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Ravi Patel
Patel at the Past Life panel at the San Diego Comic-Con 2009
Born
Ravi Vasant Patel

(1978-12-18) December 18, 1978 (age 45)
Freeport, Illinois U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children2

Ravi Vasant Patel (born December 18, 1978) is an American actor. He and his sister wrote and directed an autobiographical documentary, Meet the Patels.[1]

Early life and education

Patel was born in Freeport, Illinois to Indian American parents, the son of financial consultant father Vasant Patel and real estate agent mother Champa Patel. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001 with double majors in Economics and International Studies. His sister, Geeta Patel, is a writer and director.[2] An investment banker after college, Patel co-founded poker magazine All In while living in LA.

Career

Television and film

An emcee job with improvised stand-up in between acts, led to auditions, Patel's first agent, and two dozen commercials in a year. He has been in over 70 national commercials, films and TV shows, most notably Transformers, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Comedians, and Hawaii Five-O.

In 2008-09, Patel appeared as George Patil in six episodes on The CW's Easy Money. In 2010, he starred in Past Life on Fox.[3]

Patel co-directed and starred in Meet the Patels, a documentary that he made with his sister, Geeta Patel which won the audience award at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival.[4] The film portrays Patel's autobiographical[5] journey of trying to find an Indian wife.[6][7][8] The duo have a deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures to write and direct a narrative remake of the film.[9][10]

Patel worked in multiple episodes of the Aziz Ansari series Master of None.[10] From 2015 to 2016, Patel appeared on the John Stamos TV series Grandfathered.[7]

In 2020, Patel also created the CNN-produced docuseries Pursuit of Happiness which aired on HBO Max.[11] Patel has also worked in Indian Cinema in the show Bhaag Beanie Bhaag.

Other

Patel is the co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives,[12] which donates a meal packet for every granola bar they sell. He is an active investor in start-ups in health and wellness.[13]

Personal life

Patel is married to actress Mahaley Patel with whom he has a daughter named Amelie.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down Rajiv
2007 Transformers Telephone Operator
2008 Hotel California Sam
2009 Powder Blue Sanjay
2010 The Last Hurrah Ara
2011 Five Dr. Desai
2014 Meet the Patels Himself
2015 Puerto Ricans in Paris Hassan
2016 Get a Job Wick
2017 Band Aid Bobby
2018 The Black String Dr. May
2019 Long Shot Tom
Come As You Are Mo
Boy Genius Mr. Hume Film also released as Emmett
2020 Butter Dr. Bean
Wonder Woman 1984 Babajide
2022 The Valet Kapoor
The Time Capsule Roger
2023 Dashing Through the Snow TBA Post-production
2024 Harold and the Purple Crayon TBA Post-production[15]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Lawyer
2007 Scrubs Dr. Patel 2 episodes
2008-2009 Easy Money George Patil
2009 Static Various roles 6 episodes
2010 Past Life Dr. Rishi Karna Regular
Look Vinnay
2011 Outsourced Kamran Episode: "Todd's Holi War"
Svetlana Vivek 2 episodes
Game for gamers Ravi 2011-
2012 Bones Poorab Sangani 1 episode
Perception Dr. Harvey Kapoor 1 episode
The New Normal Amir 4 episodes
2013-2014 Super Fun Night Alexander Rosenhoff 4 episodes
2014 The Michael J. Fox Show Ranesh 1 episode
Trophy Wife Dr. Scharma 1 episode
Hawaii Five-O Dr. Sanjeet Dhawan 1 episode
2015 Childrens Hospital Dr. Sunnit Bharta 1 episode
The Conmedians Casey 1 episode
Another Period Mohandas Gandhi 1 episode
Master of None Ravi Patel 2 episodes 2015/17
2015-2016 Grandfathered Ravi Gupta 22 episodes 2015/16
2016 Grey's Anatomy Timir Dahr Episodes: "Both Sides Now" & "Roar"
2016-17 Wrecked Tank Top 6 episodes 2016/17
2017 Superstore Rex Joshi Episode: "Rebranding"
The Great Indoors Lalit Pajala Episode: "Mason Blows Up"
Santa Clarita Diet Ryan 1 episode
American Housewife Grant 5 episodes 2017/19
2018 Living Biblically Doug 3 episodes
Door No. 1 Shane 1 episode
The Cool Kids Dr. Chad Episode: "Sid Comes Out"
2019 Fam Joe 1 episode
2020 Ravi Patel's Pursuit of Happiness Himself
Bhaag Beanie Bhaag Ravi 6 episodes
2023 Animal Control Amit Patel
2023 Justified: City Primeval Rick Newley 4 episodes
TBA Three Women Dr. Henry Upcoming series

References

  1. ^ Miller, Julie (10 September 2015). "Introducing Meet the Patels, the Best 2015 Documentary That You Probably Haven't Heard Of". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. ^ Daswani, Kavita (10 September 2015). "The family behind 'Meet the Patels' takes candid talk to a warmly comic level". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (25 February 2010). "'Past Life' actor to star in Fox comedy pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. The Associated Press. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ Barker, Andrew (16 July 2014). "Film Review: 'Meet the Patels'". Variety. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ "'Meet the Patels' movie review by Kenneth Turan". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ^ Grigsby Bates, Karen (11 September 2015). "'Meet The Patels': One Man's Quest To Find Love, The Old-School Indian Way". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b Smiley, Tavis (17 September 2015). "Actor Ravi Patel". The Tavis Smiley Show. PBS. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  8. ^ Gupta, Shipra Harbola (16 June 2014). "LAFF: Brother-Sister Filmmaking Duo Ravi and Geeta Patel on Filming Their Parents in 'Meet the Patels'". Indiewire. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (21 October 2015). "'Meet The Patels' In Fox Searchlight Remake Deal; Ravi And Geeta Patel To Write, Co-Direct". Deadline Hollywood.
  10. ^ a b Rao, Mallika (11 November 2015). "Master of None's Ravi Patel on Doing the Infamous Indian Accent and the Second Coming of Aziz Ansari". Vulture. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. ^ "IMDB Page".
  12. ^ "CNN: Kristen Bell invests".
  13. ^ Clayson, Jane (15 September 2015). "One Surprisingly Modern Arranged Marriage". On Point - WBUR. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Myers Park grad Ravi Patel gets high-profile screen time in 'Long Shot' with Charlize Theron". The Charlotte Observer. June 5, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  15. ^ Kroll, Justin (23 February 2022). "Ravi Patel Joins Sony's Adaptation Of 'Harold And The Purple Crayon'". Deadline Hollywood.
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