Errol Sitahal

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Errol Sitahal is a Trinidadian actor who has had various roles in several Hollywood and Caribbean films. In 1995, he played a character named Ram Dass, the Indian manservant, in the film, A Little Princess . The same year he also appeared with Chris Farley and David Spade in a scene from the movie Tommy Boy , where he played the third "Yes" executive. In 2004, he played the stern Dr. Patel, father of Kumar (Kal Penn) and Kumar's older brother Saikat (Shaun Majumder), in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle .

Sitahal has also acted on television. In 2005 he starred with Shaun Majumder in the short film Plain Brown Rapper, playing Majumder's character's father for a second time. He has had small parts, in one episode each, of the Canadian television series Side Effects , a medical drama, and in the American television series Relic Hunter .

In the intervening years, he has acted in numerous stage plays in Montreal, Toronto and the Caribbean. In early 2006, he starred in the Calypso musical The Brand New Lucky Diamond Horseshoe Club at Queen's Hall, Port of Spain, Trinidad. The play was written and directed by Tony Hall with music and lyrics by David Rudder.

As of 2006, he is playing Samir, father of sons Sumesh and Raj, both of whom are principal characters on the Canadian television series 11 Cameras airing on the CBC.

In 2009, he plays Babaji, Indie Mehta's grandfather, in the Canadian TV series How To Be Indie . In definition of Babaji, he is an East Indian grandfather.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Tommy Boy Yes Executive
A Little Princess Ram Dass
Side Effects Mr. LegrandEpisode: Rust Proof
2001 Relic Hunter PriestEpisode: The Reel Thing
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Dr. Patel
2006 11 Cameras Samir1 episode
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Dr. Patel
2009-2010 How To Be Indie Prakash10 episodes
2011 Doubles with Slight Pepper Ragbir

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