confess	Account Executive	★★☆☆☆
2004	The Jury	George Edwards	★★★★☆
2003	Bad Santa	Hindustani Troublemaker	★★★☆☆
2003	Justice	Mohammed	★☆☆☆☆
2003	Scary Movie 3	Sayaman	★★★☆☆
2002	Monk	Masul the Cabbie	★★★★☆
2002	Fillmore!	Sanjay (voice)	★★★★☆
2001	K-PAX: Un universo aparte	Dr. Chakaraborty	★★★★☆
2001	Hannibal	Perfume Expert	★★★☆☆
2000	Réquiem por un sueño	Mailman	★★★★☆
2000	Dinner Rush	Ademir the Matre'd	★★★★☆
2000	Mas perros que huesos	Andy	★★☆☆☆
2000	You Are Here*	Sanjay	☆☆☆☆☆
1999	Trabajo basura	Samir Nagheenanajar	★★★★☆
1999	Los Soprano	Omar	★★★★☆
1999	El ala oeste de la Casa Blanca	Rakim Ali	★★★★☆
1998	Pi, fe en el caos	Farroukh	★★★★☆
1998	Montana	Ives	★★★☆☆
1998	Aquí mi gigante	Hot Dog Vendor	★★★☆☆
1998	Scotch and Milk	Armand	★★★★☆
1998	LateLine		☆☆☆☆☆
1997	Suburbia	Nazeer Choudhury	★★★☆☆
1997	Once We Were Strangers		★★★☆☆
1997	Subway Stories	Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")	★★★☆☆
1997	El rey de la colina	Delivery Guy / Malik (voice)	★★★★☆
1988	Viceversa	Dale	★★★☆☆
1986	Touch and Go	Louis DeLeon	★★★☆☆
1986	Cuando el río baja negro (Lazaro)	Segundo	★★★☆☆
1985	No Greater Gift	Nick Santana	☆☆☆☆☆
1985	MacGyver	Ahmed	★★★★☆
1985	Lady Blue	Paquito	★★★☆☆