Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots.
Early life Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Punjabi descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School. He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.
Career Cheena's first feature film role was in Barbershop as Samir. He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. His other film roles include Because I Said So (2007), The Other End of the Line and The Ode (2008), House Broken (2009), Just Before I Go (2014), Everything Before Us (2015), Time Toys (2016), Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Definition Please (2020), Music (2021), The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), and Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023).
Personal life Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time. In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality."
He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Barbershop Samir 2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Samir 2007 Because I Said So Foreign Guy 2007 Universal Remote Sammy, Baliff 2008 The Other End of the Line NY cabbie 2008 The Ode Salman 2009 House Broken Zerban 2014 Just Before I Go Abhay 2015 Everything Before Us Eric 2016 Time Toys Franklin 2017 Literally, Right Before Aaron Rohan 2019 Lady and the Tramp Mr. Richland 2020 Definition Please Jimit Uncle 2021 Music Electronics Store Manager 2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Potential Customer Voice 2023 Sometimes I Think About Dying Garrett TBA Astrological Astrologer Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 ER Dr. Agbo Episode: "Twas the Night" 2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Mr. Babalabaloo Episode: "Boston Holiday" 2006 The West Wing Barista Episode: "The Last Hurrah" 2006 The O.C. Passerby Episode: "The Avengers" 2006–2007 Help Me Help You Parvesh 5 Episodes 2008 Brothers & Sisters Jordan 2 Episodes 2007–2008 'Til Death Ken, Leo 3 Episodes 2009 My Name Is Earl Savage Indian in Jungle Episode: "My Name is Alias" 2010 Sons of Tucson Stewart Episode: "Father's Day" 2010 Criminal Minds Father Episode: "A Rite of Passage" 2010–2011 Outsourced Gupta 22 episodes 2011 The Fresh Beat Band Genie Episode: "Bollywood Beats – Jai Ho" 2011–2016 Transformers: Rescue Bots Blades, additional voices Voice, main role A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2012 Squad 85 Alan Rickman Episode: "It's Not the Work, It's the Stares" 2013 Arrested Development Kabir Episode: "Indian Takers"2013–2014Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade NinjaPradeepVoice, 4 episodes 2013 Sean Saves the World Jerry 7 episodes 2014 A to Z Dinesh 13 episodes2015–2018The GoldbergsAndy Cesunda3 episodes2016TripTankSajeepVoice, episode: "Crime Steve Investigation" 2016 Better Things Voiceover Director Episode: "Woman is the Something of the Something" 2016–2019Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Sunil Odhav 8 episodes 2017 The Odd Couple Neil Armstrong Episode: "Conscious Odd Coupling" 2017 Fresh Off The Boat Mr. O'Connor Episode: "Pie vs. Cake" 2018 The Big Bang Theory Marcus Episode: "The Tenant Disassociation" 2018 Alone Together Neel Episode: "Pootie"2018–2022Craig of the CreekRajVoice, 10 episodes2018The Guest BookSabu2 episodes2019Mr. MomJerryEpisode: "Pilot"2019All RiseSai Dalal2 episodes2019–2022T.O.T.S. Bodhi Voice, recurring role2019–2020The Rocketeer DeanyVoice, recurring role2020Code-SwitchedParveshEpisode: "Soft Brown Boys"2020–2022Mira, Royal DetectiveManishVoice, 13 episodes2020–2022The Owl HouseTibbles Grimm HammerVoice, 3 episodes 2020ConnectingPradeep8 episodes2021Mythic QuestZach2 episodes2021CentaurworldZuliusVoice, main role2021–2022Central ParkTaylorVoice, 2 episodes2022Raven's HomeConductorEpisode: "A Streetcar Named Conspire"2022–2023Shining ValeLaird7 episodes2022The ResortTed2 episodes2022The Rookie: FedsRossEpisode: "Face Off"2022OddballsPrincipal LoudspeakerVoice, episode: "Breaking and Entering"2023The Legend of Vox MachinaWaylon AmareddaVoice, episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim"2023History of the World, Part IIPublisherEpisode: "I"2023The MandalorianNevarro Copper DroidVoice, 3 episodes2023FrasierDev Sharma2 episodes2023That Girl Lay LayMr. KimesEpisode: "How Zelda Got Her Groove Back Back"2023–2024PupstructionRusty WhiskersVoice, recurring role2024The ConnersTrivia Game HostEpisode: "When Sisters Collide and The Return of the Grifters"2024ArielRaviVoice, recurring role
References
External links
Interview with Parvesh Cheena