10 Renowned Tamilians in America

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 00:37 IST   |    6 Comments
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Sendhil Ramamurthy

Sendhil Ramamurthy is an American actor, who was born in Chicago to Hindu Tamil immigrant parents from India.

He has acted in many popular movies such as Love & Debate, Orient Express, Blind Dating, Little India, Shor in the City and It's a Wonderful Afterlife.

He has also appeared on several TV shows, including Ellen, Casualty, Guiding Light, Grey's Anatomy, Ultimate Force, CSI: Miami, Heroes, Covert Affairs and Numb3rs.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, from which he graduated in the year 1999.

Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari, an Indian-origin American writer and stand-up comedian has huge fan following him, which goes up to more than 1.7 million on Twitter. Ansari, who holds a graduation in marketing from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NewYork University, started his career performing stand-up comedy. He got a place in the "Hot List" of Rolling Stone in the year 2005 and was also honoured with the Jury Award for "Best Standup" at HBO’s U.S Comedy Arts Festival in the year 2006.