In pictures: Indian-origin actors making it big on American TV shows

Bharti Kharat

July 16, 2015
7:57 pm
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In pictures: Indian-origin actors making it big on American TV shows

Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Mandvi has acted in several television shows like 'ER', 'The Sopranos', 'Sex and the City', 'CSI', 'The Bedford Diaries', 'Jericho' and various editions of 'Law & Order'.

Dev Patel

The 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Dev Patel portrays the character Neal Sampat in Aaron Sorkin's television political drama 'The Newsroom'.

Indira Varma

Indira Varma essays the character of Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell in season 4 of 'Game of Thrones' and has reprised her role in season 5.

Kalpen Suresh Modi

Kalpen Suresh Modi, better known as Kal Penn, had a recurring role in the seventh season of 'How I Met Your Mother'.

Kunal Nayyar

Kunal Nayyar is famous for his role as Dr. Raj Koothrappali in the US sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory' where the classic beauty-versus-geek battle ensues.

Naveen Andrews

Naveen Andrews portraying 'Sayid Jarrah' in the television series Lost.

American TV shows are famous amongst the Indian audience. Not only does the young generation follow it but most of the times it becomes the hot topic on social media sites. One of the main reasons why American TV shows connect with the Indian Audience is because in most of the TV shows there is an Indian-origin Character that plays an interesting role in the show.

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Check out the list of Indian-origin actors who are making waves on American TV shows :