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Parvesh Cheena

Parvesh Cheena

American actor

Parvesh Singh Cheena is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series Outsourced and as Sunil Odhav on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He also voices Bodhi in T.O.T.S. and Blades in Transformers: Rescue Bots.

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Early life

Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Indian descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School.[1] He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.[2]

Career

In 2002, he scored his first role in a feature film, Barbershop, playing the character Samir.[3] He would play Samir again in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business.[4]

In 2007, he would play characters in the films Because I Said So and Universal Remote.[5] The next year, he acted in The Other End of the Line and The Ode.[5] In 2009, he played Zerban in the film House Broken.[5] He would play Abhay in the 2014 film Hello I Must Be Going.[6] In 2015, he would play Eric in Everything Before Us.[5]

He played Franklin in the 2016 film, Time Toys.[7] In 2017, he would play Rohan in the film Literally, Right Before Aaron.[5] He played a pet shop owner named Mr. Richland in the 2019 film Lady and the Tramp.[8]

In 2020, he would play the character Jimit Uncle in the film Definition Please.[9] He would play an electronics store manager in 2021, in the film Music.[5]

In 2022, he voiced a character in The Bob's Burgers Movie.[5] The next year, he played Garrett in the film Sometimes I Think About Dying.[10][11]

Personal life

Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time.[12] In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality."[13]

He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[14]

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[15]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Cheena, Parvesh [@Parvesh] (November 4, 2010). "Wow! My high school Alma Mater, WAUBONSIE VALLEY HIGH school, has the top show choir in the nation! Check Sound Check out" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2023 – via Twitter.
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    Scheetz, Cameron (February 27, 2023). "Parvesh Cheena on sexy comics, being "queer as can be," and his brilliant drag name". Queerty. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Venkataramanan, Meena (April 8, 2023). "South Asian film is on the rise in America". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Cheena, Parvesh (October 4, 2010). "Interview: Parvesh Cheena is "Outsourced" and Out" (Interview). Interviewed by Alexander Stevenson. LogoTV. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    "Parvesh Cheena Movies". Moviefone.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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    "Cast in Order of Appearance". Corporate Series. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    "Time Toys". Laemmle Theaters. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Aguilar, Matthew (August 24, 2019). "Fans Can't Get Enough of the Lady and the Tramp Stars". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Valdivia, Paul (August 26, 2020). "The 'Definition Please' Trailer Looks Like It'll Break My Heart And Then Make It Whole Again". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Kroll, Justin (April 19, 2023). "Daisy Ridley's Sundance Pic 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' Lands At Oscilloscope". Deadline. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Jones, Tamera (February 2, 2023). "Daisy Ridley & the Cast and Director of 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' on How Humanity Impacted the Film's Story--Sundance". Collider. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    Cheena, Parvesh (October 4, 2010). "Interview: Parvesh Cheena is "Outsourced" and Out". AfterElton (Interview). Interviewed by Michael Jensen. LogoTV. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
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    White, Abbey; Chik, Kalai (August 31, 2021). "LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history — but creatives of color can't escape the industry's discriminatory past". Insider. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
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    @Parvesh (November 28, 2020). "and yep. I guess this was a duh already but I'm all on board with the @DemSocialists. Already paid up and joined. I am older. I don't have the All IN OR NOTHING Mentality I did in my 20s. I needed @realDonaldTrump to lose and he has. Now let's work @DSA_LosAngeles @DSALongBeach 🌹" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. [15]
    "Outsourced: Gupta played by Parvesh Cheena". NBC Universal. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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