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Ajay Naidu‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1972-02-12

Popularity

star6.4

Ajay Naidu

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Ajay Naidu

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1972-02-12

Popularity

star6.4

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

K-PAX

K-PAX‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

Pi

Pi‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

Bad Santa

Bad Santa‌
star6.5
calendar 2003

Office Space

Office Space‌
star7.4
calendar 1999

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?‌
star7.4
calendar 2005

The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners‌
star4.2
calendar 2005

Montana

Montana‌
star5.7
calendar 1998

The Wrestler

The Wrestler‌
star7.5
calendar 2008

The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband‌
star5.5
calendar 2008

SubUrbia

SubUrbia‌
star6.3
calendar 1997

Loins of Punjab Presents

Loins of Punjab Presents‌
star5.5
calendar 2007

Alchemy

Alchemy‌
star5.0
calendar 2005

Hotel for Dogs

Hotel for Dogs‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Today's Special

Today's Special‌
star6.2
calendar 2009

My Giant

My Giant‌
star5.2
calendar 1998

Touch and Go

Touch and Go‌
star6.3
calendar 1986

You Are Here*

You Are Here*‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Perception

Perception‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

3 Days of Normal

3 Days of Normal‌
star4.8
calendar 2012

Ashes

Ashes‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

The Zombie Wedding

The Zombie Wedding‌
star0.0
calendar 2023

Vice Versa

Vice Versa‌
star5.8
calendar 1988

More Dogs Than Bones

More Dogs Than Bones‌
star4.2
calendar 2000

Once We Were Strangers

Once We Were Strangers‌
star6.6
calendar 1997

Stream

Stream‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Where the River Runs Black

Where the River Runs Black‌
star6.4
calendar 1986

The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse‌
star6.9
calendar 2022

PIA

PIA‌
star3.0
calendar 2010

Confess

Confess‌
star4.4
calendar 2005

The War Within

The War Within‌
star5.6
calendar 2005

No Greater Gift

No Greater Gift‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Justice

Justice‌
star1.0
calendar 2003

Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill‌
star5.9
calendar 2008

212

212‌
star3.0
calendar 2005

Lost Cat Corona

Lost Cat Corona‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

Scary Movie 3

Scary Movie 3‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Hannibal

Hannibal‌
star6.8
calendar 2001

Boy Boy Girl Girl

Boy Boy Girl Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream‌
star8.0
calendar 2000

The Kindergarten Teacher

The Kindergarten Teacher‌
star6.6
calendar 2018

Scotch and Milk

Scotch and Milk‌
star7.2
calendar 1998

Dinner Rush

Dinner Rush‌
star7.2
calendar 2000

Antarctica

Antarctica‌
star5.4
calendar 2020

Subway Stories

Subway Stories‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Uncle

Uncle‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Falling Up

Falling Up‌
star5.4
calendar 2009

The Sleepless

The Sleepless‌
star5.7
calendar 2020

Mister Handsome

Mister Handsome‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Thorp

Thorp‌
star6.0
calendar 2020

Tv Credits

The West Wing

The West Wing‌
star8.3
calendar 1999

Monk

Monk‌
star7.9
calendar 2002

King of the Hill

King of the Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

LateLine

LateLine‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

MacGyver

MacGyver‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

30 Rock

30 Rock‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Kings

Kings‌
star7.5
calendar 2009

The Jury

The Jury‌
star7.0
calendar 2004

Lady Blue

Lady Blue‌
star6.2
calendar 1985

Mercy

Mercy‌
star6.1
calendar 2009

Extrapolations

Extrapolations‌
star6.1
calendar 2023

The Sopranos

The Sopranos‌
star8.6
calendar 1999

Dr. Death

Dr. Death‌
star7.3
calendar 2021

Blindspot

Blindspot‌
star7.4
calendar 2015

Fillmore!

Fillmore!‌
star7.4
calendar 2002

WeCrashed

WeCrashed‌
star7.4
calendar 2022

Uncoupled

Uncoupled‌
star6.6
calendar 2022

God Friended Me

God Friended Me‌
star7.9
calendar 2018

Elsbeth

Elsbeth‌
star7.7
calendar 2024

The Blacklist

The Blacklist‌
star7.6
calendar 2013