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1	'''Kunal Nayyar''' is a London-born Indian actor who moved to the United States and is now best known for the rôle of Raj Koothrappali on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
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3	At the University of Portland, he studied business but also took some acting classes and acted in plays, including plays by Creator/WilliamShakespeare. Although he was very good at acting, he nevertheless completed his business degree, to have something to fall on in case the acting thing didn't work out.
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5	Nayyar's Website/IMDb list of acting credits begins somewhat inauspiciously with the part of "Pizza Man" in ''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'' in 2004 and an uncredited appearance on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' in 2007.
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7	That same year, ''The Big Bang Theory'' premiered. Nayyar played the awkward Raj, a character initially afflicted with an inability to talk to women, whose lines were often whispered to Howard (Creator/SimonHelberg), who then relayed what Raj said, not always reliably.
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9	From 2013 to 2016, Nayyar voiced Vijay Patel on ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'', father of the titular Sanjay. That was even as ''The Big Bang Theory'' was still in production (on ''Big Bang'', Raj's father was played by Creator/BrianGeorge).
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11	As the show's popularity increased, so did Nayyar's salary, given that his character, Raj, despite his affliction, was a core character on the show. By the middle of the show's run, he was making $100,000 an episode, and later on that increased to $900,000 an episode. Completing his business degree was quite a wise decision even though the acting did work out.
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13	As of 2022, Nayyar has a project in post-production and another one filming.
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15	!! Some other credits not already mentioned
16	* ''Series/TheMindyProject'' as Sendhil in one episode
17	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'' as Naveen
18	* ''Suspicion'' as Aadesh Chopra, eight episodes so far
19	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/Trolls2'' as Guy Diamond. Also the TV short ''Trolls Holiday''.

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