Roger Narayan

Roger Narayan
Born	Raj Narayan [1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–1993 2006–present

Raj Narayan is an actor who works in predominantly Kannada and English-language films. He is known for playing the titular role in Hola Venky! and starring in U Turn (2016).

Career

Roger Narayan studied engineering at BITS Pilani before deciding to pursue his passion of becoming an actor. He subsequently learned acting in several institutions. ^{[1] [2]} He changed his stage name from Raj to Roger so that he would not be cast in stereotypical Indian roles. ^[1] He started off as a child artist in Kannada films before played supporting roles in several English films and television shows before debuting as a lead actor with the Indian English film Hola Venky (2014), which was shot in India. ^{[1] [2]} He garnered recognition for his role in the Kannada film U Turn (2016) as a sub-inspector of police. ^{[1] [3]} He played the role of an iyengar in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) and starred in 417 Miles, another multilingual venture. ^[3] He starred in Humble Politician Nograj (2018) as a NRI politician. ^[4] In a review of the film, a critic noted that "Roger Narayan is a perfect fit as Arun Patil". ^[5] Roger Narayan made his debut as an antagonist in the Kannada film Chambal (2019). ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1985	Jeevana Chakra	Krishna	Kannada	Child actor
1988	Sangliyana	Kumar	Kannada
1993	Aakasmika	Raja
2010	Keeping Up with the Guptas	Kumar	English
2011	Happy Feet Two	Indian penguin	English	voice role
2012	The Test	Marcus
2014	Hola Venky!	Venky
2015	The Man Who Knew Infinity	Iyengar
2016	U Turn	Nayak	Kannada
	417 Miles	Srinivas	English
2017	Vismaya	—	Kannada	Lyricist for "Kaaki Shirt-Ina"
2018	Humble Politician Nograj	Arun Patil
2019	Chambal
	Punyakoti	Kalinga	Sanskrit	voice role
2022	DNA	Akash	Kannada
2023	Diamond Cross			[9]

Television

• All television shows are in English, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Better Off Ted	Jim	Episode "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
	The Young and the Restless	Novich	3 episodes (season 1)
2010	Miami Medical	Mukesh	Episodes "Pilot" and "88 Seconds" of season 1 [a]
	How I Met Your Mother	Babaka	Episode "Blitzgiving"
	Victorious	Dr. Bornstein	Episode "Rex Dies"
2012	Weeds	Bandhi	2 episodes
	Incredible Crew	Mr. Narayan	Episode "Pancake Genie"
2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Roger Ali	Episode "Allegiance"
2015	The Leftovers	Bhagat	Episode "A Matter of Geography"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Outcome	Ref.
2017	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor	U Turn	Nominated	[10]
2018	6th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Debut Actor		Nominated	[11]
2019	8th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor In A Supporting Role	Humble Politician Nograj	Nominated	[12]

Notes

1. While his role in the episode "Pilot" is credited, his role in the episode "88 Seconds" is not credited.

References

1. K., Bhumika (24 March 2016). "Making the U-turn home". The Hindu .
2. Suresh, Sunayana (24 January 2017). "Hollywood actor is hero of Kannada film". The Times of India .
3. Joseph, Raveena (28 July 2016). "Tales from a journeyman". The Hindu .
4. Sharadhaa, A. (19 December 2017). "Roger Narayan plays an outsider in Humble Politician Nograj". Cinema Express .
5. Sharadhaa, A. (12 January 2018). "'Humble Politician Nograj' review: Good for voters, right in time for polls". New Indian Express .
6. Desai, Dhwani (18 February 2019). "A suave villain? Well, Roger that!". The Times of India .
7. "Roger Narayan turns anti-hero for his next". The Times of India . 31 March 2019.
8. Suresh, Sunayana (24 January 2017). "U-Turn actor turns baddie". The Times of India .
9. "Roger Narayan headlines Ramdeep's directorial debut, Diamond Cross". The New Indian Express.
10. "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". The Times of India. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
11. "SIIMA Awards 2017 Day 2: Mohanlal wins Best Actor, Vijay bags Best Entertainer". India Today . 2 July 2017.
12. Khandelwal, Stuti (19 July 2019). "SIIMA 2019 Nominations: See Full List Of Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada Film Industry". The Live Mirror.

External links

• Roger Narayan at IMDb