Manoj Sood

Manoj Sood
Born	Manoj Sood May 5, 1962 (1962-05-05) Mombassa, Kenya
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994 - Present

Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Kenyan Canadian film and television actor. Manoj immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964 when he was 18 months old. He grew up in Calgary, Alberta. Later, he went to filming school in St Michaels University School in Victoria, BC.

Life and career

Manoj Sood was born in Mombassa, Kenya but grew up in Western Canada. Manoj entered the entertainment world in 1994 and has been working steadily for the past 12 years. Manoj, much to his surprise, landed a supporting role in an American MOW after his very first audition. Up until then his only acting experience had been from his acting classes. Manoj walked onto his first day of shooting as green as a person of color can be. When the camera operator said, "speed" Manoj thought he was saying "speak" so he jumped right into saying his lines. The director then gave a very nervous Manoj his first on-set note: "Manoj you have to wait for the word 'action' before you say your lines".

Since that day Manoj has appeared in more than 40 television and feature film productions. He has appeared on popular television shows like Da Vinci's Inquest, The Dead Zone, Romeo!, Little Mosque on the Prairie and Dead Like Me as well as numerous others. Manoj has also acted in popular films such as Meltdown (2004) (TV) and Rat Race (2001).

Manoj has been a passionate fly fisherman and amateur astronomer since he was a child so when he's not acting you will find him fly-fishing with his son or gazing into the universe with his telescope.

Other

Brother of actress Veena Sood.

Attended St Michaels University School in Victoria, BC.

Grew up in Calgary, Alberta.

Avid fly fisherman and fly tier since he was 10 years old.

Immigrated to Canada in 1964 when he was 18 months old.

Is a well known amateur astronomer, a hobby he has been passionately involved in since age 12.

Son, Kama born May 6, 1998.

Quite Often plays Arab-Muslim characters, however Manoj himself is of East Indian Hindu descent.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Survival on the Mountain	Boutros	TV movie
	Doomsday Rock	Missile Commander	TV movie, Uncredited
	Breaker High	Guru	Episode: "Don't Get Curried Away"
	Viper	P.M. Sintong Nameh	Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
2000	Romeo Must Die	Akbar
	Da Vinci's Inquest	Man in Office Building	Episode: "That's the Way the Story Goes"
2001	Rat Race	High Roller
2002	The Sausage Factory	Doctor	Episode: "Purity Test"
	Monk		Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Candidate: Part 1", Uncredited
	The Dead Zone	Apu, Convenice Store Clerk	Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2003	Firefight	Raja
	Da Vinci's Inquest	Bernie	Episode: "Twenty Five Dollar Conversation"
2004	Jake 2.0	Dr. Vikram Taleek	Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
	Romeo!	Principal Gurjit Ramawad	Episode: "Loose Lips"
			Episode: "A Matter of Principal"
	Human Cargo	Mr. Sanjay Desai	TV mini-series
	Touching Evil	Mr. Patel	Episode: "Pilot"
	Snakehead Terror	Raj
	Meltdown	Syed Kahn	TV movie
	Dead Like Me	Mr. Akhtar	Episode: "Send in the Clown"
			Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2005	The Dead Zone	Cabbie	Episode: "Double Vision"
	Robson Arms	Urologist	Episode: "A Certain Vintage"
	The 4400	Albert	Episode: "The Hidden"
	Fetching Cody	Security Guard
	Da Vinci's City Hall	Santosh Kumar	Episode: "One Man, Two Jobs"
	Murder Unveiled	Lawyer	TV movie
	A Little Thing Called Murder	Syed Bial Ahmed
	Godiva's	Mr. Hadieri	Episode: "Fast and Loose"
2006			Episode: "Floodgates"
			Episode: "Out the Door"
	The Evidence	Medical Examiner	Episode: "Borrowed Time"
	A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story	Actor	TV movie
2007	White Noise: The Light	Male Nurse
	Partition	The Wood Gatherer
2007—present	Little Mosque on the Prairie	Baber Siddiqui	Regular Role
2008–2009	Winnipeg Comedy Festival	Baber Siddiqui
2009	Watchmen	Karnak Scientist
2010	Repeaters	Mr. Singh
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Mr. Sadigh	Episode: "The Dead Body"
	Fathers & Sons	Sutish	Completed
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Convenience Store Customer #2