Vik Sahay | |
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Born | Vikram Sahay |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1986–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.
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]
Sahay divides his time between Los Angeles and Toronto. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Rainbow | Tiger #3 | |
Hollow Point | Livingston's assistant | ||
1997 | Good Will Hunting | Nemesh/M.I.T. Student # 3 | Credited as "Vic Sahay" |
1999 | eXistenZ | Male Assistant | |
2001 | Wings of Hope | Ricky | |
2005 | Murder Unveiled | Bindri | |
2007 | Amal | Vivek Jayaram | |
2008 | The Rocker | Gary | |
Time Bomb | Samir/Habib | ||
2011 | Afghan Luke | Imran Sahar | |
2012 | American Reunion | Prateek Duraiswamy | |
2013 | My Awkward Sexual Adventure | Dandak Sajal | Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male, Film |
2014 | Wer | Eric Sarin | |
2016 | A Date with Miss Fortune | Wilson | |
2018 | Sharon 1.2.3. | Drew | |
In Heaven's Hands | Bare Qasai | ||
2019 | Captain Marvel | Hero Torfan | |
2022 | Bar Fight! | Dick | |
2023 | It Lives Inside | Inesh |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986–1987 | You Can't Do That On Television | Vikram | 5 episodes |
1996 | Everything to Gain | Roland Jellico | TV movie |
1997 | Balls Up | Debdash | TV movie |
Platinum | Anthony Medeci | TV movie | |
1998–1999 | Radio Active | Kevin Calvin | 26 episodes |
2000 | The Ride | TV movie | |
2000–2002 | Our Hero | Dalal Vidya | 11 episodes; Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award Television for Pretty Funny Male Performance (2002) |
2005 | This Is Wonderland | Anil Sharma | 21 episodes |
2007 | Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Ramma | TV movie |
2007–2012 | Chuck | Lester Patel | Series Regular; 80 episodes |
2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | Ramma | TV movie |
Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman | |||
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | |||
2013 | Bones | Akshay Mirza | Episode: "The Twist in the Plot" |
2013 | The Mentalist | Nicholas Vashum | Episode: "Black-Winged Redbird" |
2013-2014 | Sean Saves the World | Howard | Recurring |
NCIS | Ajay Khan | Episodes: "Canary" and "House Rules" | |
2016 | The X-Files | Gupta | Episode: "Founder's Mutation" |
Lucifer | Ray Codfree | Episode: "Sin-Eater" | |
Quest For Truth | VIk | TV movie | |
2017 | Grimm | Dr. Sanji Raju | Episode: "The Son Also Rises" |
Preacher | Frank Patel | Episode: "Mumbai Sky Tower" | |
2018 | Scorpion | Raja Bhatt | Episode: "Dumbster Fire" |
2018-2019 | Lodge 49 | Tarquin | Recurring; 7 episodes |
Video Games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Anthem | Matthias | [9] |
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