Vik Sahay

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Vik Sahay
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Vikram Sahay

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1986–present

Vikram Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Kevin Calvin on Radio Active , Lester Patel on the television series Chuck , and Rama in the Roxy Hunter saga.

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Life and career

Vik Sahay was born in Ottawa, Ontario, [1] to Indian parents, and attended Canterbury High School of the Arts in Ottawa. He went on to study Theatre Performance at Montreal's Concordia University.

He learned to perform Indian classical dance with his brother Sidharth Sahay. In 1986 and 1987, he appeared on three episodes of the children's television show You Can't Do That on Television. He was also featured in the television series Radio Active , playing sportscaster Kevin Calvin. Based on that work, he was selected to appear in Our Hero as Dalal Vidya, for which he was nominated for a 2002 Canadian Comedy Award. Subsequently, he also portrayed attorney Anil Sharma on the CBC series This is Wonderland during its second and third seasons.

Sahay has appeared in such films as Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost , Good Will Hunting , eXistenZ , Hollow Point, Rainbow , The Ride, Wings of Hope , The Rocker , Amal , [2] and Afghan Luke . [3] He portrayed Lester Patel, the "HinJew" half of Jeffster!, on the television series Chuck . [4] He played the role of Prateek Duraiswamy (Stifler's boss) in the film American Reunion . [5] He was a guest star as a murder suspect on the FOX show Bones season 8 episode 13. [6] In 2016 he had a guest starring role on the revival of The X-Files . [7]

Personal life

Sahay divides his time between Los Angeles and Toronto. [8]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Rainbow Tiger #3
Hollow PointLivingston's assistant
1997 Good Will Hunting Nemesh/M.I.T. Student # 3Credited as "Vic Sahay"
1999 eXistenZ Male Assistant
2001Wings of HopeRicky
2005 Murder Unveiled Bindri
2007 Amal Vivek Jayaram
2008 The Rocker Gary
Time BombSamir/Habib
2011 Afghan Luke Imran Sahar
2012 American Reunion Prateek Duraiswamy
2013 My Awkward Sexual Adventure Dandak SajalNominated – Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male, Film
2014 Wer Eric Sarin
2016 A Date with Miss Fortune Wilson
2018Sharon 1.2.3.Drew
In Heaven's HandsBare Qasai
2019 Captain Marvel Hero Torfan
2022 Bar Fight! Dick
2023 It Lives Inside Inesh
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986–1987 You Can't Do That On Television Vikram5 episodes
1996 Everything to Gain Roland JellicoTV movie
1997Balls UpDebdashTV movie
PlatinumAnthony MedeciTV movie
1998–1999 Radio Active Kevin Calvin26 episodes
2000The RideTV movie
2000–2002 Our Hero Dalal Vidya11 episodes;
Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award Television for Pretty Funny Male Performance (2002)
2005 This Is Wonderland Anil Sharma21 episodes
2007 Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost RammaTV movie
2007–2012 Chuck Lester PatelSeries Regular; 80 episodes
2008 Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid RammaTV movie
Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
2013 Bones Akshay MirzaEpisode: "The Twist in the Plot"
2013 The Mentalist Nicholas VashumEpisode: "Black-Winged Redbird"
2013-2014 Sean Saves the World HowardRecurring
NCIS Ajay KhanEpisodes: "Canary" and "House Rules"
2016 The X-Files GuptaEpisode: "Founder's Mutation"
Lucifer Ray CodfreeEpisode: "Sin-Eater"
Quest For TruthVIkTV movie
2017 Grimm Dr. Sanji RajuEpisode: "The Son Also Rises"
Preacher Frank PatelEpisode: "Mumbai Sky Tower"
2018 Scorpion Raja BhattEpisode: "Dumbster Fire"
2018-2019 Lodge 49 TarquinRecurring; 7 episodes

Video Games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Anthem Matthias [9]

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  9. Livingstone, Caroline (2019-01-24). "The voice behind Matthias, a brilliant, but reckless researcher of Shaper relics, @Vik__Sahay . A triple threat in #AnthemGamepic.twitter.com/HDrxa9XwXM". @CabLivingstone. Retrieved 2019-02-01.