Rushi Kota (born April 16, 1987) is an Indian American actor. He is best known for his role as Prashant in the Netflix show Never Have I Ever and as Dr. Vik Roy in Grey's Anatomy.
Early life Kota was born in Secunderabad, India. He was raised by his mother in Queens, New York. Initially he wanted to go into automotive engineering, so he doubled majored in Industrial Management Technology and Business Administration at Farmingdale State College.
Due to the Great Recession, he decided to take a different career path. This led him to pursue acting in New York. After two years of acting, he got accepted into Harvard University's MFA program for Acting. This led to an internship in Russia at Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theater School.
Career Kota has appeared in TV shows such as The Royals, General Hospital, CBS's Extant with Halle Berry, Ryan Murphy's 9-1-1, Freeform's Famous in Love, and Funny or Die's ESL: English is the Second Language.
He has appeared in films like The Divorce Party starring Matilda Lutz and Thomas Cocquerel, Useless Humans, and The One I wrote For You directed by Andrew Lauer and starring Kevin Pollack and Cheyenne Jackson.
He also done some stage work such as Guards At The Taj at the Marin Theater Company, Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity with the Capital Stage Company, Boston Abolitionist Project, Great Catherine, Blanco Posnet, and Hansel and Gretel at the American Repertory Theater, and Imaginary Invalid at Moscow Art Theatre.
His first major recurring role was in 2017 on Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Vik Roy where he appeared for 16 episodes.
After that, he appeared on shows like iCarly, Ordinary Joe, Never Have I Ever, and CSI: Vegas.
Personal life Kota is married and has one child. His acting influences are Ryan Reynolds, Idris Elba, and Chadwick Boseman.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)2010Afghan HoundThird Incarnation of ZemarFirst Movie Role according to IMDb2014The One I Wrote for YourJoe Barry2017Super Mehra BrosAJ MehraLead Role in Movie2019The Divorce PartyYoung Executive2020Useless HumansLouis2021PhobiasBilly McNerny2023ScrambledJeffDumb MoneyBaiju BhattPoolEvan2024The Girl in the PoolKevin
Television +YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)2014The RoyalsJay DFirst Television Role according to IMDb2015General HospitalDr. CurtisThe 101Jay DExtantHumanich Tech2016FruitlessParveshESL – English as a Second LanguageJeevanTV MovieTerms and ConditionsDustin2017Famous in LoveLenny2017–2018Grey's AnatomyDr. Vikram Roy2018Grey's Anatomy: The WebisodesDr. Vikram Roy2019ArrangedRaj2020–2022Never Have I EverPrashant2021iCarlyLuke TylerOrdinary JoeSai2022CSI: VegasDamien Pak2023The Mindful Adventures of Unicorn IslandAmar2025Chicago FireAmbrose Sterling
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External links
Rushi Kota on Instagram