5 Indian-Americans Who Rose To Fame Through Hollywood

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 04 March 2014, 01:23 IST
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Jimi Mistry: Jimi Mistry initially gained exposure playing Fred Fonseca on BBC TV's East Enders, and has since then worked on film and stage. He is well-known for his prominent roles and some of his work includes roles in the British black comedy East is East,The Guru, Blood Diamond, RocknRolla and Partition. Of late, he joined the British soap opera Coronation Street in November 2013 as Khalid Nazir, a fitness coach and former soldier.

Born in Scarborough, England, to an Indian Hindu father and an Irish Roman catholic mother, Mistry was brought up as a roman catholic and attended St. James' Catholic High School in Cheadle Hulme before his family enthused to Cardiff where he attended Radyr Comprehensive School. Mistry trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.

Sendhil Ramamurthy: Born to an Indian physician parents, Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy attended Tufts University with the intention of following in his parents' footsteps. After graduating from Tufts in 1996 with a degree in history, Ramamurthy enthused to England. There, he continued his studies at London's well-known Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Best known for the American TV series Heroes, Ramamurthy continued to play the role of Suresh for four seasons until Heroes was stopped airing in 2010. Wasting no time, he joined the cast of the TV drama Covert Affairs that same year and continued his work in the field of acting. Ramamurthy recently appeared in the Bollywood movie Shor in the City.
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