Parvesh Cheena
American actor
Parvesh Cheena
Born Parvesh Singh Cheena
Occupation Actor Years active 2002–present
Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend . He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots .
Early life
Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Indian descent. He grew up in Naperville , Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School .[ 1] He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts .[ 2]
Career
Cheena's first feature film role was in Barbershop as Samir.[ 3] He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business .[ 4] His other film roles include Because I Said So (2007), The Other End of the Line and The Ode (2008), House Broken (2009), Just Before I Go (2014), Everything Before Us (2015), Time Toys (2016), Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Definition Please (2020), Music (2021), The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), and Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023).[ 5]
Personal life
Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time.[ 6] In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality."[ 7]
He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America .[ 8]
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[ 9]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2004
ER
Dr. Agbo
Episode: "Twas the Night"
2006
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Mr. Babalabaloo
Episode: "Boston Holiday"
2006
The West Wing
Barista
Episode: "The Last Hurrah"
2006
The O.C.
Passerby
Episode: "The Avengers"
2006–2007
Help Me Help You
Parvesh
5 Episodes
2008
Brothers & Sisters
Jordan
2 Episodes
2007–2008
'Til Death
Ken, Leo
3 Episodes
2009
My Name Is Earl
Savage Indian in Jungle
Episode: "My Name is Alias"
2010
Sons of Tucson
Stewart
Episode: "Father's Day"
2010
Criminal Minds
Father
Episode: "A Rite of Passage"
2010–2011
Outsourced
Gupta
22 episodes
2011
The Fresh Beat Band
Genie
Episode: "Bollywood Beats – Jai Ho"
2011–2016
Transformers: Rescue Bots
Blades, additional voices
Voice, main role[ 10]
2012
Squad 85
Alan Rickman
Episode: "It's Not the Work, It's the Stares"
2013
Arrested Development
Kabir
Episode: "Indian Takers"
2013–2014
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Pradeep
Voice, 4 episodes
2013
Sean Saves the World
Jerry
7 episodes
2014
A to Z
Dinesh
13 episodes
2015–2018
The Goldbergs
Andy Cesunda
3 episodes
2016
TripTank
Sajeep
Voice, episode: "Crime Steve Investigation"[ 10]
2016–2019
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Sunil Odhav
8 episodes
2017
The Odd Couple
Neil Armstrong
Episode: "Conscious Odd Coupling"
2017
Fresh Off The Boat
Mr. O'Connor
Episode: "Pie vs. Cake"
2018
The Big Bang Theory
Marcus
Episode: "The Tenant Disassociation"
2018
Alone Together
Neel
Episode: "Pootie"
2018–2022
Craig of the Creek
Raj
Voice, 10 episodes
2018
The Guest Book
Sabu
2 episodes
2019
Mr. Mom
Jerry
Episode: "Pilot"
2019
All Rise
Sai Dalal
2 episodes
2019–2022
T.O.T.S.
Bodhi
Voice, recurring role[ 10]
2019–2020
The Rocketeer
Deany
Voice, recurring role[ 10]
2020
Code-Switched
Parvesh
Episode: "Soft Brown Boys"
2020–2022
Mira, Royal Detective
Manish
Voice, 13 episodes
2020–2022
The Owl House
Tibbles Grimm Hammer
Voice, recurring role[ 10]
2020
Connecting
Pradeep
8 episodes
2021
Mythic Quest
Zach
2 episodes
2021
Centaurworld
Zulius
Voice, main role[ 11] [ 10]
2021–2022
Central Park
Taylor
Voice, 2 episodes
2022
Raven's Home
Conductor
Episode: "A Streetcar Named Conspire"
2022–2023
Shining Vale
Laird
7 episodes
2022
The Resort
Ted
2 episodes
2022
The Rookie: Feds
Ross
Episode: "Face Off"
2022
Oddballs
Principal Loudspeaker
Voice, episode: "Breaking and Entering"[ 10]
2023
The Legend of Vox Machina
Waylon Amaredda
Voice, episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim"[ 10]
2023
History of the World, Part II
Publisher
Episode: "I"
2023
The Mandalorian
Nevarro Copper Droid
Voice, 3 episodes[ 10]
2023
Frasier
Dev Sharma
2 episodes
2023
That Girl Lay Lay
Mr. Kimes
Episode: "How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back"
2023–2024
Pupstruction
Rusty Whiskers
Voice, recurring role[ 10]
2024
The Conners
Trivia Game Host
Episode: "When Sisters Collide and The Return of the Grifters"
2024
Ariel
Ravi
Voice, recurring role[ 10]
References
^ Cheena, Parvesh [@Parvesh] (October 25, 2010). "Wow! My high school Alma Mater, WAUBONSIE VALLEY HIGH school, has the top show choir in the nation! Check Sound Check out" (Tweet ). Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2023 – via Twitter .
^ Scheetz, Cameron (February 27, 2023). "Parvesh Cheena on sexy comics, being "queer as can be," and his brilliant drag name" . Queerty . Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
^ Venkataramanan, Meena (April 8, 2023). "South Asian film is on the rise in America" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
^ Cheena, Parvesh (October 4, 2010). "Interview: Parvesh Cheena is "Outsourced" and Out" (Interview). Interviewed by Alexander Stevenson. LogoTV . Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
^ "Parvesh Cheena Movies" . Moviefone.com . Retrieved March 27, 2024 ."Cast in Order of Appearance" . Corporate Series . Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 ."Time Toys" . Laemmle Theaters . Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .Aguilar, Matthew (August 24, 2019). "Fans Can't Get Enough of the Lady and the Tramp Stars" . ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 . Valdivia, Paul (August 26, 2020). "The Definition Please Trailer Looks Like It'll Break My Heart And Then Make It Whole Again" . BuzzFeed . Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 . Kroll, Justin (April 19, 2023). "Daisy Ridley's Sundance Pic Sometimes I Think About Dying Lands At Oscilloscope" . Deadline . Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 . Jones, Tamera (February 2, 2023). "Daisy Ridley & the Cast and Director of Sometimes I Think About Dying on How Humanity Impacted the Film's Story--Sundance" . Collider . Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
^ Cheena, Parvesh (October 4, 2010). "Interview: Parvesh Cheena is "Outsourced" and Out" . AfterElton (Interview). Interviewed by Michael Jensen. LogoTV . Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2023 .
^ White, Abbey; Chik, Kalai (August 31, 2021). "LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history — but creatives of color can't escape the industry's discriminatory past" . Insider . Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
^ @Parvesh (November 28, 2020). "and yep. I guess this was a duh already but I'm all on board with the @DemSocialists. Already paid up and joined. I am older. I don't have the All IN OR NOTHING Mentality I did in my 20s. I needed @realDonaldTrump to lose and he has. Now let's work @DSA_LosAngeles @DSALongBeach 🌹" (Tweet ). Archived from the original on June 21, 2021 – via Twitter .
^ "Outsourced: Gupta played by Parvesh Cheena" . NBC Universal . Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Parvesh Cheena (visual voices guide)" . Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 20, 2024 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (June 14, 2021). "Annecy: Netflix Kids & Family Animation Unbridles Centaurworld Trailer; New Images for Karma's World , Back to the Outback & Vivo " . Animation Magazine . Retrieved October 20, 2024 .
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