Jay Chandrasekhar
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Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard. He is best known for directing the film version of The Dukes of Hazzard, as well as the cult hits Super Troopers and Club Dread. He also starred as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two.
He attended high school at Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University, where he was a part of the comedy troupe Charred Goosebeak and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
He is of South Indian Tamil heritage. Along with directors/producers like M. Night Shyamalan & Ashok Amritraj and actors such as Naveen Andrews, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Kal Penn, and Aziz Ansari, Chandrasekhar is one of the few prominent entertainers working in Hollywood with an Indian heritage.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Movies (as a director)
- Jackass Number Two - Himself / Terror Taxi
- The Dukes of Hazzard - Campus Cop #1
- Club Dread - Putman
- Super Troopers - Arkhad Ramathorn
- Puddle Cruiser - Zach
- Beerfest
[edit] Television (as a guest director)
- Cracking Up ("Grudge Match" episode)
- Arrested Development (four episodes)
- Oliver Beene ("Kissing Babies" episode)
- Andy Richter Controls the Universe ("Saturday Early Evening Fever" episode)
- Undeclared (three episodes)
- The Loop (two episodes)
[edit] External links
| Broken Lizard |
| Films |
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| Puddle Cruiser | Super Troopers | Club Dread | Beerfest |
| Members |
| Jay Chandrasekhar | Kevin Heffernan | Steve Lemme | Paul Soter | Erik Stolhanske |
