Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel is an American actor who moved from stand-up and commercial work into television and film. Born in Freeport, Illinois, he began with an emcee job featuring improvised stand-up, which led to auditions, an agent, and two dozen commercials. He has appeared in over 70 commercials, films, and TV shows, including Scrubs, Transformers, The Comedians, Hawaii Five-O, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He played George Patil in The CW's Easy Money from 2008 to 2009, starred in Past Life on Fox in 2010, and worked on multiple episodes of Master of None. He had a main role in the Fox sitcom Grandfathered from 2015 to 2016 and has played Amit Patel in Animal Control since 2023. He wrote, directed, and appeared in Meet the Patels with his sister Geeta, which received the audience award in 2014 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. He created the docuseries Pursuit of Happiness and appeared in Bhaag Beanie Bhaag.