Harsh Nayyar
Biography
Harsh Nayyar is an Indian actor from New Delhi who began in theater while a student, playing Dracula in a 1973 Thompson Theatre production. In 1979 he was in the original Broadway cast of A Meeting by the River at the Palace Theatre. Later stage work included Tony Kushner's Journey of a Lifetime in 2002 and Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom in 2004. He became known as a film actor through Gandhi (1982), in which he played Nathuram Godse. His other screen roles include Dr. Ramdas in Making Mr. Right (1987) and Dr. Aamir Taraki in The Peacemaker (1997), and he acted in Hidalgo (2004) and appeared as Indian Prime Minister Kapur in Captain America: Brave New World (2025). On television he starred as a vampire in an episode of Tales from the Darkside and played Vishant in The Other Two. He also narrated the audiobook Between the Assassinations.
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 43 years1982 to 2025
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Big break
Nayyar gained recognition as a movie actor for his role in the 1982 film Gandhi, in which he portrayed Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
First role
In April 1973, while he was a student, Harsh Nayyar took the role of Dracula in a production staged by the Thompson Theatre in Raleigh, NC.
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- Captain America: Brave New World2025 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Prime Minister Kapur
IMDb rating 5.6193K votes
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Harsh Nayyar shares two films with Harrison Ford, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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