Manish Patel (born June 17, 1983), known professionally as Manish Dayal, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in

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hit teen series '' 90210'' as well as in the films ''

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'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2017). Since 2018, he has featured as a main cast member of the Amy Holden Jones-created

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medical drama series '' The Resident''.

Early and personal life

Dayal was born Manish Patel to an Indian Gujarati family in

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. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from

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. He has a sister, Neisha Patel, who is a vascular neurology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname. He attended Marshall Elementary School and later went to Heathwood Hall in

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. He subsequently obtained a degree in International Business from

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. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and two children.

Career

Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for

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, Windows, Nintendo, and

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. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway show '' Rafta, Rafta...''. He played a small role in ''

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'' and Paula van der Oest's ''Domino Effect''. After guest-starring on '' CSI: Las Vegas'' 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

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. He also played Raj Kher, an alternative college student recovering from cancer, in the third and fourth seasons of

's ''90210''. He starred as Hassan Kadam in ''

'' (2014). Since 2018, he has starred in the Fox TV series '' The Resident''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dayal, Manish Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from South Carolina People from Orangeburg, South Carolina George Washington University alumni 1983 births George Washington University School of Business alumni American male actors of Indian descent Gujarati people