Parvesh Cheena | |
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Born | Parvesh Singh Cheena |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend . He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots .
Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Indian descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School. [1] He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. [2]
In 2002, he scored his first role in a feature film, Barbershop , playing the character Samir. [3] He would play Samir again in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business . [4]
In 2007, he would play characters in the films Because I Said So and Universal Remote. [5] The next year, he acted in The Other End of the Line and The Ode . [5] In 2009, he played Zerban in the film House Broken . [5] He would play Abhay in the 2014 film Hello I Must Be Going . [6] In 2015, he would play Eric in Everything Before Us . [5]
He played Franklin in the 2016 film, Time Toys. [7] In 2017, he would play Rohan in the film Literally, Right Before Aaron . [5] He played a pet shop owner named Mr. Richland in the 2019 film Lady and the Tramp . [8]
In 2020, he would play the character Jimit Uncle in the film Definition Please . [9] He would play an electronics store manager in 2021, in the film Music. [5]
In 2022, he voiced a character in The Bob's Burgers Movie . [5] The next year, he played Garrett in the film Sometimes I Think About Dying . [10] [11]
Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time. [12] In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality." [13]
He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [14]
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. [15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Barbershop | Samir | |
2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Samir | |
2007 | Because I Said So | Foreign Guy | |
2007 | Universal Remote | Sammy, Baliff | |
2008 | The Other End of the Line | NY cabbie | |
2008 | The Ode | Salman | |
2009 | House Broken | Zerban | |
2014 | Hello I Must Be Going | Abhay | |
2015 | Everything Before Us | Eric | |
2016 | Time Toys | Franklin | |
2017 | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Rohan | |
2019 | Lady and the Tramp | Pet Shop Owner | |
2020 | Definition Please | Jimit Uncle | |
2021 | Music | Electronics Store Manager | |
2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Potential Customer | Voice |
2023 | Sometimes I Think About Dying | Garrett |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | ER | Dr. Agbo | Episode: "Twas the Night" |
2006 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Mr. Babalabaloo | Episode: "Boston Holiday" |
2006 | The West Wing | Barista | Episode: "The Last Hurrah" |
2006–2007 | Help Me Help You | Parvesh | 5 Episodes |
2008 | Brothers & Sisters | Jordan | 2 Episodes |
2007–2008 | 'Til Death | Ken, Leo | 3 Episodes |
2009 | My Name Is Earl | Savage Indian in Jungle | Episode: "My Name is Alias" |
2010 | Sons of Tucson | Stewart | Episode: "Father's Day" |
2010 | Criminal Minds | Father | Episode: "A Rite of Passage" |
2010–2011 | Outsourced | Gupta | 22 episodes |
2011 | The Fresh Beat Band | Genie | Episode: "Bollywood Beats – Jai Ho" |
2011–2016 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Blades | Voice, main role |
2012 | Squad 85 | Alan Rickman | Episode: "It's Not the Work, It's the Stares" |
2013 | Arrested Development | Kabir | Episode: "Indian Takers" |
2013–2014 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Pradeep | Voice, 4 episodes |
2013 | Sean Saves the World | Jerry | 7 episodes |
2014 | A to Z | Dinesh | 13 episodes |
2015–2018 | The Goldbergs | Andy Cesunda | 3 episodes |
2016–2019 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Sunil Odhav | 8 episodes |
2017 | The Odd Couple | Neil Armstrong | Episode: "Conscious Odd Coupling" |
2017 | Fresh Off The Boat | Mr. O'Connor | Episode: "Pie vs. Cake" |
2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Marcus | Episode: "The Tenant Disassociation" |
2018 | Alone Together | Neel | Episode: "Pootie" |
2018–2022 | Craig of the Creek | Raj | Voice, 10 episodes |
2018 | The Guest Book | Sabu | 2 episodes |
2019 | Mr. Mom | Jerry | Episode: "Pilot" |
2019 | All Rise | Sai Dalal | 2 episodes |
2019–2022 | T.O.T.S. | Bodhi | Voice, recurring role |
2019–2020 | The Rocketeer | Deany | Voice, recurring role |
2020 | Code-Switched | Parvesh | Episode: "Soft Brown Boys" |
2020–2022 | Mira, Royal Detective | Manish | Voice, 13 episodes |
2020–2022 | The Owl House | Tibbles | Voice, recurring role |
2020 | Connecting | Pradeep | 8 episodes |
2021 | Mythic Quest | Zach | 2 episodes |
2021 | Centaurworld | Zulius | Voice, main role |
2021–2022 | Central Park | Taylor | Voice, 2 episodes |
2022 | Raven's Home | Conductor | Episode: "A Streetcar Named Conspire" |
2022–2023 | Shining Vale | Laird | 7 episodes |
2022 | The Resort | Ted | 2 episodes |
2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Ross | Episode: "Face Off" |
2022–2023 | Oddballs | Principal Loudspeaker | Voice, Episode: "Breaking and Entering" |
2023 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Young Dignitary | Voice, Episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim" |
2023 | History of the World, Part II | Publisher | Episode: "I" |
2023 | The Mandalorian | Nevarro Copper Droid | Voice, 3 episodes |
2023 | Frasier | Dev Sharma | 2 episodes |
2023 | That Girl Lay Lay | Mr. Kimes | Episode: "How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back" |
2024 | The Conners | Trivia Game Host | Episode: "When Sisters Collide and The Return of the Grifters" |
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