Anjul Nigam

Anjul Nigam
Born	(1965-12-15) 15 December 1965 (age 59) Kanpur, India
Education	New York University

Anjul Nigam (born 15 December 1965) is an Indian-born American actor, producer, and writer.^[1]

Early life and education

Nigam was born in Kanpur, India. He is a graduate of Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He is known for his recurring role as "Dr. Raj, the Psychiatric Doctor" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, as a producer/writer/actor in the film Growing Up Smith and a producer of the films "Crown Vic", and Louisiana Caviar in Cuba Gooding Jr.'s directorial debut in which Gooding stars with Richard Dreyfuss.^[2][3] He appeared as one of the supporting leads in the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Back When We Were Grownups along with Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance and Blythe Danner and directed by Ron Underwood. Nigam was one of four leads in 20th Century Fox's The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest for director Mick Jackson and producers Harold Ramis and Trevor Albert. Nigam co-starred with Bill Murray and James Spader in the Universal/StudioCanal feature comedy Speaking of Sex for director John McNaughton.^[2]

As for television , Nigam played the role of "Pandit Raj" in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever, recurred as the "Medical Examiner" in Season Two of True Detective, a regular in the role of "Nurse Manoj Nakshi" on the ABC medical drama MDs, and one of the leads in the ABC miniseries Tom Clancy's Netforce and in Showtime's Silver Strand. Nigam has had over fifty guest starring roles in primetime television shows including So Help Me Todd, Animal Kingdom, Shark, Medium, Numb3rs, CSI: NY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Huff, ER and NYPD Blue.^{[citation needed]}

In theater, Nigam has appeared alongside fellow-NYU alumni Philip Seymour Hoffman in the controversial production of the Peter Sellars directed The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and The Goodman Theatre in Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, Nigam was named as a producer on Rust, which halted production due a firearms incident resulting in the death of a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	House Party 2	Singh
1999	Two Rivers	Karna
2000	King of the Korner	Tow Truck Driver
2001	The Sizemore Interviews	Arun Ram	Direct-to-video
2001	Speaking of Sex	Jarred
2002	The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest	Salman Fard
2003	Winter Break	Rajeev	Uncredited
2005	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World	Boyfriend
2007	Death and Taxis	Todd
2008	Cloverfield	Bodega Cashier
2009	Terminator Salvation	Rahul
2011	Answers to Nothing	Doctor
2013	Bad Words	Sriram Chopra
2015	Growing Up Smith	Bhaaskar Bhatnagar	Producer, writer
2017	Trafficked	General Singh
2018	Bayou Caviar		Producer
2019	Crown Vic		Producer
2022	Murder at Yellowstone City		Producer
2023	Supercell	Ramesh	Executive Producer
2023	97 Minutes	Hitar	Executive Producer
2024	Crescent City	Gopal Sharma	Executive Producer
2024	Rust		Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989, 1990	Growing Pains	Sub #2 / Raj	2 episodes
1991	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Anjul	Episode: "Tower of Power"
1992	Blossom	Sanji	Episode: "The Making of the President"
1993	Murphy Brown	Sanjay Khandwhalla	Episode: "The Young & the Rest of Us"
1995	Silver Strand	Rahman	Television film
1996	Sisters	Driver	Episode: "Don't Go to Springfield"
1996	High Incident	Messenger	Episode: "Christmas Blues"
1997	ER	Alex Ghandar	Episode: "Fortune's Fools"
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Sajid	Episode: "Seeds of Destruction"
1997	NYPD Blue	Kumar	Episode: "The Truth Is Out There"
1998	The Lake	Dr. Sanjay	Television film
1998	Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book	Namas	Episode: "The Perfect Shot"
1998	Nash Bridges	Vijay	Episode: "Danger Zone"
1999	NetForce	Uday Shankar	Television film
1999	Get Real	Mall Worker	Episode: "Denial"
2001	The Wild Thornberrys	Pakistani Man / Vendor	Episode: "Gem of a Mom"
2001	Arliss	TV Commercial Director	Episode: "Setting Precedents"
2001	Providence	Raji	Episode: "Gobble, Gobble"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rajeeb Khandewahl	Episode: "Blood Lust"
2002	MDs	Nurse Manoj Nakshi	8 episodes
2004	Days of Our Lives	Professor Sandeev Bhalla	Episode #1.9883
2004	Huff	Dr. Alhabah	Episode: "Lipstick on Your Panties"
2004	Back When We Were Grownups	Hakim	Television film
2005	CSI: NY	Harish Lev	Episode: "Tanglewood"
2005	Numbers	Dr. Renfro	Episode: "Vector"
2005	Medium	Doctor	Episode: "Light Sleeper"
2005–2017	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Raj Sen	8 episodes
2006	Shark	Alex Neuville	Episode: "Dr. Feelbad"
2008	Murder 101	Devi Kanesh	Episode: "New Age"
2008	Supernatural	Stewie Meyers	Episode: "Long Distance Call"
2008	Crash	Dr. Rav	Episode: "Episode One"
2009	Lie to Me	Shreyas Patel	Episode: "Depraved Heart"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Dr. Prakash	Episode: "Devil's Bargain"
2010	Childrens Hospital	Sultan's Aide	Episode: "The Sultan's Finger: Live"
2013	Revenge	Zahir Lahari	Episode: "Victory"
2015	Battle Creek	Aadi Patel	Episode: "Old Wounds"
2015	True Detective	Ventura County Medical Examiner	2 episodes
2018	American Woman	Milo	Episode: "The Party"
2020	Never Have I Ever	Pandit Raj	Episode: "...felt super Indian"
2020	A Christmas Call	Ahmed	Television film
2021	Animal Kingdom	Gopal	Episode: "Relentless"
2023	So Help Me Todd	Norman Smith	Episode: "Side Effects May Include Murder"

References

1. "Actor-Turned-Producer Anjul Nigam Talks Change in South Asian Representation in Film and Media". 10 July 2019.
2. "Indian American filmmaker Anjul Nigam's Crown Vic releases on November 15". 12 November 2019.
3. Barua, Meehika (18 May 2020). "Grey's Anatomy is failing its audience in a significant way". Digital Spy.
4. Maddaus, Gene (29 October 2021). "'Rust' Producers Were Warned About Dave Halls' Safety Issues on Previous Film". Variety. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

External links

• Anjul Nigam at IMDb