Manish Dayal
Dayal at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival premiere of Viceroy's House
Born
Manish Patel

(1983-06-17) June 17, 1983[1]
Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.
OccupationActor
SpouseSnehal Patel
Children2

Manish Patel (born June 17, 1983), known professionally as Manish Dayal, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in The CW hit teen series 90210 as well as in the films The Hundred Foot Journey (2014) and Viceroy's House (2017). From 2018 to 2023, he was featured as a main cast member of the Amy Holden Jones-created Fox medical drama series The Resident.

Early and personal life

Dayal was born Manish Patel to an Indian Gujarati family in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from Gujarat. He has three sisters , including Neisha Patel, who is a vascular neurology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname.[2] He attended Marshall Elementary School and later went to Heathwood Hall in Columbia, South Carolina. He subsequently obtained a degree in International Business from George Washington University. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and two children.[3][4]

Career

Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for McDonald's, Windows, Nintendo, and Domino's Pizza. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway show Rafta, Rafta. He also voiced Mohammed, a taxi driver in Rockstar Games's critically acclaimed video game Grand Theft Auto IV. He played a small role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Paula van der Oest's Domino Effect. After guest-starring on CSI: Las Vegas on CBS, Dayal went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the AMC series Rubicon. Dayal also starred in the romantic comedy Walkaway, which explores love and culture set in New York. In 2010 and 2011, he played Ravi, the smug A-team leader on Outsourced, a comedy series from NBC. He also played Raj Kher, an alternative college student recovering from cancer, in the third and fourth seasons of The CW's 90210.

He starred as Hassan Kadam in The Hundred Foot Journey (2014).[5] From 2018 to 2023, he has starred in the Fox TV series The Resident.

Filmography

Dayal in 2014

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Break the Addiction: An Inconvenient Truth Kibhnar
2007 On the Other Side Jack [6]
2008 Cain's Mark Gypsy
2009 Karma Calling Trainee
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice NYU clerk
2010 Walkaway Vinay
2011 The Call Taruk
2011 The Domino Effect Sid
2011 The Whirling Dervish Zahir
2012 White Frog Ajit
2012 Breaking the Girls Tim
2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey Hassan Kadam
2014 I'm Obsessed with You: But You've Got to Leave Me Alone Cyrus Kapoor
2017 Viceroy's House Jeet Kumar
2020 Holidate Faarooq
2022 Rise Kevin

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010RubiconHalRecurring character
OutsourcedRaviGuest star
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRishi ParayanGuest star
2011Law & Order: Criminal IntentSamir DossEpisode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap"
2011–201290210Raj KherRecurring character
2012Switched at BirthScubaGuest star
The Good WifeDineshGuest star
2014Law & Order: Special Victims UnitFarid SalimGuest star
2016Halt and Catch FireRyan RayRecurring character
2016–2017Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Vijay Nadeer3 episodes
2018–2023The ResidentDr. Devon PraveshMain cast; Director: 2 episodes
2019–2021Fast & Furious: Spy RacersShashi Dhar (voice)Main role (season 1 and 5), Netflix series

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Mohammed/Hot dog Vendor
2009 Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Hot dog Vendor Uncredited
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices

References

  1. ↑ "Manish Dayal". Empire. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME: Orangeburg native hits big screen in first leading role | Life and Style". Thetandd.com. August 10, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Manish Dayal on The Hundred-Foot Journey". Vanity Fair. August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brown, Emma (August 7, 2014). "Discovery:Manish Dayal". Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ "'The Hundred-Foot Journey' tells a satisfying, delicious tale | The Daily Californian". Dailycal.org. August 15, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ ""ON THE OTHER SIDE" in USA". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2008.
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