Ranjit Chowdhry

Ranjit Chowdhry was an Indian character actor whose work spanned movies, television and theater. He grew up in Mumbai in a household with theater ties, and he began performing as a schoolboy there. His first screen part came in Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha, which led to roles in Hindi comedies including Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Khubsoorat (1980). In the early 1980s he relocated to America. He wrote and appeared in Sam & Me, a Deepa Mehta film that took an honorable mention at Cannes in 1991. For his performance as Rocky in Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood (2002), he received a Genie Award nomination for supporting actor. Another role he was noted for came in Last Holiday (2006), with Queen Latifah. On television he was seen in The Office, Prison Break and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.