Ajay Naidu

Ajay Naidu

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ajay Naidu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1972-02-12
Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Movies List of Ajay Naidu

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K-PAX

2001 Movie
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Pi

1998 Movie
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Bad Santa

2003 Movie
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Office Space

1999 Movie
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The Honeymooners

2005 Movie
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Montana

1998 Movie
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The Wrestler

2008 Movie
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SubUrbia

1997 Movie
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Alchemy

2005 Movie
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Hotel for Dogs

2009 Movie
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Today's Special

2009 Movie
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My Giant

1998 Movie
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Touch and Go

1986 Movie
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You Are Here*

2000 Movie
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Perception

2005 Movie
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3 Days of Normal

2012 Movie
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Ashes

2011 Movie
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The Zombie Wedding

2023 Movie
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Vice Versa

1988 Movie
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More Dogs Than Bones

2000 Movie
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Stream

2009 Movie
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The Good Nurse

2022 Movie
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PIA

2010 Movie
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Confess

2005 Movie
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The War Within

2005 Movie
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No Greater Gift

1985 Movie
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Justice

2003 Movie
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Righteous Kill

2008 Movie
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212

2005 Movie
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Lost Cat Corona

2017 Movie
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Scary Movie 3

2003 Movie
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Hannibal

2001 Movie
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Boy Boy Girl Girl

2018 Movie
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Requiem for a Dream

2000 Movie
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Scotch and Milk

1998 Movie
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Dinner Rush

2000 Movie
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Antarctica

2020 Movie
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Subway Stories

1997 Movie
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Uncle

2020 Movie
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Falling Up

2009 Movie
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The Sleepless

2020 Movie
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Mister Handsome

2011 Movie
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Thorp

2020 Movie