Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor.
Early life George was born on 27 July 1952 in Nahariya, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish parents of Indian-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish descent, who immigrated to Israel. His father was born in Iraq and grew up in Mumbai, India, in a multi-religious family, with his half-sister being Muslim. His mother was born in India. A year after his birth, the family moved from Israel to London and then, in 1966, to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The youngest of four siblings, George attended an all-boys school in London and then a public co-ed high school when the family moved to Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto, where he was active in theatre productions. He left before graduation and formed a theatre group. When it failed to succeed, he moved on to join The Second City, where he trained with John Candy, among others.
Career George appeared as a United Nations secretary in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, as Julian Bashir's father in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?", and on a recurring basis as Raj's father in The Big Bang Theory. In 2006, he landed a recurring role as Sasan's father Omid in So NoTORIous. He also provided the voice of Bob Fish in the last two series of Bob and Margaret.
He appeared on numerous other sitcoms, including three episodes of Seinfeld as Babu Bhatt. He also appeared in two episodes of Ellen as Ranjit, a member of the book club that gathers in Ellen's book shop.
He had a recurring role as newsman Hugh Persons on Doctor, Doctor during its second season.
He made a guest appearance in the first season of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda as Wayist religious leader Vikram Singh Khalsa. He also appeared in One Tree Hill as Brooke's taxi driver when she goes to launch her clothes line in New York.
George has done voiceover work in animated shows such as Batman: The Animated Series (as musician turned gangster Jimmy "The Jazzman" Peake); Handy Manny; Kim Possible as antagonist Duff Killigan, a Scotsman who uses exploding golf balls when attacking Kim and Ron Stoppable, Kim's sidekick; Avatar: The Last Airbender as Guru Pathik; Batman Beyond; Justice League (voicing Parasite, in a style similar to the first voice actor of Parasite, Brion James), Morgan Edge and President George W. Bush), MASK, Invader Zim, and Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi in Season 2 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He has also appeared in video games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur's Gate, Ultimate Spider-Man, Mass Effect 3, EverQuest II and Final Fantasy XIV. Early in his acting career, he was among the cast of 1985's The Care Bears Movie, and made guest appearances in the Canadian television series The Edison Twins, The Littlest Hobo, Comedy Factory and King of Kensington.
He also took over the voice of Bob Fish in the Anglo-Canadian animated comedy series Bob and Margaret and Pugg in the 1993 revival series of The Pink Panther. He played a guru in the film Inspector Gadget who trains with Inspector Gadget.
He also made a small guest appearance in the second season of The Mentalist in episode 16 entitled "Code Red". He played a professor working at the Northern California Technology Institute. His other appearances include the role of Mr. Pashmutt on Desperate Housewives (in the 2005 episode "You Could Drive a Person Crazy") and Ali on American Dad! (in the 2005 episode "Stan of Arabia: Part 2"). He also appeared on The 4400 in the third-season episode "The Starzl Mutation". Also appeared in the St. Valentine's Day episode of Grey's Anatomy as a carrier waiter in love with another patient.
He also voiced Sahin the Falcon, Stuart Black and Colonel Edwardson in the Age of Empires III series. He plays a short tempered convenience store owner in the 2001 film Ghost World. He also plays the role of "Iqbal" in the 2006 film Employee of the Month. He also voiced Captain Barbossa in the video game Kingdom Hearts II, a role he would reprise in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Infinity, and Kingdom Hearts III.
He played "Pushpop", an Indian ice cream vendor, in the 2001 film Bubble Boy. He also played the culturally diverse (Sikh-Catholic-Muslim mix with Jewish in-laws) bartender who counselled the priest played by Edward Norton through a crisis of faith in the 2000 film Keeping the Faith. In the 2008 indie romantic comedy Shades of Ray, he played the overbearing Pakistani father to a half-Pakistani, half-Caucasian (Zachary Levi) in the midst of questioning his prior policy of only dating white women.
He also was the foster father of Ricky in the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
In The Penguins of Madagascar, George guest stars as the zoo doctor in "Needle Point", "I Was a Penguin Zombie", "Operation: Cooties", "Love Hurts", and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Goes Insane".
He also appeared on Disney Channel show That's So Raven as Dr. Sleevemore, a "psychic doctor" who treats Raven's vision-related problems. He appeared in two episodes.
He also appeared on the Disney Channel show Phineas and Ferb on the hour long special "Summer Belongs To You" as Uncle Sabu, voiced Mr. Kumar on the Disney Junior show Handy Manny, and voiced a character on the Disney Channel show Mickey Mouse.
George regularly voiced several characters on DC Nation's Green Lantern: The Animated Series, including Appa Ali Apsa, LANOS, and Brother Warth. He also appeared in Beware the Batman as the villain Professor Pyg, and in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time as Sly's ancestor Salim Al-Kupar.
