Kumar Pallana
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Kumar Pallana (born in central India, 1919) is an Indian character actor and vaudevillian entertainer best known for his work with director Wes Anderson in three films: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. While he had a large supporting role in Bottle Rocket as a talkative member of the robbery crew, Pallana took on much smaller roles in the subsequent films. Pallana also had a scene-stealing role as a feisty janitor in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal, and appeared in the video "Clock in Now" by The Deathray Davies. He is also the subject of a 2006 documentary 5 minutes with Kumar.
Prior to his more recent cinematic success, he was a performer who shared a stage with the Rat Pack and performed on the Micky Mouse Club. His act included plate spinning and juggling, a stunt which makes a cameo in The Terminal.
Before getting involved with Anderson, Pallana was the proprietor of a local coffee shop in Dallas called The Cosmic Cafe, a frequent hangout for director Anderson and co-writer/star Owen Wilson. Anderson recalled Pallana had many interesting stories to tell him since he was a kid.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Da Da Kumar |
| 2004 | The Terminal | Gupta Rajan |
| 2003 | Duplex | |
| 2002 | Bomb the System | Kumar Baba |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Pagoda |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Mr. Littlejeans |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | Kumar |
