Manu Narayan
Biography
Manu Narayan is an American actor, singer, musician, and producer from Pittsburgh. He trained as a classical and Carnatic saxophonist, studying at Carnegie Mellon and in India. On Broadway he made his debut in Bombay Dreams in 2004, creating the role of Akaash and earning a Drama League nomination. He went on to play Zoltan Karpathy in Bartlett Sher's 2018 revival of My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater, Theo in Company, and Charlie Kringas in an off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. His performance as Richard Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross brought a Craig Noel Award nomination from the San Diego Critics Circle. On screen, he played Rajneesh opposite Mike Myers in The Love Guru (2008), appeared with Lucy Hale in A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011), and co-starred in Quarter Life Crisis.
53years old
Turns 54 on August 16in 279 days
- Born Pittsburgh
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 18 years2008 to 2026
Every film, newest first
- 2026Best of the BestIMDb rating 4.9
- 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouIMDb rating 6.6
- 2022Anything's PossibleIMDb rating 5.7
- 2011A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a SongIMDb rating 5.9
- 2008The Love GuruIMDb rating 3.8
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First role
Narayan's Broadway debut came in 2004 with Bombay Dreams, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and A.R. Rahman. He originated the part of the hero Akaash and received a New York Drama League nomination.
Early training
Narayan won the Concerto Competition as a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he performed the Glazunov Saxophone Concerto with orchestra at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh.
Early training
In Mangalore, India, Narayan learned the Carnatic saxophone from Sri Kadri Gopalnath. He won a music competition held there by All India Radio and went on to play on that station.
Beyond film
Narayan sang at a small state dinner for President George W. Bush's first official visit to the UK in 2003, where he performed for Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Family, Bush and Colin Powell.
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Worked with
Manu Narayan made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Missi Pyle's page
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Jim Gaffigan's page
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Marco SchnabelDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by Marco Schnabel
All films by Mary Bronstein
Lena KhanDirector, 1 film, 2026
All films by Lena Khan
Online
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