Maulik Pancholy
Maulik Pancholy was born in Kissimmee, Florida, United States on January 18th, 1974 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 50, Maulik Pancholy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Maulik Navin Pancholy (born January 18, 1974) is an American actor and writer best known for his appearances as Jonathan on 30 Rock, Baljeet Tjinder in Phineas and Ferb, Neal's first season of Whitney and Sanjay Patel in both Weeds and Craig, as Jonathan.
The Best at It (Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins) is his debut book, about a gay, Indian American boy coming into his own.
Early life
Pancholy was born in Dayton, Ohio. He flipped around while growing up, in Ohio, Indiana, and Texas, before his family moved to Tampa, Florida, where he attended junior high and high school at Berkeley Preparatory School. His family comes from Gujarat, and his grandparents grew in Ahmedabad. He graduated from Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa in 1991 and then went on to major in Theatre at Northwestern University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1995. He then attended Yale School of Drama, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2003.
Personal life
In a November 2013 interview with Out, Pancholy discussed his nine-year-old cook and caterer Ryan Corvaia. They were engaged at the Taj Mahal in January 2014 and married in September that year.
Pancholy speaks Gujarati and Spanish. He is also fluent in Hindi, which he explains in the 30 Rock episode "Khonani."
Pancholy was appointed to President Barack Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of the White House's Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on April 25, 2014. Pancholy and nine other members of the commission resigned from their positions on February 25, 2017, citing administrative conduct by President Donald Trump that they resigned "against the commission's principles."
Pancholy is active with various non-profit and social justice groups, including Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, and OutRight Action International, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.
Pancholy is the Chair and Co-Founder of the Act To Change, an anti-bullying group. During his time on President Obama's Advisory Commission, he aided in the campaign. After the 2016 presidential election, Act To Change was moved outside of the White House.
Career
Pancholy played the character of Jonathan on the award-winning NBC series 30 Rock, Sanjay Patel on Showtime's Weeds and Nickelodeon's Sanjay & Craig, Neal on the first season of NBC's Whitney, and voiced the character of Baljeet Tjinder on Disney's Phineas & Ferb. Additional television work includes guest roles on The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Elementary, Dynasty, Friends from College, Tracey Takes On..., The Sopranos, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Comeback.
On February 13, 2017, StarTrek.com stated that Pancholy will play Nambue, Chief Medical Officer of the USS Shenzhou in the upcoming TV series Star Trek: Discovery. His character appeared in the pilot episode, "The Vulcan Hello", which aired on 24 September 2017, and streamed on CBS's online service in America and Netflix abroad.
His stage credits in New York City include the Culture Project's production of Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom in 2004, a workshop of the play Morbidity & Mortality at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre in 2005, and the lead role in India Awaiting at the Samuel Beckett Theatre. In January 2015, he joined the cast of Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play, replacing Rupert Grint when the production's Broadway run was extended. Washington DC stage credits include Katherina in an all-male version of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's "The Taming of The Shrew" in 2016. He starred as 'Kevin' in the world premiere engagement of Ken Urban's The Remains at the Studio Theatre in 2018.
In 2019, Pancholy played 'Tommy' in Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It was announced that he will reprise the role in Second Stage's Broadway production of the play at the Helen Hayes Theater.