Ravi Patel
Ravi Vasant Patel (born December 18, 1978 in Freeport , Illinois ) is an American actor .
life and career
Ravi Patel was born into the second generation of Indian-American Americans to a financial advisor and real estate agent in the US state of Illinois. He grew up in Charlotte , North Carolina . After leaving school, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , which he left with two master's degrees in economics and international relations in 2001. His sister, who is three years older, works as a writer and director. Upon graduation, Patel initially worked as an investment banker and was a co-founder of All In Magazine after moving to Los Angeles .
Patel first appeared on camera in 2006 after taking on a small role in The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down . He then appeared in the series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Scrubs in guest roles. Small supporting roles in the films Transformers , Hotel California and Powder Blue followed. In 2010 he took on one of the leading roles in the crime series Past Life . From 2012 he appeared in guest roles in the series Bones , Perception , The New Normal , The Michael J. Fox Show , Hawaii Five-0 , The Comedians , Grey's Anatomy , Master of None , Santa Clarita Diet .
In 2016, Patel and his sister published the autobiographical documentary Meet the Patels . Between 2015 and 2016 he could be seen as Ravi in the series Grandfathered . In 2019 he took on a supporting role as Tom in the film Long Shot - Unlikely, but not impossible .
Patel has been with actress Mahaley Patel , b. Hessam, married. Together they are parents of one daughter.
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
- 2006: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV series, episode 2x02)
- 2007: Scrubs ( Scrubs , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: Transformers
- 2007: The World According to Barnes (TV movie)
- 2008: Hotel California
- 2008: Precious Meadows (TV movie)
- 2008–2009: Easy Money (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2009: Powder Blue
- 2009: The Last Hurray
- 2009: Static (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2010: Past Life (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2010: Look (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2010: Nevermind Nirvana (TV movie)
- 2011: Outsourced (TV series, episode 1x17)
- 2011: Svetlana (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Bones ( Bones , TV series, episode 7x09)
- 2012: Perception (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2012: The New Normal (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2013: Middle Age Rage (TV movie)
- 2014: The Michael J. Fox Show (TV series, episode 1x17)
- 2014: Trophy Wife (TV series, episode 1x22)
- 2014: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 5x09)
- 2015: The Comedians (TV series, episode 1x07)
- 2015: Puerto Ricans in Paris
- 2015: Another Period (TV series, episode 1x07)
- 2015–2016: Grandfathered (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2015–2017: Master of None (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016: Get a Job
- 2016: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016–2017: Wrecked - Crashed! ( Wrecked , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2016–2019: American Housewife (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2017: Superstore (TV series, episode 2x11)
- 2017: Band Aid
- 2017: Santa Clarita Diet (TV series, episode 1x09)
- 2018: The Cool Kids (TV series, episode 1x04)
- 2018: The Black String
- 2019: Long Shot - Unlikely, but not impossible (Long Shot)
- 2019: Emmett
Web links
- Ravi Patel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ravi Patel in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family behind 'Meet the Patels' takes candid talk to a warmly comic level . In: Los Angeles Times , September 10, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2918.
- ↑ Introducing Meet the Patels, the Best 2015 Documentary That You Probably Haven't Heard Of . In: Vanity Fair , September 10, 2015. Accessed December 17, 2019.
- ↑ Ravi Patel - Biography ( en ) In: IMDb.com . Retrieved December 17, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patel, Ravi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Patel, Ravi Vasant (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freeport , Illinois , United States |