Maulik Navin Pancholy (born January 18, 1974 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American actor and author best known for his roles in the series 30 Rock and Weeds. He is also a voice actor, appearing in Phineas and Ferb and Sanjay and Craig.
He is openly gay and is married to Ryan Corvaia. He has written two middle grade novels about queer Indian-Amerian boys, The Best at It and Nikhil Out Loud.
Selected Filmography
Film
- Hitch (2005) - Raoul
- Friends with Money (2006) - Flirtatious Waiter
- 27 Dresses (2008) - Trent
- Treasure Buddies (2012) - Babi
- Super Buddies (2013) - Curly
Television
- USA High (1998) - Achmed, 1 episode
- City Guys (1998) - Rasheed, 1 episode
- Felicity (1998) - T.A., 1 episode
- Charmed (1999) - Treasure Hunter #1, 1 episode
- Family Law (2000) - Clerk, 1 episode
- The Comeback (2005) - Kaveen Kahan, 2 episodes
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005-2007) - Dani Hasni/Aziz Gabriel, 2 episodes
- Weeds (2005-2012) - Sanjay, recurring role, seasons 1–5; 8
- 30 Rock (2006-2013) - Jonathan, recurring role, seasons 1–2; Main seasons 3–5; 7
- The Sopranos (2007) - Dr. Ajit Gupte, 1 episode
- Whitney (2011-2012) - Neal, main role
- The Good Wife (2014) - Dev Jain, 1 episode
- Friends from College (2017) - Patel, 1 episode
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017) - Dr. Anton Nambue, 1 episode
- Elementary (2018) - Alfonse Kapoor, 1 episode
- Dynasty (2019) - Kenneth Desai, 1 episode
- The Good Fight (2019) - Dev Jain, 2 epsiodes
- Helpsters (2019) - Robbie Runner, 1 episode
- Only Murders in the Building (2021) - Arnav, 3 episodes
Video Games
- 2011: Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimnesion as Baljeet Tjinder
Western Animation
- The Wild Thornberrys (1999-2000) - Kazi/Tenzin/Construction Wallah
- Phineas and Ferb (2008-2015) - Baljeet Tjinder/Baljeetolas of the Nerding Realm/Baljug/Nerd Crow
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2011) - Baljeet
- Milo Murphy's Law (2017-2018) - Neil/Baljeet/various
- The Replacements (2009) - Kamil Sattar
- Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) - Baljeet rai/Baljeet 2/various
- Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020) - Baljeet/various
- Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011) - Doctor
- Sanjay and Craig (2013-2016) - Sanjay Patel/Adult Sanjay/Mother/Guy #1/Customer #1
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2019) - Jasper
- American Dad! (2019-2020) - Improv Actor/Nudist, 2 episodes
- Mira, Royal Detective (2020-2021) - Ranjeet/Uncle/Gardening Vendor
Bibliography
- The Best at It (2019)
- Nikhil Out Loud (2022)
