Naveen Andrews
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| Born | Naveen William Sidney Andrews 17 January 1969 Lambeth, London |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Partner(s) | Geraldine Feakins (1985–91); 1 child Barbara Hershey (1998–2009) Elena Eustache (2005–06); 1 child |
Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost, Kip Singh in the film The English Patient and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of Rollerball. For his role on Lost, Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006.
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Early life
Andrews was born in Lambeth, London to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman,[1] both Malayali Nasrani immigrants from Kerala, India.[2] He was brought up in Wandsworth in the Methodist denomination in what he later described as a "very repressive" upbringing.[3] At the age of 16, while at Emanuel School, he fell in love with his then-30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992.[4]
Career
Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Ewan McGregor and David Thewlis. His studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi's film, London Kills Me (1991). Andrews starred in the 1993 BBC miniseries Buddha of Suburbia. He portrayed "Kip Singh" in The English Patient (1996) and Sayid in the popular television series Lost (2004). In 2006, he was voted one of People magazine's World's Most Beautiful People.[5] He starred in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Mighty Joe Young (1998) and Bride and Prejudice (2004). He recently starred as Jafar in the American fantasy drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. In 2014 he provided the voice of Sabal in the video game Far Cry 4. In 2015 he starred in Sense8 as Jonas.
Personal life
Andrews was in a relationship with schoolteacher Geraldine Feakins from 1985–91. The couple had a son, Jaisal Andrews, in 1992.[6] He was later in a relationship with actress Barbara Hershey in Los Angeles, starting in 1998. The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Andrews had a son with Czech-French actress Elena Eustache. He and Hershey later reconciled;[7] however, in May, 2010, they announced that they had separated six months earlier.[8][9] He has been involved in an ongoing custody dispute with Eustache over their son, and on January 7, 2009, Andrews was granted sole legal and physical custody of the child.[10]
Andrews has spoken about his alcoholism and his two-year addiction to heroin in the mid-'90s.[11]
He plays guitar and sings, while tap-dancing to his own tune as a hobby.[12] He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on 27 May 2010.[13]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1991 | London Kills Me | Bike | |
| 1992 | Wild West[14] | Zaf | |
| 1992 | Double Vision | Jimmy | |
| 1996 | The Peacock Spring | Ravi Battacharya | Television movie |
| 1996 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Raj Singh | |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Kip Singh | Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1997 | True Love and Chaos | Hanif | |
| 1998 | My Own Country | Dr. Abraham Verghese | Television movie |
| 1998 | Bombay Boys | Krishna | |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Pindi | |
| 1999 | Drowning on Dry Land | Darshan | |
| 2000 | A Question of Faith | William | |
| 2000 | The Chippendales Murder | Steve Banerjee | Television movie |
| 2002 | Rollerball | Sanjay | |
| 2003 | Easy | John Kalicharan | |
| 2004 | Bride & Prejudice | Balraj | |
| 2006 | Provoked: A True Story | Deepak Ahluwalia | |
| 2006 | The Ten Commandments | Menerith | Television movie |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Abby | Segment: Planet Terror |
| 2007 | The Brave One | David Kirmani | |
| 2008 | Animals | Vic | |
| 2012 | Creature of the Black Lagoon | Dr. David Raya | |
| 2013 | Diana | Dr. Hasnat Khan |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia | Karim Amir | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | The Beast | Tamir Naipaul | Episode: "The Price" |
| 2003 | Future Tense | Miles Gupta | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2004–2010 | Lost | Sayid Jarrah | 91 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor – Drama Series (2007–08, 2010) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Ash Ramsey | Episode: "Shadow" |
| 2012 | Sinbad | Lord Akbari | 7 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | Jafar | 13 episodes |
| 2015 | Sense8 | Jonas Maliki | 12 episodes |
| 2016 | Galaxy World of Alisa | Chapad | British English dub |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Far Cry 4 | Sabal | Voice actor |
References
- ↑ Lampert, Nicole. "How Lost star was found in bed with his married teacher", Daily Mail, 13 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.
- ↑ Elsworth, Catherine. "I'm so grateful I'm sober now", Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.
- ↑ "Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A", CTV.ca; 10 April 2006.
- ↑ Naveen Andrews profile, imdb.com; accessed 7 March 2014
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Naveen Andrews on fatherhood
- ↑ "'Lost' star fathered child while separated", msnbc.com; accessed 7 March 2014.
- ↑ Lost's Naveen Andrews Found in Splitsville, E! Online; accessed 7 March 2014.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "'Lost' Star Battles Baby Mama and Gets Kid", TMZ, 7 January 2009; retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ↑ Hilton, Beth. 'Lost' star reveals heroin addiction, Digital Spy, 1 February 2008; accessed 27 May 2008.
- ↑ The Trades - Interview: Naveen Andrews
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Wild West (1992) at imdb.com, imdb.com; accessed 4 August 2014.
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