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Sendhil Ramamurthy Profile |
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Birth Date: May 17, 1974
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birth Name: Sendhil Amithab Ramamurthy
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor,
born in Chicago, Illinois. He plays the Indian geneticist
Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes.
He was born in the US to Indian parents, both of whom are
physicians. His parents are from Bangalore, India. He has
one sister, who is a physician, doing a residency in a
combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency program.
He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. In San
Antonio, he went to Keystone School and graduated from there
in 1991. He is married to actress Olga Sosnovska; they have
one daughter, Halina.
Ramamurthy attended Tufts University initially as a pre-med
major to follow in his parents' footsteps.[1] He was also a
member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. He then
became interested in acting when he took an "Intro to
Acting" class his junior year as part of his graduation
requirement. After participating in several plays —
including Our Country's Good, he chose to change career
goals. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and
then attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art,
from which he graduated in 1999.
Ramamurthy has appeared in theatrical productions of A
Servant of Two Masters in London's West End, Indian Ink at
the Soho Repertory Theatre, and East Is East at the
Manhattan Theatre Club. His film credits include Thanks to
Gravity, Orient Express and Little India. In addition, he
has appeared on several TV shows, including Ellen, Casualty,
Guiding Light, Ultimate Force, Grey's Anatomy and Numb3rs.
Ramamurthy made a conscious decision to not audition for
stereotypical Indian roles, although he has been offered
such parts. Ramamurthy's current role on Heroes is his
biggest role yet. Although the character of Mohinder Suresh
was originally written for a 55-year old, his audition tape
and screen test were convincing enough for writers to
rewrite the part for Ramamurthy.
Ramamurthy appeared as the second guest on NBC's Tonight
Show with Jay Leno on January 25, 2007. During the interview
he shared about his vacation to the Sistine Chapel, in the
Vatican City, where a couple of German tourists wanted to
take his picture, in spite of the strict "No Pictures"
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Other Information |
His family comes from Tamil Nadu, India.
Graduated from Tufts University in 1996.
He is a brother of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He
attended the Kappa charge (Tufts). |
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