Ajay Naidu
Highest Rated: 100% Waterborne (2005)
Lowest Rated: 0% Perception (2006)
Birthday: Feb 12, 1972
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois
Actor Ajay Naidu made an auspicious and promising onscreen debut in 1984, when then-tyro director Robert Mandel cast him in a pivotal and difficult role -- that of a tough Chicagoan preteen who becomes accessory to the mugging of a hockey player (Michael Keaton) and then watches the athlete fall for his mother (Maria Conchita Alonso), in the romantic comedy sleeper Touch and Go. Unfortunately, that film got shelved for two years, but when it did reach the public, in August 1986, it put Naidu on the map and paved the way for additional film work. After an appearance in the fantasy comedy Vice Versa (1988), Naidu took time off for around a decade to accommodate schooling, then returned to screens during his mid- to late twenties. At that point, producers often typecast the muscle-bound, frequently bald actor as tough characters, often with Middle Eastern backgrounds. Among other projects, he played Samir in Mike Judge's ode to cubicle hell, Office Space (1999); portrayed a physician at a mental institution in Iain Softley's cerebral sci-fi outing K-PAX (2001); and landed a brief but memorable role as a Hindustani Troublemaker in the Billy Bob Thornton Christmas black comedy Bad Santa (2003). Naidu also essayed a supporting role in director Joseph Castelo's controversial, terrorist-themed post-9/11 drama The War Within (2005) and landed another small supporting part in director Griffin Dunne's light romantic comedy The Accidental Husband (2008).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | The Kindergarten Teacher | Actor | — | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | Crazy Famous | Dr. Manning | — | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | Lost Cat Corona | Amir | — | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 3 Days Of Normal | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 36% | Hiding Divya | Divya's husband | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Falling Up | Actor | — | 2010 |
| 6% | The Accidental Husband | Deep | — | 2009 |
| 46% | Hotel for Dogs | ACO Jake | $73.1M | 2009 |
| 18% | Righteous Kill | Doctor Chadrabar | $40M | 2008 |
| 98% | The Wrestler | Medic | $26.2M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Ashes | Actor Director | — | 2007 |
| 64% | Loins of Punjab Presents | The Turbanotorious BDG | — | 2007 |
| 0% | Perception | Kamal | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Scooby-Doo! Where's My Mummy? | Actor | — | 2005 |
| 100% | Waterborne | Vikram | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Confess | Actor | — | 2005 |
| 72% | The War Within | Naved | — | 2005 |
| 13% | The Honeymooners | Vivek | $12.9M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Alchemy | Best Man | — | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Scooby Doo In Where's My Mummy? | Actor | — | 2005 |
| 78% | Bad Santa | Hindustani Troublemaker | — | 2003 |
| 35% | Scary Movie 3 | Sayaman | — | 2003 |
| 52% | American Chai | Hari | — | 2002 |
| 57% | The Guru | Sanjay | $2.9M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | You Are Here | Sanjay | — | 2001 |
| 41% | K-PAX | Dr. Chakraborty | $50.1M | 2001 |
| 91% | Dinner Rush | Ademir | — | 2001 |
| 79% | Requiem for a Dream | Mailman | $2.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | More Dogs Than Bones | Andy | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Once We Were Strangers | Apu | — | 1999 |
| 83% | Chutney Popcorn | Raju | — | 1999 |
| 80% | Office Space | Samir | — | 1999 |
| 88% | Pi | Farrouhk | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Montana | Ives | — | 1998 |
| 19% | My Giant | Hot Dog Vendor | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Subway Stories | Actor | — | 1997 |
| 65% | Suburbia | Nazeer | — | 1997 |
| 43% | Vice Versa | Dale | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Touch and Go | Louis DeLeon | — | 1986 |
| 60% | Where the River Runs Black | Segundo | — | 1986 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 61% |
God Friended Me 2018 |
Eric |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Blindspot 2015 |
Sho Akhtar |
2018 2016 |
| 27% |
Manhattan Love Story 2014 |
Brian |
2014 |
| 79% |
Bored to Death 2009-2011 |
Vikram |
2010 |
| 90% |
Monk 2002-2009 |
Masul the Cabbie |
2004 |
| 92% |
The Sopranos 1999-2007 |
Omar |
2000 |
| No Score Yet |
MacGyver 1985-1992 |
1986 |
|
| 60% |
Lateline 1999 |
Raji |
QUOTES FROM Ajay Naidu CHARACTERS
Nazeer says: You throw it all away.
Samir says: Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days I am just kicking this this piece of shit out the window!
Michael Bolton says: You and me both, man.
Hindustani Troublemaker says: ASSCLOWN!!!!!
Hindustani Troublemaker says: Ass clown!
Samir says: I'm not going to do anything illegal
Samir says: I'm not going to do anything illegal.
Peter Gibbons says: Illegal? Samir, this is America!
Samir says: No one in this country can pronounce my name right. I mean it's not that hard. I mean, 'Ni-i-na-najaad', Niinanajaad.
Michael Bolton says: Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir says: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael Bolton says: There was nothing wrong with it. Until I was about 12 years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning grammys.
Samir says: Well, if it bothers you that much, why don't you just go by Mike; instead of Michael?
Michael Bolton says: No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.