Naveen Andrews

Naveen Andrews is a British and American actor from Lambeth, London, who studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He secured a part in Hanif Kureishi's London Kills Me (1991), and in 1993 he appeared in the BBC miniseries Buddha of Suburbia. His role as Kip Singh came in The English Patient (1996), and he later became known for playing Sayid Jarrah in Lost from 2004 to 2010, a part that brought Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award shared with the cast. His films include Mighty Joe Young (1998), Bride and Prejudice (2004), Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Rollerball (2002), Diana (2013), The Brave One (2007) and Planet Terror (2007). On television he played Jafar in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Jonas in Sense8, Julian Cousins in Instinct and Sunny Balwani in The Dropout. He also lent his voice to the game Far Cry 4 as Sabal.