Jay Chandrasekhar

Jay Chandrasekhar
Born	Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar January 27, 1969 (1969-01-27) Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer, director
Years active	1996–present

Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar (Tamil: ஜெய் சந்திரசேகர்; born January, 27 1969) is a Tamil American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.

Life and career

Chandrasekhar was born in Des Plaines, Illinois, the son of physicians, who are both of Indian origin, originally from India.

He attended high school at Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University in New York, where he was a part of the comedy troupe Charred Goosebeak with the other Lizards and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Chandrasekhar is best known for directing and starring in Broken Lizard's films Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest as well as the film version of The Dukes of Hazzard. He also starred as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two.

Jay is also the cousin of actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played the role of Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes. Chandrasekhar and Ramamurthy both guest starred in a 2009 episode of Psych which Chandrasekhar also directed. Ramamurthy was also cast in Broken Lizard's newest film, The Slammin' Salmon.

Filmography

Movies

• Puddle Cruiser (1996) – Zach; director
• Super Troopers (2001) – Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn; director
• Club Dread (2004) – Putman; director
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) – Campus Cop #1; director
• Beerfest (2006) – Barry Badrinath; director
• Jackass Number Two (2006) – Himself / Terror Taxi
• Superbad (2007) – Party Guest
• I Love You, Man (2009) – Party Guest
• The Slammin' Salmon (2010) – Nuts / Zongo
• The 2 Bobs (2009) – Spam King
• Super Troopers 2 (2011) – Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn

Television (as guest director)

• Cracking Up (episode: "Grudge Match")
• Arrested Development (four episodes)
• Oliver Beene (episode: "Kissing Babies")
• Andy Richter Controls the Universe (episode: "Saturday Early Evening Fever")
• Undeclared (three episodes)
• The Loop (two episodes)
• Human Giant
• Lipstick Jungle
• Psych (three episodes)
• Knight Rider (2008 TV series; episodes: "Knight of the Hunter" and "Fly by Knight")
• Chuck (episodes: "Chuck Versus the Ex", "Chuck Versus the Suburbs", "Chuck Versus the Living Dead", "Chuck Versus the Balcony", "Chuck Versus Sarah")
• Blue Mountain State (episode: "Marathon Monday")
• Royal Pains (episode: "The Hankover")
• Community (episodes: "Mixology Certification", "Intro to Political Science", "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts")
• Happy Endings
• Up All Night

Television (as co-host)

• Attack of the Show (co-host, April 16 and 18, 2007)

Television appearances

• Welcome to the Parker (episode 1)
• Psych (episode: "Bollywood Homicide") - Jawaharlal 'Jay' Singh

External links

• Jay Chandrasekhar at the Internet Movie Database
• IGN.com interview
• Jay's MySpace