Vik Sahay

Vikram Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Kevin Calvin on Radio Active, Lester Patel on the television series Chuck, and Rama in the Roxy Hunter saga. 5’8”

Vik Sahay
Sahay at San Diego Comic-Con in 2011
Born	Vikram Sahay (1971-09-20) 20 September 1971 (age 53) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1986–present

Life and career

Vik Sahay was born in Ottawa, Ontario,^[1] to Indian parents, and attended Canterbury High School of the Arts in Ottawa. He went on to study Theatre Performance at Montreal's Concordia University.

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 You Can't Do That on Television. 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 Canadian Comedy Award. Subsequently, he also portrayed attorney Anil Sharma on the CBC series This is Wonderland during its second and third seasons.

Sahay has appeared in such films as Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost, Good Will Hunting, eXistenZ, Hollow Point, Rainbow, The Ride, Wings of Hope, The Rocker, Amal,^[2] and Afghan Luke.^[3] He portrayed Lester Patel, the "HinJew" half of Jeffster!, on the television series Chuck.^[4] He played the role of Prateek Duraiswamy (Stifler's boss) in the film American Reunion.^[5] He was a guest star as a murder suspect on the FOX show Bones season 8 episode 13.^[6] In 2016 he had a guest starring role on the revival of The X-Files.^[7]

Personal life

Sahay divides his time between Los Angeles and Toronto.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Rainbow	Tiger #3
	Hollow Point	Livingston's assistant
1997	Good Will Hunting	Nemesh/M.I.T. Student # 3	Credited as "Vic Sahay"
1999	eXistenZ	Male Assistant
2001	Wings of Hope	Ricky
2005	Murder Unveiled	Bindri
2007	Amal	Vivek Jayaram
2008	The Rocker	Gary
	Time Bomb	Samir/Habib
2011	Afghan Luke	Imran Sahar
2012	American Reunion	Prateek Duraiswamy
2013	My Awkward Sexual Adventure	Dandak Sajal	Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Male, Film
2014	Wer	Eric Sarin
2016	A Date with Miss Fortune	Wilson
2018	Sharon 1.2.3.	Drew
	In Heaven's Hands	Bare Qasai
2019	Captain Marvel	Hero Torfan
2022	Bar Fight!	Dick
2023	It Lives Inside	Inesh

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–1987	You Can't Do That On Television	Vikram	5 episodes
1996	Everything to Gain	Roland Jellico	TV movie
1997	Balls Up	Debdash	TV movie
	Platinum	Anthony Medeci	TV movie
1998–1999	Radio Active	Kevin Calvin	26 episodes
2000	The Ride		TV movie
2000–2002	Our Hero	Dalal Vidya	11 episodes; Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award Television for Pretty Funny Male Performance (2002)
2005	This Is Wonderland	Anil Sharma	21 episodes
2007	Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost	Ramma	TV movie
2007–2012	Chuck	Lester Patel	Series Regular; 80 episodes
2008	Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid	Ramma	TV movie
	Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman
	Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
2013	Bones	Akshay Mirza	Episode: "The Twist in the Plot"
2013	The Mentalist	Nicholas Vashum	Episode: "Black-Winged Redbird"
2013-2014	Sean Saves the World	Howard	Recurring
	NCIS	Ajay Khan	Episodes: "Canary" and "House Rules"
2016	The X-Files	Gupta	Episode: "Founder's Mutation"
	Lucifer	Ray Codfree	Episode: "Sin-Eater"
	Quest For Truth	VIk	TV movie
2017	Grimm	Dr. Sanji Raju	Episode: "The Son Also Rises"
	Preacher	Frank Patel	Episode: "Mumbai Sky Tower"
2018	Scorpion	Raja Bhatt	Episode: "Dumbster Fire"
2018-2019	Lodge 49	Tarquin	Recurring; 7 episodes

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Anthem	Matthias	[9]

References

1. "Comedy, Swordfish": 2009 interview in "India Currents" Magazine by Ranjit Souri Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Indiacurrents.com (2009-02-16). Retrieved on 2012-05-05.
2. "Vik Sahay (Amal) Interview 2008 | Movie Trailers and Videos". Tribute.ca. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
3. "Interview: Vik Sahay". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
4. "'Chuck's' Vik Sahay Wraps on Lester: 'Don't Know If I'll Ever Feel the Same Singing Again'". The Hollywood Reporter. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
5. Jester, Alice (19 April 2012). "A Busy Life After Chuck: Interview with Actor Vik Sahay". The Morton Report. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
6. Ausiello, Michael (16 October 2012). "Bones Exclusive: Chuck Alum Vik Sahay Embroiled in Season 8 Burial Plot". TVLine. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
7. Huntman, Ruth (19 August 2015). "The X-Files: Chuck star Vik Sahay has 'top-secret' role in revival of hit TV series". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
8. "NerdHerd Forever: Vik Sahay Speaks About His Role on Chuck". December 2008.
9. Livingstone, Caroline (2019-01-24). "The voice behind Matthias, a brilliant, but reckless researcher of Shaper relics, @Vik__Sahay . A triple threat in #AnthemGamepic.twitter.com/HDrxa9XwXM". @CabLivingstone. Retrieved 2019-02-01.

External links

• Vik Sahay Fansite
• Vik Sahay at IMDb
• Vik Sahay at TV Guide
• Interview at WickedInfo.com