Jay Chandrasekhar

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Jay Chandrasekhar
Born	Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar April 9, 1968 (1968-04-09) (age 41) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer, director
Years active	1996–present

Jayanth Jambulingam "Jay" Chandrasekhar (Tamil: ஜெய் சந்திரசேகர்; born April 9, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Movies 2.2 Television (as guest director) 2.3 Television (as co-host) 2.4 Television appearances 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Chandrasekhar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of physicians, who both have Tamil Indian heritage originating from Tamil Nadu.^{[citation needed]}

He attended high school at Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University, 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 the film version of The Dukes of Hazzard, as well as the troupe's own films, Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest. 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 currently plays the role of Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes. Chandrasekhar and Ramamurthy both guest starred in a 2009 episode of Psych.^[1]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 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
• I Love You, Man (2009) - Party Guest
• The Slammin' Salmon (2009) - Nuts
• The 2 Bobs (2009) - Spam King
• Super Troopers 2 (2010)

[edit] Television (as guest director)

• Cracking Up ("Grudge Match" episode)
• Arrested Development (four episodes)
• Oliver Beene ("Kissing Babies" episode)
• Andy Richter Controls the Universe ("Saturday Early Evening Fever" episode)
• Undeclared (three episodes)
• The Loop (two episodes)
• Human Giant
• Lipstick Jungle
• Psych (2 episodes)
• Knight Rider (2008 TV Series) ("Knight of the Hunter" and "Fly By Knight" episodes)
• Chuck ("Chuck Versus the Ex" and "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" episodes)

[edit] Television (as co-host)

• Attack of the Show (Co-Host, April 16 & 18 2007)

[edit] Television appearances

• Welcome to the Parker (Episode 1)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

v • d • e Films directed by Jay Chandrasekhar Puddle Cruiser (1996) · Super Troopers (2001) · Club Dread (2004) · The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) · Beerfest (2006)

v • d • e Broken Lizard Films Puddle Cruiser (1996) · Super Troopers (2001) · Club Dread (2004) · Beerfest (2006) · The Slammin' Salmon (2009) · The Babymaker · Super Troopers 2 Members Jay Chandrasekhar · Kevin Heffernan · Steve Lemme · Paul Soter · Erik Stolhanske