Bernard White (actor)

Bernard White
White in 2025
Born	(1959-06-08) June 8, 1959 (age 66) Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Bernard White (born June 8, 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. ^[1]

Personal life

Born in Colombo, Ceylon and raised in Detroit, Michigan, White earned his bachelor's degree in theatre at Michigan State University. ^[2]

White's paternal grandparents were John Bernard White and Mary Cecilia Hawke. Both were of partial Sinhalese ancestry. White's maternal grandparents were Harry Wickramasekera and Maude Robinson.

White was previously married to actress Julia Campbell and is currently married to actress Jackie Katzman.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Days of Our Lives	Paul 'Snake' Selejko	TV series First professional acting role [2]
1985	American Drive-In	Lou
1985	The Last Hunt
1986	The Eleventh Commandment	Robert Knight
1986	The Education of Allison Tate	John Riversong
1987	Body Count	Robert Knight
1987	Murder, She Wrote	George Longbow	TV series
1988	227	Carlos	TV series
1990	Ain't No Way Back	Joe Campbell
1991	The Entertainers	Luis
1991	Twenty Dollar Star	Brian
1994	Killing Obsession	Lt. Jackson
1995	The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
1997	Viper	Рaraguay terrorist SE2/EP14
1998	City of Angels	Circulating Nurse #2
2000	Pay It Forward	Cop
2002	The Scorpion King	Falconmaster
2003	24	Imam al-Fulani
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	Rama Kandra
2003	The Matrix Revolutions	Rama Kandra
2004	Raising Helen	Ravi Prasad
2004	Land of Plenty	Youssef
2005	Sueño	Vijay
2006	Sharif Don't Like It	Butoh Dancer
2006	American Dreamz	Agha Babur
2007	Pain Within	Dr. Shible
2007	The World Unseen	Mr. Harjan
2008	Quarantine	Bernard
2009	NCIS	Ambassador Qasim Saydia	TV series
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Muqtada
2013	Vino Veritas	Ridley
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Councilman Singh
2014–2019	Silicon Valley	Denpok	TV series
2016	Chee and T	Uncle Rob
2017	Rebel in the Rye	Swami Nikhilanand
2018	The Blacklist	Zarek Mosadek	TV series
2018	Kidding	Scott Perera	TV series
2020	Evil Eye	Krishnan	TV film
2022	Roar	Vikras	TV series
2022	Big Sky	Verr Bhullar	TV series
2023	Beef	Firouz	TV series
2023	What If...?	Councilman Singh (voice)	TV series
2024	Shook	Vijay	Film [3]
2024	Ghosts	Mahesh Arondekar	TV series

References

1. "Bernard White". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
2. "Recognized Worldwide, Theatre Alumnus Got His Start at MSU". College of Arts & Letters. Michigan State University. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
3. Vlessing, Etan (June 15, 2023). "Saamer Usmani, Amy Forsyth Join Amar Wala's 'Shook' Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 27, 2025.

External links

• Bernard White at IMDb
• "The Matrix official website - Bio of Bernard White". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2006-07-12.