Errol Sitahal is a

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who has had various roles in several Hollywood and Caribbean films. In 1995, he played a character named Ram Dass, the Indian manservant, in the film, ''

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''. The same year he also appeared with

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and

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in a scene from the movie ''

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'', where he played the third ''"Yes"'' executive. In 2004, he played the stern Dr. Patel, father of Kumar (

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) and Kumar's older brother Saikat (

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), in ''

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''. Sitahal has also acted on television. In 2005 he starred with

in the

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''Plain Brown Rapper'', playing Majumder's character's father for a second time. He has had small parts, in one episode each, of the Canadian television series ''

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'', a medical drama, and in the American television series ''

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''. In the intervening years, he has acted in numerous stage

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in Montreal,

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and the Caribbean. In early 2006, he starred in the Calypso musical ''The Brand New Lucky Diamond Horseshoe Club'' at Queen's Hall,

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, Trinidad. The play was written and directed by Tony Hall with music and lyrics by

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. As of 2006, he is playing Samir, father of sons Sumesh and Raj, both of whom are principal characters on the

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television series ''

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'' airing on the CBC. In 2009, he plays Babaji, Indie Mehta's grandfather, in the Canadian TV series ''

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''. In definition of Babaji, he is an East Indian grandfather. In 2024, he received a Special Jury Award for Best Supporting Actor at the

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for his role as Ragbir in

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's '' Doubles''. At the 2024 Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami he received the Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to film and television in the Caribbean and Canada and beyond.

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