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Roger Narayan

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Roger Narayan
Born
Raj Narayan[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Raj Narayan is an Indian actor who works in predominantly Kannada and English-language films. He is known for playing one of the leads in U Turn (2016).

Career

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Roger Narayan studied engineering at BITS Pilani before deciding to pursue his passion of becoming an actor. He subsequently learned acting in several institutions.[1][2] He changed his stage name from Raj to Roger so that he would not be cast in stereotypical Indian roles.[1] He played supporting roles in several films and television shows before debuting as a lead actor with the multilingual Hola Venky (2014), which was shot in India.[1][2] He garnered recognition for his role in the Kannada film U Turn (2016) as a sub-inspector of police.[1][3] He played the role of an iyengar in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) and starred in 417 Miles, another multilingual venture.[3] He starred in Humble Politician Nograj (2018) as a NRI politician.[4] In a review of the film, a critic noted that "Roger Narayan is a perfect fit as Arun Patil".[5] Roger Narayan made his debut as an antagonist in the Kannada film Chambal (2019).[6][7][8]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Language Notes
2007 Futbaal: The Price of Dreams Coach Persian
2010 Keeping Up with the Guptas Kumar English
Eat Pray Love Priest uncredited
Touch Wood Bollywood star
2011 Happy Feet Two Indian penguin voice role
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Engineer, various uncredited
2012 The Test Marcus
2014 Hola Venky! Venky English
Spanish
Hindi
Tamil
2015 The Man Who Knew Infinity Iyengar English
2016 Hot Bot Hot Bot Lead Engineer
U Turn Nayak Kannada
417 Miles Srinivas English
Portuguese
Hindi
Tamil
2018 Humble Politician Nograj Arun Patil Kannada
2019 Chambal Kannada
Punyakoti Kalinga Sanskrit voice role
2022 DNA Akash Kannada
2023 Diamond Cross - Kannada [9]
As a lyricist
  • Vismaya (2017) for "Kaaki Shirt-Ina"

Television

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  • All television shows are in English, unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Unlocking Ancient Secrets of the Bible Middle Eastern Sergeant
Al medio día Himself Spanish series; special appearance
2007 Mad TV East Indian waiter special appearance in season 12, episode 10
American Body Shop Middle Eastern waiter special appearance in the episode "Million Dollar Year"
Mystery ER Doctor special appearance in the episode "Bittersweet/Ring of Fire"
2008 iCarly Dental patient special appearance in the episode "iHeartArt"
2009 CSI: NY Actor special appearance in the episode "Communication Breakdown"
House Pundit special appearance in the episode "Simple Explanation"
Better Off Ted Jim special appearance in the episode "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
The Jay Leno Show Terrorist special appearance in season 1, episode 1; uncredited
The Young and the Restless Novich special appearance in three episodes of season 1
The Bold and the Beautiful Cab driver special appearance in two episodes of season 1
2010 Miami Medical Mukesh special appearance in the episodes "Pilot" and "88 Seconds" of season 1[a]
How I Met Your Mother Babaka special appearance in the episode "Blitzgiving"
Victorious Dr. Bornstein special appearance in the episode "Rex Dies"
2011 Angry Groundskeeper special appearance in the episode "The Bird Scene"
Outsourced Multiple roles voice role; appears in twenty-one episodes
Castle ER Resident special appearance in the episode "The Rise"
2012 Weeds Bandhi special appearance in the episodes "Messy" and "A Beam of Sunshine"[b]
Incredible Crew Mr. Narayan special appearance in the episode "Pancake Genie"
2014 NCIS: Los Angeles Roger Ali special appearance in the episode "Allegiance"
2015 The Leftovers Bhagat special appearance in the episode "A Matter of Geography"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Outcome Ref.
2017 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actor U Turn Nominated [10]
2018 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Actor Nominated [11]
2019 8th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor In A Supporting Role Humble Politician Nograj Nominated [12]

Notes

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  1. ^ While his role in the episode "Pilot" is credited, his role in the episode "88 Seconds" is not credited.
  2. ^ While his role in the episode "Messy" is credited, his role in the episode "A Beam of Sunshine" is not credited.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e K., Bhumika (24 March 2016). "Making the U-turn home". The Hindu.
  2. ^ a b Suresh, Sunayana (24 January 2017). "Hollywood actor is hero of Kannada film". The Times of India.
  3. ^ a b Joseph, Raveena (28 July 2016). "Tales from a journeyman". The Hindu.
  4. ^ Sharadhaa, A. (19 December 2017). "Roger Narayan plays an outsider in Humble Politician Nograj". Cinema Express.
  5. ^ Sharadhaa, A. (12 January 2018). "'Humble Politician Nograj' review: Good for voters, right in time for polls". New Indian Express.
  6. ^ Desai, Dhwani (18 February 2019). "A suave villain? Well, Roger that!". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Roger Narayan turns anti-hero for his next". The Times of India. 31 March 2019.
  8. ^ Suresh, Sunayana (24 January 2017). "U-Turn actor turns baddie". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Roger Narayan headlines Ramdeep's directorial debut, Diamond Cross". The New Indian Express.
  10. ^ "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". The Times of India. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  11. ^ "SIIMA Awards 2017 Day 2: Mohanlal wins Best Actor, Vijay bags Best Entertainer". India Today. 2 July 2017.
  12. ^ Khandelwal, Stuti (19 July 2019). "SIIMA 2019 Nominations: See Full List Of Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada Film Industry". The Live Mirror.
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