Andrews, Naveen 1969–

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ANDREWS, Naveen 1969–

PERSONAL

Full name, Naveen William Sidney Andrews; born January 17, 1969, in London, England; son of Sydney (a businessperson) and Nirmala (a psychologist) Andrews; children: (with Geraldine Feakins) Jaisal (son). Education: Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1990. Avocational Interests: Country music and performing music.


Addresses: Agent—Markham & Froggatt, Ltd., 4 Windmall St., London W1T 2HZ, England. Manager—Jennett Management, 10028 Farragut Dr., Culver City, CA 90232.


Career: Actor.


Awards, Honors: San Remo Film Festival Award, best actor, 1994, for The Buddha of Suburbia; Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by a cast, 1997, for The English Patient.


CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Bike, London Kills Me, Fine Line, 1991.

Zaf, The Wild West, Vidmark Entertainment, 1992.

Hanif, True Love and Chaos, New Vision Films, 1996.

Raj Singh, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (also known as Tara and Maya), Trimark Pictures, 1996.

Kirpal "Kip" Singh, The English Patient, Miramax, 1996.

Pindi, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe), Buena Vista, 1998.

Krishna Sahni, Bombay Boys, 1998.

Darshan, Drowning on Dry Land, Ardustry Home Entertainment, 1999.

William, Blessed Art Thou (also known as A Question of Faith), First Look Pictures Releasing, 2000.

Sanjay, Rollerball, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

John, Easy, Screen Media Ventures, 2003.

Balraj Bingley, Bride & Prejudice (also known as Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical), Miramax, 2004.


Television Appearances; Series:

Tamir Naipaul, The Beast, ABC, 2001.

Sayid, Lost, ABC, 2004—.


Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Karim Amir, The Buddha of Suburbia, BBC, 1993.

Ravi Battacharya, The Peacock Spring, 1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jimmy, Double Vision (also known as Double vision—'une pour l'autre), 1992.

Dr. Abraham "Abe" Verghese, My Own Country, Showtime, 1998.

Steve Banerjee, The Chippendales Murder, USA Network, 2000.


Also appeared in Two Oranges and a Mango, BBC.


Television Appearances; Pilots:

Miles Gupta, Future Tense, NBC, 2003.


Stage Appearances:

Appeared in My Beautiful Laundrette; Blood Wedding; Two Flanks and a Passion; and as Gloucester, King Lear.


OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, November 29, 1996, p. 75.

People, January 24, 2005, p. 121.

Premiere, July, 1997, pp. 28–31.

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