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Erick Avari (Hindi: , Urdu: ), born April 13, 1952, is a British-Indian screen and television actor.

Early years

Erick Avari was born Eruch Avari. His father, also Eruch Avari, had been Chief Game Warden of the West Bengal Forestry Service as a young man and in later years ran a guesthouse in Darjeeling. It was in this town in the Himalayan foothills that Erick spent his childhood. Erick's early education was at the prestigious North Point (the school division of the St. Joseph's College), which he attended as a "day-scholar".

Erick is the great grandson of Sir J. J. Madan, scion of the Madan family of Darjeeling.

Acting Career

Erick Avari is best known for his roles in films such as Stargate, Independence Day, The Mummy and Planet of the Apes. Along with Alexis Cruz, he is one of only two actors to appear in both the original Stargate movie and the spin-off series Stargate SG-1.

He has also made guest appearances on Law & Order, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, The X-Files, Babylon 5, and Alias. He played cameo roles in "JAG", "Living people", "NYPD Blue", "Cheers", and "Murder, She Wrote", "Judging Amy" and "Navy CIS". In the video game Zork: Grand Inquisitor, he played Grand Inquisitor Mir Yannick , a ruthless dictator who serves as the game's main villain.

Beginning in the fall of 2006, a photograph of Avari and a recording of his voice have been used in the role of Chandra Suresh in Heroes. The actor did not however appear on screen until the episode Seven Minutes to Midnight, as his character is one of the backstory and had died before the events of the pilot. When the character does appear it is only in flashbacks until Six Months Ago, when the story moves back to six months before the events of the pilot episode. In this episode, Suresh is seen as he moves to New York and contacts people he believes to have special genetic aberrations.

In the course of his career, Avari has portrayed representatives of more than 24 different nationalities. As of November 2006, Erick Avari has appeared in 15 feature films and over 70 television episodes.

Trivia

• Avari has appeared with Brent Spiner in three different productions: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), Independence Day (1996) and The Master of Disguise (2002).
• Avari was scheduled to reappear in his role as Kasuf in the "Stargate SG-1" season six finale "Full Circle", but failed to do so due to his commitment to "Dragnet" (2003).

External links

• Official Website

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