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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, π, 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.

Brenda
as Dennis

Bunny
as Officer Cellestino

Peas and Carrots
as Director

Elsbeth
as Martin Wali

The Zombie Wedding
as Brick Rivers

The Magnificent Meyersons
as Mohammed

Extrapolations
as Hiram

The Good Nurse
as Dr. Robert Hind

Uncoupled
as Raffi

WeCrashed
as Randall

Dr. Death
as Dr. Sasani

Thorp
as Pat

Antarctica
as Principle Pepp

The Sleepless
as Vivek

Uncle

God Friended Me
as Eric

The Kindergarten Teacher
as Nikhil Roy

Boy Boy Girl Girl

Lost Cat Corona
as Amir

Billions
as Kulbinder Darcha

Blindspot
as Shohid Akhtar

The Blacklist
as Mahmoud Iqbal

3 Days of Normal
as Vik Donowitz

Mister Handsome
as Mister Handsome

Ashes
as Ashes

PIA
as Rakesh

Today's Special
as Munnamia

Falling Up
as Paco

Mercy

Kings
as Dr. Nayar

Hotel for Dogs
as ACO Jake
Stream
as Kyle

Righteous Kill
as Dr. Chadrabar

The Wrestler
as Medic

The Accidental Husband
as Deep

Loins of Punjab Presents
as Turbanotorious B.D.G.

Hiding Divya
as Divya's Husband

30 Rock
as Asif

Confess
as Account Executive

The War Within
as Naved

The Honeymooners
as Vivek

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Prince Omar (voice)

Alchemy
as Best Man

Waterborne
as Vikram Bhatti

Perception
as Kamal

212
as Vincent

The Jury
as George Edwards

Bad Santa
as Hindustani Troublemaker

Scary Movie 3
as Sayaman

Justice
as Mohammed

Fillmore!
as Sanjay (voice)

The Guru
as Sanjay

Monk
as Masul the Cabbie

K-PAX
as Dr. Chakaraborty

Hannibal
as Perfume Expert

American Chai
as Hari

Requiem for a Dream
as Mailman

Dinner Rush
as Ademir the Matre'd

More Dogs Than Bones
as Andy

You Are Here*
as Sanjay