Manish Sudhir Patel, known as Manish Dayal is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the CW teen drama series 90210 (2011–2012) 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 Fox medical drama series The Resident.
Early and personal life Dayal was born to an Indian family in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from Gujarat, India. He has three sisters. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname. He would complete a 2005 degree in International Business at George Washington University and moved to New York to pursue an acting career. Five years later he moved to Los Angeles.
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: Crime Scene Investigation 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). From 2018 to 2023, he has starred in the Fox TV series The Resident.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Break the Addiction: An Inconvenient Truth Kibhnar 2008 On the Other Side Jack Cain's Mark Gypsy 2009 Karma Calling Trainee 2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice NYU clerk Walkaway Vinay 2011 The Call Taruk The Domino Effect Sid The Whirling Dervish Zahir 2012 White Frog Ajit Breaking the Girls Tim 2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey Hassan Kadam 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 2010 Rubicon Hal 3 episodes Outsourced Ravi Episode: "Jolly Vindaloo Day" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Rishi Parayan Episode: "Internal Combustion" 2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Samir Doss Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap" 2011–2012 90210 Raj Kher 14 episodes 2012 Switched at Birth Scuba 4 episodes The Good Wife Dinesh Episode: "Live from Damascus" 2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Farid Salim Episode: "Criminal Stories" 2016 Halt and Catch Fire Ryan Ray 8 episodes 2016–2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vijay Nadeer 3 episodes 2018–2023 The Resident Dr. Devon Pravesh Main cast; Director: 2 episodes 2019–2021 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Shashi Dhar (voice) Main role (season 1 and 5), Netflix series 2024 The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Ash Patel 4 episodes2025 Chicago Med Dr. Theo Rabari 8 episodes
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 2021Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R Shashi Dhar
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