Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (February 12, 1972) is an Indian-American actor best known for Office Space (1999), KPAX (2001), and Bad Santa (2003).
He is married to actress Heather Burns and they have one child.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1986: Touch And Go as Louis DeLeon
- 1986: Where The River Runs Black as Segundo
- 1988: Vice Versa as Dale
- 1996: Suburbia as Nazeer Choudhury
- 1997: SUBWAY Stories Tales From The Underground as Prashant
- 1997: Once We Were Strangers as Apu
- 1998: Montana as Ives
- 1998: π as Farrouhk
- 1998: My Giant as Hot Dog Vendor
- 1998: Scotch And Milk as Armand
- 1999: Office Space as Samir
- 1999: Chutney Popcorn as Raju
- 2000: Requiem for a Dream as Mailman
- 2000: More Dogs Than Bones as Andy
- 2000: Dinner Rush as Ademir the Matre'd
- 2000: You Are Here as Sanjay
- 2001: American Chai as Hari
- 2001: Hannibal as Perfume Expert
- 2001: KPAX as Dr. Chakraborty
- 2001: The Gene Pool as Paul Patel
- 2002: The Guru as Sanjay
- 2002: Bomb The System as Moses Mundhra
- 2003: Justice as Mohammed
- 2003: Scary Movie 3 as Sayaman
- 2003: Bad Santa as Hindustani Troublemaker
- 2005: Two Hundred Twelve as Vincent
- 2005: Waterborne as Vikram Bhatti
- 2005: Alchemy as Best Man
- 2005: Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy? as Prince Omar
- 2005: Tools Of War as Rahul (short)
- 2005: The Honeymooners as Vivek
- 2005: The War Within as Naved
- 2005: Confess as Account Executive
- 2005: Perception as Kamal
- 2006: Hiding Divya as Divya's Husband
- 2007: Loins Of Punjab Presents as Turbanotorious B.D.G.
- 2008: The Accidental Husband as Deep
- 2008: The Wrestler as Medic
- 2008: Righteous Kill as Dr. Chadrabar
- 2008: Strokes as Sanjay Lall
- 2009: Hotel for Dogs as ACO Jake
- 2009: The Hungry Ghosts as Laurence
- 2009: Stream as Kyle (short)
- 2009: Falling Up as Paco
- 2009: Todays Special as Munnamia
- 2009: Cop House as Skip Malhotra
- 2010: Ashes as Ashes (also writer and director)
- 2012: Three Days Of Normal as Vik Donowitz
- 2013: Gods Behaving Badly as The Producer
- 2017: Lost Cat Corona as Amir
- 2017: Crazy Famous as Dr. Manning
- 2018: The Kindergarten Teacher as Nikhil Roy
- 2020: The Dark End Of The Street as Graham
- 2020: The Sleepless as Vivek
- 2020: Antarctica as Principal Pepp
- 2020: Thorp as Pat
- 2021: Uncle as Imran (short)
- 2021: Americanish as Jawad
- 2021: The Magnificent Meyersons as Mohammed
Television Roles
- 1985: Lady Blue as Paquito
- 1985: ABC Afterschool Specials as Nick Santana
- 1986: MacGyver as Ahmed
- 1996: New York Undercover as Manuel
- 1998-1999: Late Line as Raji Bakashi
- 2000: The Sopranos as Omar
- 2001: The West Wing as Rakim Ali
- 2004: Fillmore! as Sanjay
- 2004: Monk as Masul the Cabbie
- 2004: The Jury as George Edmonds
- 2005: King of the Hill as Delivery Guy/Malik
- 2009: 30 Rock as Asif
- 2009: Kings as Dr. Nayar
- 2009: Mercy as Matt
- 2010: Futurestates as Rakesh
- 2010: Bored to Death as Vikram
- 2014: Deadbeat as Attendant/The Taxi Man
- 2014: Manhattan Love Story as Brian
- 2016: Odd Mom Out as Doctor
- 2016-2020: Blindspot as Shohid Akhtar (recurring)
- 2017: Friends from College as Howie Wexler
- 2018: God Friended Me as Eric
- 2019: Billions as Kulbinder Darcha
- 2019: The Brooding Barista Jackass as Customer
- 2020: The Blacklist as Mahmoud Iqbal
- 2020: Social Distance as Dan
- 2021: Actor Trades Virtual Table Read Series as Dan
- 2021: Dr. Death as Dr. Sasani
- 2022: WeCrashed as Randall
Self
- 2017: The Problem With Apu
