Anjul Nigam

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Anjul Nigam
Born (1965-12-15) December 15, 1965 (age 57)
Education New York University

Anjul Nigam (born December 15, 1965) is an Indian-born American actor, producer, and writer. [1]

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Early life and education

Nigam was born in Kanpur, India. He is a graduate of Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

He is known for his recurring role as "Dr. Raj, the Psychiatric Doctor" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy , as a producer/writer/actor in the film Growing Up Smith and a producer of the films "Crown Vic", and Louisiana Caviar in Cuba Gooding Jr.'s directorial debut in which Gooding stars with Richard Dreyfuss. [2] [3] He appeared as one of the supporting leads in the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Back When We Were Grownups along with Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance and Blythe Danner and directed by Ron Underwood. Nigam was one of four leads in 20th Century Fox's The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest for director Mick Jackson and producers Harold Ramis and Trevor Albert. Nigam co-starred with Bill Murray and James Spader in the Universal/StudioCanal feature comedy Speaking of Sex for director John McNaughton. [2]

In television, Nigam played the role of "Pandit Raj" in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever , recurred as the "Medical Examiner" in Season Two of True Detective , a regular in the role of "Nurse Manoj Nakshi" on the ABC medical drama MDs , and one of the leads in the ABC miniseries Tom Clancy's Netforce and in Showtime's Silver Strand. Nigam has had over fifty guest starring roles in primetime television shows including So Help Me Todd , Animal Kingdom , Shark , Medium , Numb3rs , CSI: NY , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Huff , ER and NYPD Blue .[ citation needed ]

In theater, Nigam has appeared alongside fellow-NYU alumni Philip Seymour Hoffman in the controversial production of the Peter Sellars directed The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and The Goodman Theatre in Chicago.[ citation needed ]

In 2021, Nigam was named as a producer on Rust , a now suspended production due a firearms incident resulting in the death of a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 House Party 2 Singh
1999Two RiversKarna
2000King of the KornerTow Truck Driver
2001The Sizemore InterviewsArun RamDirect-to-video
2001 Speaking of Sex Jarred
2002 The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest Salman Fard
2003Winter BreakRajeevUncredited
2005 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Boyfriend
2007Death and TaxisTodd
2008 Cloverfield Bodega Cashier
2009 Terminator Salvation Rahul
2011 Answers to Nothing Doctor
2013 Bad Words Sriram Chopra
2015 Growing Up Smith Bhaaskar BhatnagarProducer, writer
2017 Trafficked General Singh
2018 Bayou Caviar Producer
2019 Crown Vic Producer
2022 Murder at Yellowstone City Producer
2023 Supercell RameshExecutive Producer
TBA Rust Producer
TBA 97 Minutes HitarExecutive Producer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989, 1990 Growing Pains Sub #2 / Raj2 episodes
1991 Parker Lewis Can't Lose AnjulEpisode: "Tower of Power"
1992 Blossom SanjiEpisode: "The Making of the President'
1993 Murphy Brown Sanjay KhandwhallaEpisode: "The Young & the Rest of Us"
1995 Silver Strand RahmanTelevision film
1996 Sisters DriverEpisode: "Don't Go to Springfield"
1996 High Incident MessengerEpisode: "Christmas Blues"
1997 ER Alex GhandarEpisode: "Fortune's Fools"
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters SajidEpisode: "Seeds of Destruction"
1997 NYPD Blue KumarEpisode: "The Truth Is Out There"
1998 The Lake Dr. SanjayTelevision film
1998 Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book NamasEpisode: "The Perfect Shot"
1998 Nash Bridges VijayEpisode: "Danger Zone"
1999 NetForce Uday ShankarTelevision film
1999 Get Real Mall WorkerEpisode: "Denial"
2001 The Wild Thornberrys Pakistani Man / VendorEpisode: "Gem of a Mom"
2001 Arliss TV Commercial DirectorEpisode: "Setting Precedents"
2001 Providence RajiEpisode: "Gobble, Gobble"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rajeeb KhandewahlEpisode: "Blood Lust"
2002 MDs Nurse Manoj Nakshi8 episodes
2004 Days of Our Lives Professor Sandeev BhallaEpisode #1.9883
2004 Huff Dr. AlhabahEpisode: "Lipstick on Your Panties"
2004Back When We Were GrownupsHakimTelevision film
2005 CSI: NY Harish LevEpisode: "Tanglewood"
2005 Numbers Dr. RenfroEpisode: "Vector"
2005 Medium DoctorEpisode: "Light Sleeper"
2005–2017 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Raj Sen8 episodes
2006 Shark Alex NeuvilleEpisode: "Dr. Feelbad"
2008 Murder 101 Devi KaneshEpisode: "New Age"
2008 Supernatural Stewie MeyersEpisode: "Long Distance Call"
2008 Crash Dr. RavEpisode: "Episode One"
2009 Lie to Me Shreyas PatelEpisode: "Depraved Heart"
2009 Ghost Whisperer Dr. PrakashEpisode: "Devil's Bargain"
2010 Childrens Hospital Sultan's AideEpisode: "The Sultan's Finger: Live"
2013 Revenge Zahir LahariEpisode: "Victory"
2015 Battle Creek Aadi PatelEpisode: "Old Wounds"
2015 True Detective Ventura County Medical Examiner2 episodes
2018 American Woman MiloEpisode: "The Party"
2020 Never Have I Ever Pandit RajEpisode: "...felt super Indian"
2020A Christmas CallAhmedTelevision film
2021 Animal Kingdom GopalEpisode: "Relentless"
2023 So Help Me Todd Norman SmithEpisode: "Side Effects May Include Murder"

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