Manish Dayal (born Manish Sudhir Patel; June 17, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in The CW hit teen series 90210 as well as in the films The Hundred Foot Journey (2014) and Viceroy's House (2017). From 2018 to 2023, he was featured as a main cast member of the Amy Holden Jones-created Fox medical drama series The Resident.

Manish Dayal
Born
Manish Sudhir Patel

(1983-06-17) June 17, 1983 (age 41)[1][2]
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Children2[3]

Early and personal life

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Dayal was born to an Indian Gujarati family in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from Gujarat. He has three sisters , including Neisha Patel, who is a vascular neurology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname.[4] He attended Marshall Elementary School and later went to Heathwood Hall in Columbia, South Carolina. He subsequently obtained a degree in International Business from George Washington University. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles.[5][6]

Career

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Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for McDonald's, Windows, Nintendo, and Domino's Pizza. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway show Rafta, Rafta. He also voiced Mohammed, a taxi driver in Rockstar Games's critically acclaimed video game Grand Theft Auto IV. He played a small role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Paula van der Oest's Domino Effect. After guest-starring on CSI: Las Vegas on CBS, Dayal went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the AMC series Rubicon. Dayal also starred in the romantic comedy Walkaway, which explores love and culture set in New York. In 2010 and 2011, he played Ravi, the smug A-team leader on Outsourced, a comedy series from NBC. He also played Raj Kher, an alternative college student recovering from cancer, in the third and fourth seasons of The CW's 90210.

He starred as Hassan Kadam in The Hundred Foot Journey (2014).[7] From 2018 to 2023, he has starred in the Fox TV series The Resident.

Filmography

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Dayal in 2014

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Break the Addiction: An Inconvenient Truth Kibhnar
2007 On the Other Side Jack [8]
2008 Cain's Mark Gypsy
2009 Karma Calling Trainee
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice NYU clerk
2010 Walkaway Vinay
2011 The Call Taruk
2011 The Domino Effect Sid
2011 The Whirling Dervish Zahir
2012 White Frog Ajit
2012 Breaking the Girls Tim
2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey Hassan Kadam
2014 I'm Obsessed with You: But You've Got to Leave Me Alone Cyrus Kapoor
2017 Viceroy's House Jeet Kumar
2020 Holidate Faarooq
2022 Rise Kevin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Rubicon Hal 3 episodes
Outsourced Ravi Episode: "Jolly Vindaloo Day"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rishi Parayan Episode: "Internal Combustion"
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Samir Doss Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap"
2011–2012 90210 Raj Kher 14 episodes
2012 Switched at Birth Scuba 4 episodes
The Good Wife Dinesh Episode: "Live from Damascus"
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Farid Salim Episode: "Criminal Stories"
2016 Halt and Catch Fire Ryan Ray 8 episodes
2016–2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vijay Nadeer 3 episodes
2018–2023 The Resident Dr. Devon Pravesh Main cast; Director: 2 episodes
2019–2021 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Shashi Dhar (voice) Main role (season 1 and 5), Netflix series
2024 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Ash Patel 4 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Mohammed/Hot dog Vendor
2009 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Hot dog Vendor Uncredited
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices
2021 Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R Shashi Dhar[9]

References

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  1. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (June 17, 2023). "Famous birthdays list for June 17, 2023 includes celebrities Venus Williams, Jodie Whittaker". cleveland. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Manish Dayal". Empire. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Instagram".
  4. ^ "THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME: Orangeburg native hits big screen in first leading role | Life and Style". Thetandd.com. August 10, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "Manish Dayal on The Hundred-Foot Journey". Vanity Fair. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Brown, Emma (August 7, 2014). "Discovery:Manish Dayal". Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "'The Hundred-Foot Journey' tells a satisfying, delicious tale | The Daily Californian". Dailycal.org. August 15, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  8. ^ ""ON THE OTHER SIDE" in USA". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2008.
  9. ^ "Manish Dayal (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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