Manish Dayal

MANISH DAYAL
Birth name Manish Sudhir Patel
Origin USA
Occupations Actor
Years active 2005–present
Website Manish Dayal at the Internet Movie Database

Manish Dayal (born June 17, South Carolina, USA) is an American film and television actor

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Biography

Manish was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina and is the third of four children. Dayal graduated high school in 2001, and went on to college at George Washington University. After he graduated, Dayal moved to New York to pursue his career in film/television, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles where he currently resides. Born to Indian origins.

Career

Manish started his career appearing in national commercials for McDonalds, Windows, Nintendo, and Dominoes. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway hit Rafta Rafta, named by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 10 best plays of the year. He co-starred in Jerry Bruckheimer's Disney hit, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Academy Award-nominated director Paula van der Oest's Domino Effect, set to release in 2011. After guest starring on CSI: Las Vegas on CBS, Manish went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the AMC hit series, Rubicon, . Manish also starred in the romantic comedy, Walkaway, which explores love and culture set in New York. Last fall he played Ravi, the smug A-team leader on Outsourced, a new comedy series from NBC and currently he plays Raj Kher, an alternative college freshman in the 3rd season of The CW's 90210, .

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011- 90210 Raj Recurring character
2010 Rubicon Hal Recurring character
Outsourced Ravi Guest star
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rishi Parayan Guest star

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 White Frog Ajit Feature Film
2011 The Whirling Dervish Zahir
The Domino Effect Sid
The Call Taruk short film
2010 The Sorcerers Apprentice NYU clerk feature film
2009 Karma Calling Trainee film
2008 Cain's Mark Gypsy short film
2006 Break the Addiction: An Inconvenient Truth Kibhnar TV movie

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