Parvesh Cheena

Parvesh Cheena
Born Parvesh Singh Cheena
22 July 1979
Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actor

Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) is an American character actor. He most recently played Gupta in the NBC Universal TV series Outsourced.

Early life

Cheena was born in Elk Grove, Illinois, of Indian descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School.[1][2] He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Personal life

Cheena is openly gay.[3]

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Barbershop Samir
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Samir
2007 Because I Said So Foreign Guy
2007 Universal Remote Sammy / Baliff
2008 The Other End of the Line NY cabbie
2008 The Ode Salman
2009 House Broken Zerban
2014 Hello I Must Be Going Abhay

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 ER Dr. Agbo
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Mr. Babalabaloo
2006 The West Wing Barista
2006–2007 Help Me Help You Parvesh
2008 Brothers & Sisters Jordan
2007-2008 'Til Death Ken / Leo
2007-2008 My Name Is Earl Savage Indian in Jungle Episode: My Name is Alias
2010 Sons of Tucson Stewart
2010 Outsourced Gupta 22 Episodes
2011 The Fresh Beat Band Genie Bollywood Beats - Jai Ho
2012 Squad 85 Alan Rickman
2012 Transformers: Rescue Bots Blades
2013 Arrested Development Kabir Episode: Indian Takers
2013 Sean Saves the World Jerry 7 Episodes
2014 A to Z Dinesh 13 Episodes

References

  1. ↑ "From small stage to big screen", The Fox Valley Sun, October 10, 2002 (by Judy Buchenot)
  2. ↑ Cheena, Parvesh (October 15, 2010). "Twitter @parvesh". Twitter. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  3. ↑ http://www.afterelton.com/people/2010/09/parvesh-cheena-outsourced
  4. ↑ "Outsourced: Gupta played by Parvesh Cheena". NBC Universal. Retrieved 2010-10-15.

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