Bernard White (actor)

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Bernard White
Born (1959-06-08) June 8, 1959 (age 65)
Occupation Actor
Years active1983–present

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

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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 Tamil 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Days of Our Lives Paul 'Snake' SelejkoTV series

First professional acting role [2]

1985American Drive-InLou
1985The Last Hunt
1986The Eleventh CommandmentRobert Knight
1986The Education of Allison TateJohn Riversong
1987 Body Count Robert Knight
1987 Murder, She Wrote George LongbowTV series
1988 227 CarlosTV series
1990Ain't No Way BackJoe Campbell
1991The EntertainersLuis
1991Twenty Dollar StarBrian
1994Killing ObsessionLt. Jackson
1995The 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
2005SueñoVijay
2006Sharif Don't Like ItButoh Dancer
2006 American Dreamz Agha Babur
2007Pain WithinDr. Shible
2007 The World Unseen Mr. Harjan
2008 Quarantine Bernard
2009 NCIS Ambassador Qasim SaydiaTV 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 DenpokTV series
2016 Chee and T Uncle Rob
2017 Rebel in the Rye Swami Nikhilanand
2018 The Blacklist Zarek MosadekTV series
2018 Kidding Scott PereraTV series
2020 Evil Eye KrishnanTV film
2022 Roar VikrasTV series
2022 Big Sky Verr BhullarTV series
2023 Beef FirouzTV series
2023 What If...? Councilman Singh (voice)TV series
2024 Shook Vijay
2024 Ghosts Mahesh ArondekarTV series

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References

  1. "Bernard White". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  2. 1 2 "Recognized Worldwide, Theatre Alumnus Got His Start at MSU". College of Arts & Letters. Michigan State University. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2023.