Parvesh Cheena | |
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Born | Parvesh Singh Cheena July 22, 1979 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) 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] [2] He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. [3]
In 2002, he scored his first role in a feature film, Barbershop , playing the character Samir. [4] He would play Samir again in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business . [5]
In 2007, he would play characters in the films Because I Said So and Universal Remote.[ citation needed ] The next year, he acted in The Other End of the Line and The Ode .[ citation needed ] In 2009, he played Zerban in the film House Broken .[ citation needed ] He would play Abhay in the 2014 film Hello I Must Be Going . [6] In 2015, he would play Eric in Everything Before Us .[ citation needed ]
He played Franklin in the 2016 film, Time Toys. [7] In 2017, he would play Rohan in the film Literally, Right Before Aaron .[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ]
In 2022, he voiced a character in The Bob's Burgers Movie .[ citation needed ] 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 |
2021-2021 | 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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