In 2013, George took up a recurring role in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as an unnamed prisoner who is later revealed to be the Sultan of Agrabah and father of Jafar.
He guest starred in SpongeBob SquarePants in the episode "Drive Happy" as Coupe, an arrogant and sarcastic sentient car that SpongeBob buys.
George reprised his role as Doctor Sleevmore in the That's So Raven spin-off Raven's Home for a three episode special.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1985The Care Bears MovieMr. Fetuccini, additional voicesVoice 1987RoxanneDoctorBlind DateMaitre d'1988Palais RoyaleGus1989Speed ZoneValentino Rosatti1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsDungeon Maitre'D1994Pom PokoKincho Daimyoujin the Sixth, Yashimano Hage2005 English dub 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.1997Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryUN Secretary1998Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZeroAdditional voicesDirect-to-video1999Inspector GadgetSore Guru2000The Prime GigNasserKeeping the FaithPaulie Chopra2001Ghost WorldSidewinder BossBubble BoyPush Pop2004Touch of PinkHassan 2006CrumbsDry CleanerEmployee of the Month Iqbal Raji2008Batman: Gotham KnightO'Fallon, Arman, Scruffy ManVoice, direct-to-video2009Superman/Batman: Public EnemiesGorilla Grodd2010Batman: Under the Red HoodRa's al Ghul Assistant2012Justice League: DoomMayorHotel TransylvaniaSuit of Armor VoiceDelhi SafariBatEnglish dub2014Batman: Strange Days Hugo StrangeVoice, short; uncreditedPostman Pat: The MovieAjay BainesVoiceThe BoxtrollsBoulangerBeethoven's Treasure TailTrentino2016Batman: The Killing JokeAlfred PennyworthVoice2019Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2023Batman: The Doom that Came to GothamMerry Little BatmanPenguinVoice; direct-to-streaming film2025The Witcher: Sirens of the DeepBarkeep, HeraldVoice
Television Live-action performances YearTitleRoleNotes1984–1986The Edison TwinsSgt. Paganee13 episodes1988227Jonathan ForsytheEpisode: "The Butler Did It"1991Married... with ChildrenChefEpisode: "Look Who's Barking"1991–1998SeinfeldBabu Bhatt3 episodes1992Quantum LeapBenEpisode: "Moments to Live" 1992–1993CoachRami3 episodes1993Northern ExposureArthur PrabnandaEpisode: "The Jaws of Life"The NannyButler Inspector #2Episode: "The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother"1994Melrose PlaceClientEpisode: "Love, Mancini Style"Blossom Shakir Episode: "Oh, Baby"Step by StepDean of AdmissionEpisode: "My Bodyguard"1994–1996Weird ScienceMr. Palate6 episodes1995EllenRanjit2 episodes1997Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanMishaEpisode: "The Family Hour"Caroline in the CityMr. TedescuStar Trek: Deep Space NineRichard BashirEpisode: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"Boy Meets WorldEduardoEpisode: "Chasing Angela" 1999JAGThe DirectorEpisode: "War Stories"2000The X-FilesProject DoctorEpisode: "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati"Star Trek: VoyagerAmbassador O'ZaalEpisode: "Drive"2001The Chris Isaak ShowRamu Banerjee2001 Mysterious Ways2003, 2006That's So RavenDr. Sleevemore2 episodes2005Two and a Half MenTV NarratorEpisode: "Those Big Pink Things with Coconut"2006One Tree HillDauodEpisode: "All Tomorrow's Parties"2007NCISAmeen TemaniEpisode: "Trojan Horse"The 4400Claudio BorghiEpisode: "The Starzi Mutation"2007–2019The Big Bang TheoryV.M. KoothrappaliRecurring role2008Numb3rsSanjay RamanujanEpisode: "Pay to Play"2008–2013The Secret Life of the American TeenagerDr. Shakur14 episodes2010Grey's AnatomyEmile FloresEpisode: "Valentine's Day Massacre"The MentalistProfessorEpisode: "Code Red"2012Burning Love Titi's Dad NCIS: Los AngelesIndian Restaurant ManagerEpisode: "Skip Deep"2013Once Upon a Time in WonderlandOld Prisoner/Sultan10 episodesDog with a BlogMonty CathcartEpisode: "A New Baby?"2015ElementarySanthosh2 episodes2015–2017, 2022The ExpanseArjun AvasaralaMichael Benyaer recast for the role in 2019; reprised the role in a voice cameo in a 2022 episode2017The OrvilleDr. AronovEpisode: "Old Wounds"New GirlUncle NaseerEpisode: "The Hike"Prison BreakJudgeEpisode: "The Prisoner's Dilemma"2018The ResidentTejan Pravesh4 episodesRaven's HomeDr. Sleevemore3 episodesI Feel BadSonny KamalaMain role2022The Really Loud HouseDr. Simmons2 episodes2025–2026Deli BoysAhmadMain role
Voice performances