 Parvesh Cheena (Transformers: Rescue Bots) has booked a recurring role on Season 2 of the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor of Indian descent. He was born on July 22, 1979 in Elk Grove, Illinois and raised in Naperville which is a suburb of Chicago. He went to Waubonsie Valley High School, attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a year and would go on to study musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Parvesh started out doing several television commercials before getting a part in the 2002 comedy "Barbershop". He then began doing local theater productions for a year and also appeared in the 2004 sequel "Barbershop 2: Back in Business". Parvesh moved to Los Angeles to pursue more roles in film and television. He did a number of pilots for potential shows before becoming a series regular on the 2010-2011 NBC sitcom "Outsourced" playing the role of "Gupta". Parvesh is openly gay and has been in a relationship with Eric Fuller for several years. In 2016 it was announced that Parvesh was cast in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" as Paula's new friend Sunil Odhav . |
Résumé[]
| Film | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2002 | "Barbershop" | Samir |
| 2004 | "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" | Samir |
| 2007 | "Because I Said So" | Foreign Guy |
| 2007 | "Universal Remote" | Sammy / Baliff |
| 2008 | "The Other End of the Line" | NY cabbie |
| 2008 | "The Ode" | Salman |
| 2009 | "House Broken" | Zerban |
| 2014 | "Hello I Must Be Going" | Abhay |
| 2015 | "Everything Before Us" | Eric |
Television[]
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | "ER" | Dr. Agbo | |
| 2006 | "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" | Mr. Babalabaloo | |
| 2006 | "The West Wing" | Barista | |
| 2006–2007 | "Help Me Help You" | Parvesh | |
| 2008 | "Brothers & Sisters" | Jordan | |
| 2007–2008 | "'Til Death" | Ken / Leo | |
| 2007–2008 | "My Name Is Earl" | Savage Indian in Jungle | Episode: My Name is Alias |
| 2010 | "Sons of Tucson" | Stewart | |
| 2010 | "Outsourced" | Gupta | 22 Episodes |
| 2011 | "The Fresh Beat Band" | Genie | Bollywood Beats – Jai Ho |
| 2012 | "Squad 85" | Alan Rickman | |
| 2012–present | "Transformers: Rescue Bots" | Blades | |
| 2013 | "Arrested Development" | Kabir | Episode: Indian Takers |
| 2013 | "Sean Saves the World" | Jerry | 7 Episodes |
| 2014 | "A to Z" | Dinesh | 13 Episodes |
| 2015-2016 | "The Goldbergs" | Andy Cesunda | 2 Episodes |
| 2016 | "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" | Sunil | |
| 2017 | "The Odd Couple" | Neil Armstrong | 1 episode |