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Ajay Naidu
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Ajay Naidu
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1972-02-12,Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an American actor. Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Chicago, the son of Indian immigrants from Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh to the U.S. He attended Evanston Township High School. As an actor, he trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. His first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go (released in 1986) which he won from an open call, this in turn led to television jobs.He starred in the TV-movie, Lady Blue (1985) as "Paquito". This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Special episode, "No Greater Gift" (1985), where he played "Nick Santana", a 12-year old boy with a terminal illness. He then appeared in an uncredited role as "Ahmed" in the "MacGyver" TV series, during the first season, in episode, "To Be a Man" in 1986. Other film credits when younger include Where the River Runs Black (1986) and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre. He returned to film acting in SubUrbia (1996), where he was praised for his role as the convenience store owner, "Nazeer Choudhury" and for which he was nominated for an independent spirit award for best supporting actor. On screen, Naidu has appeared in the film Office Space, as well as K-Pax, π, Requiem for a Dream, Bad Santa, The War Within, American Chai, The Guru, Waterborne and Loins of Punjab Presents and many more. He co-starred in the sitcom LateLine and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos, in the episode entitled Big Girls Don't Cry, as well as The West Wing. In 1997, Naidu was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his role in the independent film subUrbia. Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years and his vocals have appeared on many records most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK". In 2006 he directed his first feature film Ashes which came out in 2010. His most recent Theatre credits include A world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Simon McBurney's Theatre Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, and The Little Flower of East Orange at New York's Public Theater. He is currently engaged to actress Heather Burns.

Filmography

7.207

K-PAX
2001-10-26

7.117

Pi
1998-07-10

6.566

Bad Santa
2003-11-26

7.386

Office Space
1999-02-19

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

7.403

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005-05-13

The Honeymooners

4.059

The Honeymooners
2005-06-10

5.647

Montana
1998-01-16

7.54

The Wrestler
2008-12-17

The Accidental Husband

5.588

The Accidental Husband
2008-02-29

6.2

SubUrbia
1997-02-07

Loins of Punjab Presents

5.4

Loins of Punjab Presents
2007-01-28

5.455

Alchemy
2005-04-25

6.065

Hotel for Dogs
2009-01-16

Today's Special

6.241

Today's Special
2009-10-14

5.372

My Giant
1998-04-10

6.357

Touch and Go
1986-08-22

8

You Are Here*
2000-01-01

9

Perception
2005-01-01

3 Days of Normal

4.3

3 Days of Normal
2012-06-02

7

Ashes
2011-03-05

The Zombie Wedding

2

The Zombie Wedding
2023-12-03

5.763

Vice Versa
1988-02-25

More Dogs Than Bones

4.875

More Dogs Than Bones
2000-07-14

Once We Were Strangers

6.7

Once We Were Strangers
1997-08-29

0

Stream
2009-01-15

Where the River Runs Black

6.5

Where the River Runs Black
1986-09-19

6.871

The Good Nurse
2022-10-19

3

PIA
2010-01-01

4.3

Confess
2005-10-21

5.8

The War Within
2005-09-30

No Greater Gift

0

No Greater Gift
1985-09-11

5

Justice
2003-05-08

5.866

Righteous Kill
2008-09-11

6.25

212
2005-01-01

Lost Cat Corona

5.731

Lost Cat Corona
2017-02-24

6

Scary Movie 3
2003-10-24

6.779

Hannibal
2001-02-08

Boy Boy Girl Girl

0

Boy Boy Girl Girl
2018-04-30

Requiem for a Dream

8.006

Requiem for a Dream
2000-10-06

The Kindergarten Teacher

6.531

The Kindergarten Teacher
2018-09-23

Scotch and Milk

6.4

Scotch and Milk
1998-04-17

7.042

Dinner Rush
2000-09-01

5.4

Antarctica
2020-10-15

5.647

Subway Stories
1997-07-24

0

Uncle
2020-01-15

5.203

Falling Up
2009-09-29

6.25

The Sleepless
2020-08-24

Mister Handsome

0

Mister Handsome
2011-09-15

5.8

Thorp
2020-10-23

7.2

Bunny
2025-11-14

5.339

The Guru
2002-08-21

The Magnificent Meyersons

4.25

The Magnificent Meyersons
2023-08-20

0

Wire & Cloth

Peas and Carrots

0

Peas and Carrots
2025-10-03

A Company of Thieves

0

A Company of Thieves
2026-10-16

10

American Chai
2001-01-01

7

Hiding Divya
2006-11-03

5.824

Waterborne
2005-03-13

Vivien & the Florist

0

Vivien & the Florist

0

Brenda
2026-04-20

Only Good Feelings

10

Only Good Feelings
2026-07-25

0

Intimité

7.94

Monk
2002-07-12

King of the Hill

7.4

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

7

LateLine
1998-03-17

7.708

MacGyver
1985-09-29

7.492

30 Rock
2006-10-11

7.6

Kings
2009-03-15

9

The Jury
2004-06-08

5.759

Mercy
2009-09-23

6.084

Extrapolations
2023-03-16

8.672

The Sopranos
1999-01-10

7.295

Dr. Death
2021-07-15

7.377

Blindspot
2015-09-21

7.462

Fillmore!
2002-09-14

7.369

WeCrashed
2022-03-17

6.504

Uncoupled
2022-07-29

God Friended Me

7.693

God Friended Me
2018-09-30

6.734

Elsbeth
2024-02-29

7.634

The Blacklist
2013-09-23

7.762

Billions
2016-01-17