Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an American actor.
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q412643
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Filmography (Movies)
Bunny
Character:Officer Cellestino
Release Date:14/11/2025
Peas and Carrots
Character:Director
Release Date:03/10/2025
The Zombie Wedding
Character:Brick Rivers
Release Date:03/12/2023
The Magnificent Meyersons
Character:Mohammed
Release Date:20/08/2023
The Good Nurse
Character:Dr. Robert Hind
Release Date:19/10/2022
Thorp
Character:Pat
Release Date:23/10/2020
Antarctica
Character:Principle Pepp
Release Date:15/10/2020
The Sleepless
Character:Vivek
Release Date:24/08/2020
Uncle
Character:
Release Date:15/01/2020
The Kindergarten Teacher
Character:Nikhil Roy
Release Date:23/09/2018
Boy Boy Girl Girl
Character:
Release Date:30/04/2018
Lost Cat Corona
Character:Amir
Release Date:24/02/2017
3 Days of Normal
Character:Vik Donowitz
Release Date:02/06/2012
Mister Handsome
Character:Mister Handsome
Release Date:15/09/2011
Ashes
Character:Ashes
Release Date:05/03/2011
PIA
Character:Rakesh
Release Date:01/01/2010
Today's Special
Character:Munnamia
Release Date:14/10/2009
Falling Up
Character:Paco
Release Date:29/09/2009
Hotel for Dogs
Character:ACO Jake
Release Date:16/01/2009
Stream
Character:Kyle
Release Date:15/01/2009
Righteous Kill
Character:Dr. Chadrabar
Release Date:11/09/2008
The Wrestler
Character:Medic
Release Date:07/09/2008
The Accidental Husband
Character:Deep
Release Date:29/02/2008
Loins of Punjab Presents
Character:Turbanotorious B.D.G.
Release Date:28/01/2007
Hiding Divya
Character:Divya's Husband
Release Date:03/11/2006
Confess
Character:Account Executive
Release Date:21/10/2005
The War Within
Character:Naved
Release Date:30/09/2005
The Honeymooners
Character:Vivek
Release Date:10/06/2005
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Character:Prince Omar (voice)
Release Date:13/05/2005
Alchemy
Character:Best Man
Release Date:25/04/2005
Waterborne
Character:Vikram Bhatti
Release Date:13/03/2005
Perception
Character:Kamal
Release Date:01/01/2005
212
Character:Vincent
Release Date:01/01/2005
Bad Santa
Character:Hindustani Troublemaker
Release Date:26/11/2003
Scary Movie 3
Character:Sayaman
Release Date:24/10/2003
Justice
Character:Mohammed
Release Date:08/05/2003
The Guru
Character:Sanjay
Release Date:21/08/2002
K-PAX
Character:Dr. Chakaraborty
Release Date:26/10/2001
Hannibal
Character:Perfume Expert
Release Date:08/02/2001
American Chai
Character:Hari
Release Date:01/01/2001
Requiem for a Dream
Character:Mailman
Release Date:06/10/2000
Dinner Rush
Character:Ademir the Matre'd
Release Date:01/09/2000
More Dogs Than Bones
Character:Andy
Release Date:14/07/2000
You Are Here*
Character:Sanjay
Release Date:01/01/2000
Office Space
Character:Samir Nagheenanajar
Release Date:19/02/1999
Pi
Character:Farroukh
Release Date:10/07/1998
Scotch and Milk
Character:Armand
Release Date:17/04/1998
My Giant
Character:Hot Dog Vendor
Release Date:10/04/1998
Montana
Character:Ives
Release Date:16/01/1998
Once We Were Strangers
Character:
Release Date:29/08/1997
Subway Stories
Character:Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")
Release Date:24/07/1997
SubUrbia
Character:Nazeer Choudhury
Release Date:07/02/1997
Vice Versa
Character:Dale
Release Date:25/02/1988
Where the River Runs Black
Character:Segundo
Release Date:19/09/1986
Touch and Go
Character:Louis DeLeon
Release Date:22/08/1986
No Greater Gift
Character:Nick Santana
Release Date:11/09/1985
Television Appearances
Elsbeth
Character:Martin Wali
Extrapolations
Character:Hiram
Uncoupled
Character:Raffi
WeCrashed
Character:Randall
Dr. Death
Character:Dr. Sasani
God Friended Me
Character:Eric
Blindspot
Character:Shohid Akhtar
The Blacklist
Character:Mahmoud Iqbal
Mercy
Character:
Kings
Character:Dr. Nayar
30 Rock
Character:Asif
The Jury
Character:George Edwards
Fillmore!
Character:Sanjay (voice)
Monk
Character:Masul the Cabbie
The Sopranos
Character:Omar
LateLine
Character:Raji Bakshi
King of the Hill
Character:Delivery Guy / Malik (voice)
MacGyver
Character:Ahmed
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