Nigam, Anjul 1965-

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Nigam, Anjul 1965-

PERSONAL

Born December 15, 1965, in Kanpur, India; immigrated to the United States, c. 1967; son of Lakshmi Narayan and Sushila Devi Nigam; married Anjalika Mathur (an actress and producer), November 24, 2001; children: Nikaash Mathur Nigam. Education: New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, B.F.A., 1988. Politics: Democratic. Religion: Hinduism. Avocational Interests: Writing, stand-up comedy, juggling, soccer, tennis.

Addresses:

Agent—House of Representatives, 400 South Beverly Dr., Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—DiSante Frank & Co., 10061 Riverside Dr., Suite 377, Toluca Lake, CA 91602.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in advertisements. New York University, worked in scene study construction, 1986-89, and as a drama coach, 1987-89; Children's Entertainment Company, Los Angeles, performer, beginning 1990.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors:

Named Cheshire Community Theatre scholar, 1984; and Kiwanis scholar, 1984-88.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Singh, House Party 2 (also known as Kid'n Play—Det vilda partyt, Micsoda buli 2., Os estudantes devem estar loucos, and Sekopaeiden kotibileet), New Line Cinema, 1991.

The courier, The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (short film), 1995.

Karna, Two Rivers, Two Rivers Productions, 1999.

Tow truck driver, King of the Korner (also known as King of LA), Vine International Pictures, 2000.

Jarred, Speaking of Sex, Lionsgate, 2001.

Salman, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Rajeev, Winter Break (also known as Snow Job), 2003.

Candor City Hospital (short film), HelloBox Films, 2003.

Todd, Death and Taxis, Clearwater Pictures/Magnum Independent Pictures, 2004.

Boyfriend, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Warner Independent Pictures, 2005.

Singh, Taken, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2008.

Film Work:

Member of automated dialogue replacement group, The Bourne Supremacy (also known as A Bournecsapda, A supremacia Bourne, Bournuv mytus, Die Bourne Verschwoerung, El mito de Bourne, La mort dans la peau, La supremacia de Bourne, Medusan isku, and Sti skia ton kataskopon), Universal, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mamoj Nakshi, MDs (also known as Meds and The Oath), ABC, 2002.

(Often uncredited) Dr. Raj Prahbu, Grey's Anatomy (also known as Complications, Procedure, Surgeons, Under the Knife, and Grey's Anatomy—Die jungen Aerzte), ABC, beginning 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Uday Shankar, NetForce (also known as Tom Clancy's "NetForce"), ABC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Rahman, Silver Strand, Showtime, 1995.

Dr. Sanjay, The Lake (also known as Das Grauen am See, Hvad soen gemte, Il mistero del lago, Noiduttu jaervi, O lago, O lago sangrento, Rivages mortels, and Sjoen), NBC, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Hakim, "Back When We Were Grownups," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sesame Street (also known as Canadian Sesame Street, The New Sesame Street, Open Sesame, Sesame Park, and Les amis de Sesame), PBS, 1987, 1988.

Raj, "Fortunate Son," Growing Pains, ABC, 1989.

Second substitute, "Mike, the Teacher," Growing Pains, ABC, 1990.

Anjul, "Tower of Power," Parker Lewis Can't Lose (also known as Parker Lewis), Fox, 1991.

Sanjay Khandwhalla, "The Young & the Rest of Us," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1993.

Lip (the driver), "Don't Go to Springfield," Sisters, NBC, 1996.

Alex Ghandar, "Fortune's Fools," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1997.

Kumar, "The Truth Is Out There," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997.

Voice, "Seeds of Destruction," Extreme Ghostbusters (animated; also known as El regreso de los cazafantasmas and Tosi viilee haamujengi), syndicated, 1997.

Vijay, "Danger Zone," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1998.

Mall worker, "Denial," Get Real (also known as Asuntos de familia, Helt aerligt!, Irti arjesta, La famille Green, Realitatile vietii, and Sechs unter einem Dach), Fox, 1999.

Raji, "Gobble, Gobble," Providence, NBC, 2001.

Television commercial director, "Setting Precedents," Arli$$ (also known as Arliss), HBO, 2001.

Rajeeb Khandewahl, "Blood Lust," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2002.

Professor Bahlah, Days of Our Lives (also known as Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives, Days, DOOL, Des jours et des vies, Horton-sagaen, I gode og onde dager, Los dias de nuestras vidas, Meres agapis, Paeivien viemaeae, Vaara baesta aar, Zeit der Sehnsucht, and Zile din viata noastra), NBC, 2003.

Dr. Alhabah, "Lipstick on Your Panties," Huff (also known as !Huff and Huff—terapian tarpeessa), Showtime, 2004.

Dr. Renfro, "Vector," Numb3rs (also known as Numbers and Num3ers), CBS, 2005.

Doctor, "Light Sleeper," Medium, NBC, 2005.

Harish Lev, "Tanglewood," CSI: NY, CBS, 2005.

Alex Neuville, "Dr. Feelbad," Shark, CBS, 2006.

Appeared in other programs, including Blossom, NBC; Life Goes On (also known as Glenbrook), ABC; and Wake, Rattle & Roll (also known as Jump, Rattle & Roll and Despierta peque y al loro), syndicated. Appeared as Fareed in "Family Values," an unaired episode of Skin, Fox. Provided a voice characterization for "The Perfect Shot," an unaired episode of Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book (animated; also known as Viidakkopoika Mowgli), Fox.