Rushi Kota | |
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Born | |
Education | Farmingdale State College (BS) Harvard University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Children | 1 |
Rushi Kota (born April 16, 1987) is an Indian American actor. He is known for his role as Prashant in the Netflix show Never Have I Ever, and as Dr. Vik Roy in Grey's Anatomy . [1] [2] [3] [4]
Kota was born in Secunderabad, India. He was raised by his mother in Queens, New York. [3] [4] [5] Initially he wanted to go into automotive engineering, so he doubled majored in Industrial Management Technology and Business Administration at Farmingdale State College. [2] [5]
Due to the 2008 Financial Crisis, he decided to take a different career path. This led him to pursue acting in New York. After two years of acting, he got accepted into Harvard University's MFA program for Acting. This led to an internship in Russia at Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theater School. [2] [5]
Kota has appeared in TV shows such as The Royals, General Hospital , CBS's Extant with Halle Berry, Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1, Freeform's Famous in Love , and Funny or Die's ESL: English is the Second Language. [2] [5]
He has appeared in films like The Divorce Party starring Matilda Lutz and Thomas Cocquerel, Useless Humans, and The One I wrote For You directed by Andrew Lauer and starring Kevin Pollack and Cheyenne Jackson. [1] [2] [5]
He also done some stage work such as Guards At The Taj at the Marin Theater Company, [6] Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity with the Capital Stage Company, Boston Abolitionist Project, Great Catherine, Blanco Posnet, and Hansel and Gretel at the American Repertory Theater, and Imaginary Invalid at Moscow Art Theatre. [2]
His first major recurring role was in 2017 on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Vik Roy where he appeared for 16 episodes. [1] [7]
After that, he appeared on shows like iCarly, Ordinary Joe , [8] Never Have I Ever , and CSI: Vegas . [1] [3] [9]
He is married and has one child. [1] [10] His acting influences are Ryan Reynolds, Idris Elba, and Chadwick Boseman. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2010 | Afghan Hound | Third Incarnation of Zemar | First Movie Role according to IMDb | |
2014 | The One I Wrote for Your | Joe Barry | [5] | |
2017 | Super Mehra Bros | AJ Mehra | Lead Role in Movie | |
2019 | The Divorce Party | Young Executive | [5] | |
2020 | Useless Humans | Louis | [5] | |
2021 | Phobias | Billy McNerny | [7] | |
2023 | Scrambled | Jeff | ||
2023 | Dumb Money | Baiju Bhatt | [12] [13] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2014 | The Royals | Jay D | First Television Role according to IMDb | |
2015 | General Hospital | Dr. Curtis | ||
2015 | The 101 | Jay D | ||
2015 | Extant | Humanich Tech | [5] | |
2016 | Fruitless | Parvesh | ||
2016 | ESL - English as a Second Language | Jeevan | TV Movie | [5] |
2016 | Terms and Conditions | Dustin | ||
2017 | Famous in Love | Lenny | [5] | |
2017-2018 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Vikram Roy | [8] [14] | |
2018 | Grey's Anatomy: The Webisodes | Dr. Vikram Roy | [14] | |
2019 | Arranged | Raj | ||
2020-2022 | Never Have I Ever | Prashant | [5] [8] [9] | |
2021 | iCarly | Luke Tyler | ||
2021 | Ordinary Joe | Sai | [8] | |
2022 | CSI: Vegas | Damien Pak |
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