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Ajay Naidu

Ajay Naidu

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ajay Naidu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1972-02-12

Birth Place

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

212

212

2005

3.0

Movie
3 Days of Normal

3 Days of Normal

2012

4.8

Movie
poster

30 Rock

2006

7.4

TV
Alchemy

Alchemy

2005

5.0

Movie
Antarctica

Antarctica

2020

5.4

Movie
Ashes

Ashes

2011

7.0

Movie
Bad Santa

Bad Santa

2003

6.5

Movie
poster

Blindspot

2015

7.4

TV
Boy Boy Girl Girl

Boy Boy Girl Girl

2018

0.0

Movie
Confess

Confess

2005

4.4

Movie
Dinner Rush

Dinner Rush

2000

7.2

Movie
poster

Dr. Death

2021

7.3

TV
poster

Elsbeth

2024

7.3

TV
poster

Extrapolations

2023

6.1

TV
Falling Up

Falling Up

2009

5.5

Movie
poster

Fillmore!

2002

7.4

TV
poster

God Friended Me

2018

7.9

TV
Hannibal

Hannibal

2001

6.8

Movie
Hotel for Dogs

Hotel for Dogs

2009

6.0

Movie
Justice

Justice

2003

1.0

Movie
K-PAX

K-PAX

2001

7.2

Movie
poster

King of the Hill

1997

7.3

TV
poster

Kings

2009

7.4

TV
poster

Lady Blue

1985

6.2

TV
poster

LateLine

1998

0.0

TV
Loins of Punjab Presents

Loins of Punjab Presents

2007

5.5

Movie
Lost Cat Corona

Lost Cat Corona

2017

6.0

Movie
poster

MacGyver

1985

7.7

TV
poster

Mercy

2009

6.1

TV
Mister Handsome

Mister Handsome

2011

0.0

Movie
poster

Monk

2002

7.9

TV
Montana

Montana

1998

5.7

Movie
More Dogs Than Bones

More Dogs Than Bones

2000

4.5

Movie
My Giant

My Giant

1998

5.2

Movie
No Greater Gift

No Greater Gift

1985

0.0

Movie
Office Space

Office Space

1999

7.4

Movie
Once We Were Strangers

Once We Were Strangers

1997

6.6

Movie
Perception

Perception

2005

0.0

Movie
Pi

Pi

1998

7.1

Movie
PIA

PIA

2010

3.0

Movie
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000

8.0

Movie
Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

2008

5.9

Movie
Scary Movie 3

Scary Movie 3

2003

6.0

Movie
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

2005

7.4

Movie
Scotch and Milk

Scotch and Milk

1998

7.2

Movie
Stream

Stream

2009

0.0

Movie
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997

6.3

Movie
Subway Stories

Subway Stories

1997

6.0

Movie
The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband

2008

5.5

Movie
poster

The Blacklist

2013

7.6

TV
The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse

2022

6.9

Movie
The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners

2005

4.1

Movie
poster

The Jury

2004

7.0

TV
The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher

2018

6.6

Movie
The Sleepless

The Sleepless

2020

5.7

Movie
poster

The Sopranos

1999

8.7

TV
The War Within

The War Within

2005

5.6

Movie
poster

The West Wing

1999

8.3

TV
The Wrestler

The Wrestler

2008

7.5

Movie
The Zombie Wedding

The Zombie Wedding

2023

2.0

Movie
Thorp

Thorp

2020

6.0

Movie
Today's Special

Today's Special

2009

6.2

Movie
Touch and Go

Touch and Go

1986

6.3

Movie
Uncle

Uncle

2020

0.0

Movie
poster

Uncoupled

2022

6.6

TV
Vice Versa

Vice Versa

1988

5.8

Movie
poster

WeCrashed

2022

7.4

TV
Where the River Runs Black

Where the River Runs Black

1986

6.4

Movie
You Are Here*

You Are Here*

2000

0.0

Movie