Anjul Nigam (born 15 December 1965) is an Indian-born American actor, producer, and writer.
Early life and education Nigam was born in Kanpur, India. He is a graduate of Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Career He is known for his recurring role as "Dr. Raj, the Psychiatric Doctor" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, as a producer/writer/actor in the film Growing Up Smith and a producer of the films "Crown Vic", and Louisiana Caviar in Cuba Gooding Jr.'s directorial debut in which Gooding stars with Richard Dreyfuss. He appeared as one of the supporting leads in the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Back When We Were Grownups along with Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance and Blythe Danner and directed by Ron Underwood. Nigam was one of four leads in 20th Century Fox's The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest for director Mick Jackson and producers Harold Ramis and Trevor Albert. Nigam co-starred with Bill Murray and James Spader in the Universal/StudioCanal feature comedy Speaking of Sex for director John McNaughton.
As for television, Nigam played the role of "Pandit Raj" in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever, recurred as the "Medical Examiner" in Season Two of True Detective, a regular in the role of "Nurse Manoj Nakshi" on the ABC medical drama MDs, and one of the leads in the ABC miniseries Tom Clancy's Netforce and in Showtime's Silver Strand. Nigam has had over fifty guest starring roles in primetime television shows including So Help Me Todd, Animal Kingdom, Shark, Medium, Numb3rs, CSI: NY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Huff, ER and NYPD Blue.
In theater, Nigam has appeared alongside fellow-NYU alumni Philip Seymour Hoffman in the controversial production of the Peter Sellars directed The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and The Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
In 2021, Nigam was named as a producer on Rust, which halted production due a firearms incident resulting in the death of a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1991House Party 2Singh1999Two RiversKarna2000King of the KornerTow Truck Driver2001The Sizemore InterviewsArun RamDirect-to-video2001Speaking of SexJarred2002The First $20 Million Is Always the HardestSalman Fard2003Winter BreakRajeevUncredited2005Looking for Comedy in the Muslim WorldBoyfriend2007Death and TaxisTodd2008CloverfieldBodega Cashier2009Terminator SalvationRahul2011Answers to NothingDoctor2013Bad WordsSriram Chopra2015Growing Up SmithBhaaskar BhatnagarProducer, writer2017TraffickedGeneral Singh2018Bayou CaviarProducer2019Crown VicProducer2022Murder at Yellowstone CityProducer2023SupercellRameshExecutive Producer2023 97 Minutes Hitar Executive Producer2024Crescent CityGopal SharmaExecutive Producer2024RustProducerTBARed CardProducer
Television Year Title Role Notes 1989, 1990 Growing Pains Sub #2 / Raj 2 episodes 1991 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Anjul Episode: "Tower of Power" 1992 Blossom Sanji Episode: "The Making of the President" 1993 Murphy Brown Sanjay Khandwhalla Episode: "The Young & the Rest of Us" 1995 Silver Strand Rahman Television film 1996 Sisters Driver Episode: "Don't Go to Springfield" 1996 High Incident Messenger Episode: "Christmas Blues" 1997 ER Alex Ghandar Episode: "Fortune's Fools" 1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Sajid Episode: "Seeds of Destruction" 1997 NYPD Blue Kumar Episode: "The Truth Is Out There" 1998 The Lake Dr. Sanjay Television film 1998 Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book Namas Episode: "The Perfect Shot" 1998 Nash Bridges Vijay Episode: "Danger Zone" 1999 NetForce Uday Shankar Television film 1999 Get Real Mall Worker Episode: "Denial" 2001 The Wild Thornberrys Pakistani Man / Vendor Episode: "Gem of a Mom" 2001 Arliss TV Commercial Director Episode: "Setting Precedents" 2001 Providence Raji Episode: "Gobble, Gobble" 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rajeeb Khandewahl Episode: "Blood Lust" 2002 MDs Nurse Manoj Nakshi 8 episodes 2004 Days of Our Lives Professor Sandeev Bhalla Episode #1.9883 2004 Huff Dr. Alhabah Episode: "Lipstick on Your Panties" 2004 Back When We Were Grownups Hakim Television film 2005 CSI: NY Harish Lev Episode: "Tanglewood" 2005 Numbers Dr. Renfro Episode: "Vector" 2005 Medium Doctor Episode: "Light Sleeper" 2005–2017 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Raj Sen 8 episodes 2006 Shark Alex Neuville Episode: "Dr. Feelbad" 2008 Murder 101 Devi Kanesh Episode: "New Age" 2008 Supernatural Stewie Meyers Episode: "Long Distance Call" 2008 Crash Dr. Rav Episode: "Episode One" 2009 Lie to Me Shreyas Patel Episode: "Depraved Heart" 2009 Ghost Whisperer Dr. Prakash Episode: "Devil's Bargain" 2010 Childrens Hospital Sultan's Aide Episode: "The Sultan's Finger: Live" 2013 Revenge Zahir Lahari Episode: "Victory" 2015 Battle Creek Aadi Patel Episode: "Old Wounds" 2015 True Detective Ventura County Medical Examiner 2 episodes 2018 American Woman Milo Episode: "The Party" 2020 Never Have I Ever Pandit Raj Episode: "...felt super Indian" 2020 A Christmas Call Ahmed Television film 2021 Animal Kingdom Gopal Episode: "Relentless" 2023 So Help Me Todd Norman Smith Episode: "Side Effects May Include Murder"
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