Jay Chandrasekhar
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| Jay Chandrasekhar | |
| Born | Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar April 9, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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| Occupation | actor, comedian, writer, and film director |
| Years active | 1996-present |
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (Tamil: ஜெய் சந்திரசேகர், born April 9, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard.
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[edit] Biography
Chandrasekhar was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of physicians, who both have Tamil Indian heritage originating from Tamil Nadu.
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. Chandrasehkar and Ramamurthy are both set to guest star in a 2009 episode of Psych.[1]
Jay currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to Susan Clarke and has three children—one boy and two girls. The girls are twins.
[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 ("The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" episode)
- 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
- ^ Godwin, Jennifer (2009-06-15). "Exclusive: Heroes Star Sendhil Ramamurthy to Guest on Psych". E! Online - Watch with Kristin. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b129338_heroes_star_sendhil_ramamurthy_guest_on.html&utm_campaign=xxltfp&utm_source=xjljqfejb&utm_medium=link. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
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