Sendhil Ramamurthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy, 2008
Born May 17, 1974
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Ethnicity Kannadiga-Tamil
Occupation Actor
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Olga Sosnovska
Children Halina, Alex

Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes and Jai Wilcox in the action spy series Covert Affairs. He appeared as Raj (D.I. Murthy) in the British comedy film It's a Wonderful Afterlife, and as Abhay in the Indian film Shor in the City. He is currently portraying the role of Gabriel Lowen in The CW sci-fi romance series Beauty & the Beast.

Personal life

Ramamurthy was born in Chicago to a Kannadiga Indian father and a Tamil Indian mother[1] who had emigrated from India. He grew up speaking English and Kannada.[1] His parents are physicians.[2][3] He has one sister who is also a physician. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. There, he went to Keystone School and graduated in 1991. He is the cousin of comedian and film director Jay Chandrasekhar. Ramamurthy is married (to actress Olga Sosnovska) with two children, daughter Halina and son Alex, and lives in the Manhattan suburb of New Rochelle in Westchester County. [4]

Ramamurthy attended Tufts University initially as a pre-med major to follow in his parents' footsteps.[5] He was also a member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. He became interested in acting when he took an "Intro to Acting" class during his junior year as part of his graduation requirement. After participating in several plays — including Our Country's Good, he chose to change career goals. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, from which he graduated in 1999.[5][6]

Career

Ramamurthy has appeared in theatrical productions of A Servant of Two Masters in London's West End, Indian Ink at the Soho Repertory Theatre, and East Is East at the Manhattan Theatre Club. His film credits include Love & Debate (originally titled Thanks to Gravity), Orient Express, Blind Dating, Little India, Shor in the City[7] and Gurinder Chadha's comedy film It's a Wonderful Afterlife. In addition, he has appeared on several TV shows, including Ellen, Casualty, Guiding Light, Grey's Anatomy, Ultimate Force, CSI: Miami, Heroes,[8] Covert Affairs and Numb3rs.

He made a conscious decision to not audition for stereotypical Indian roles, although he has been offered such parts.[5] Ramamurthy's role on Heroes was his biggest to date. Although the character of Mohinder Suresh was originally written for a 55-year-old, his audition tape and screen test were convincing enough for writers to rewrite the part for Ramamurthy.[9] Ramamurthy starred in all four seasons of Heroes, although his appearance in the final season was limited; had the series been recommissioned for a fifth season, he would not have returned for it.[10]

In 2000, he appeared in NBC's television biblical miniseries In the Beginning in the role of Adam.

Ramamurthy guest starred in a season four episode of Psych titled "Bollywood Homicide", directed by Jay Chandrasekhar.[11]

Ramamurthy joined the cast of the USA Network show Covert Affairs as Jai Wilcox from the second episode onward, replacing character Conrad Sheehan III, played by Eric Lively in the pilot.[12] The show premiered in July 2010.[13] His character was written out of the show in the premiere of season 3.[14]

In 2012, Ramamurthy appeared in the eighth season of The Office as Kelly Kapoor's new boyfriend, Ravi.[15]

On December 19, 2012, it was announced that he would appear in the CW show Beauty & the Beast as Gabriel Lowen, an assistant district attorney.[16]

Filmography

Movies

Television

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sendhil Ramamurthy has exactly 15 Hindi words in Ekta Kapoor's Shor". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  2. ↑ Joshi, Tushar (2010-04-27). "Sendhil wants Deepika to watch his film". Mid-day.com. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  3. ↑ "An American Hero comes knocking – Rediff.com Movies". Movies.rediff.com. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  4. ↑ New Rochelle Actor Discusses Latest Role At Pelham Picture House
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mangla, Ismat Sarah (2006-09-25). "Holding Out for a Hero". Nirali magazine. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  6. ↑ Etkin-Ives, Sharla (2007-01-01). "Sendhil Ramamurthy". Zap2it. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Sendhil Ramamurthy of 'Heroes' fame to make his Bollywood debut with Shor | Bollywood.com : Entertainment news, movie, music and fashion reviews". Bollywood.com. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
  8. ↑ "Mohinder Suresh". NBC. Archived from bios/mohinder.shtml the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  9. ↑ Maloney, Alison (2006-12-30). "Sendhil's a sci-fi Hero". The Sun Online (London). Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  10. ↑ Allen, Liam (2010-04-14). "Heroes star bemoans British drama". BBC News.
  11. ↑ Godwin, Jennifer (2009-06-15). "Exclusive: Heroes Star Sendhil Ramamurthy to Guest on Psych". E! Online – Watch with Kristin. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  12. ↑ Stanley, Alessandra (2010-07-13). "Cold War-Style Spying Is Back (How Quaint)". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2010-10-13). "'Heroes' actor cast in new USA series". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ↑ Sandra Gonzalez (July 11, 2011). "Covert Affairs season premiere: bosses sound off on shocking death". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ Megan Masters (February 6, 2012). "Office scoop:Kelly Kapoor's new boy toy is...". TVLine.com. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ Matt Webb Mitovich (December 19, 2012). "Scoop: Sendhil Ramamurthy joins Beauty and the Beast as 'great antagonist' for Vincent/Catherine". TVLine.com. Retrieved February 5, 2013.

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