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  • BIRTH 12/02/1972
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 13
  • MOVIES 27
  • DIRECTOR 1
  • SCRIPT 1

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.

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Ajay Naidu

Shows (13)

The Blacklist
The Blacklist
Mahmoud Iqbal
Elsbeth
Elsbeth
Martin Wali
Monk
Monk
Masul the Cabbie
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
Omar
Blindspot
Blindspot
Shohid Akhtar
Extrapolations
Extrapolations
Hiram
WeCrashed
WeCrashed
Randall
Dr. Death
Dr. Death
Dr. Sasani
Uncoupled
Uncoupled
Raffi
30 Rock
30 Rock
Asif
God Friended Me
God Friended Me
Eric
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
Delivery Guy / Malik (voice)
Lady Blue
Lady Blue
Paquito

Movies (27)

Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream
Mailman
The Good Nurse
The Good Nurse
Dr. Robert Hind
Office Space
Office Space
Samir Nagheenanajar
The Wrestler
The Wrestler
Medic
K-PAX
K-PAX
Dr. Chakaraborty
Pi
Pi
Farroukh
Bad Santa
Bad Santa
Hindustani Troublemaker
Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill
Dr. Chadrabar
Hotel for Dogs
Hotel for Dogs
ACO Jake
The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband
Deep
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Prince Omar (voice)
The Kindergarten Teacher
The Kindergarten Teacher
Nikhil Roy
The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners
Vivek
Lost Cat Corona
Lost Cat Corona
Amir
Montana
Montana
Ives
Alchemy
Alchemy
Best Man
Loins of Punjab Presents
Loins of Punjab Presents
Turbanotorious B.D.G.
Falling Up
Falling Up
Paco
Confess
Confess
Account Executive
Today's Special
Today's Special
Munnamia
3 Days of Normal
3 Days of Normal
Vik Donowitz
Ashes
Ashes
Ashes
SubUrbia
SubUrbia
Nazeer Choudhury
My Giant
My Giant
Hot Dog Vendor
Justice
Justice
Mohammed
Touch and Go
Touch and Go
Louis DeLeon
Vice Versa
Vice Versa
Dale

Director

Ashes
Ashes

Script

Ashes
Ashes