Vikram Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Kevin Calvin on '' Radio Active'', Lester Patel on the television series ''

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'', and Rama in the '' Roxy Hunter'' saga.

Life and career

Vik Sahay was born in

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, to

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n parents, and attended Canterbury High School of the Arts in Ottawa. He went on to study Theatre Performance at Montreal's

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. He learned to perform Indian classical dance with his brother Sidharth Sahay. In 1986 and 1987, he appeared on three episodes of the children's television show ''

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.'' He was also featured in the television series '' Radio Active'', playing sportscaster Kevin Calvin. Based on that work, he was selected to appear in '' Our Hero'' as Dalal Vidya, for which he was nominated for a 2002

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. Subsequently, he also portrayed attorney Anil Sharma on the

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series ''

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'' during its second and third seasons. Sahay has appeared in such films as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' eXistenZ'', ''Hollow Point'', ''

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'', ''The Ride'', '' Wings of Hope'', '' The Rocker'', '' Amal'', and '' Afghan Luke''. He portrayed Lester Patel, the "HinJew" half of Jeffster!, on the television series ''

''. He played the role of Prateek Duraiswamy (Stifler's boss) in the film '' American Reunion''. He was a guest star as a murder suspect on the FOX show ''

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'' season 8 episode 13. In 2016 he had a guest starring role on the revival of ''

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''.

Personal life

Sahay divides his time between

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and

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Filmography

Video Games

References

External links

Vik Sahay Fansite
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Interview at WickedInfo.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahay, Vik Living people Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Ottawa Male actors from Quebec Canadian male actors of Indian descent Year of birth missing (living people)