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]
Cheena's first feature film role was in Barbershop as Samir. [3] He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business . [4] His other film roles include Because I Said So (2007), The Other End of the Line and The Ode (2008), House Broken (2009), Just Before I Go (2014), Everything Before Us (2015), Time Toys (2016), Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Definition Please (2020), Music (2021), The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), and Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023). [5]
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. [6] 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." [7]
He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [8]
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. [9]
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 | Just Before I Go | Abhay | |
2015 | Everything Before Us | Eric | |
2016 | Time Toys | Franklin | |
2017 | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Rohan | |
2019 | Lady and the Tramp | Mr. Richland | |
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 | The O.C. | Passerby | Episode: "The Avengers" |
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, additional voices | Voice, main role [10] |
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 | TripTank | Sajeep | Voice, episode: "Crime Steve Investigation" [10] |
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 [10] |
2019–2020 | The Rocketeer | Deany | Voice, recurring role [10] |
2020 | Code-Switched | Parvesh | Episode: "Soft Brown Boys" |
2020–2022 | Mira, Royal Detective | Manish | Voice, 13 episodes |
2020–2022 | The Owl House | Tibbles Grimm Hammer | Voice, recurring role [10] |
2020 | Connecting | Pradeep | 8 episodes |
2021 | Mythic Quest | Zach | 2 episodes |
2021 | Centaurworld | Zulius | Voice, main role [11] [10] |
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 | Oddballs | Principal Loudspeaker | Voice, episode: "Breaking and Entering" [10] |
2023 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Waylon Amaredda | Voice, episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim" [10] |
2023 | History of the World, Part II | Publisher | Episode: "I" |
2023 | The Mandalorian | Nevarro Copper Droid | Voice, 3 episodes [10] |
2023 | Frasier | Dev Sharma | 2 episodes |
2023 | That Girl Lay Lay | Mr. Kimes | Episode: "How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back" |
2023–2024 | Pupstruction | Rusty Whiskers | Voice, recurring role [10] |
2024 | The Conners | Trivia Game Host | Episode: "When Sisters Collide and The Return of the Grifters" |
2024 | Ariel | Ravi | Voice, recurring role [10] |
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