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Manu Narayan

Manu Narayan

Born: 1973-08-16 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Manu Narayan (born August 16, 1973) is an American actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, composer and saxophonist. He served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, his alma mater, from 2013-2016.

Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004 when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams, originating the role of the "hero" Akaash. Narayan co-starred as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' feature film The Love Guru (2008).

Filmography
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You poster
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2025 • Landlord
Anything's Possible poster
Anything's Possible
2022 • Sasan
Keeping Company with Sondheim poster
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 • Self / Theo
The Assistant poster
The Assistant
2020 • Amir (voice)
99 Homes poster
99 Homes
2015 • Khanna
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song poster
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
2011 • Ravi
Walkaway poster
Walkaway
2010 • Darius
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps poster
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 • Quant Analyst (uncredited)
The Last Airbender poster
The Last Airbender
2010 • Fire Nation Head Prison Guard
The Love Guru poster
The Love Guru
2008 • Rajneesh
No Image
Quarter Life Crisis
2006 • Jonathan
Clap Clap poster
Clap Clap
— • Jay