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Kavi Raz

Kavi Raz

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1953 (72)
Birthplace Punjab, India
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kavi Raz is an Indian-born British actor, writer, director and producer. Born in Punjab, Raz left India at a young age for the United Kingdom, where he grew up. He acquired national prominence as an exceptional hockey player in the Midlands. He attended unive ... rsity in the San Francisco Bay area. Raz was a founder and artistic director of The Wandering Players Theater Company. The Company staged several World and US premieres of plays from India. Western audiences were exposed to the works of Rabindranath Tagore for the first time, in addition to plays like Sakharam Binder and Shakuntala. This was the first professional South Asian theatre company in the USA. In the mid-seventies, Raz arrived in Hollywood: a career as an actor was unheard of at a time when roles for South Asian actors in Hollywood television shows and films were limited. Raz had been quoted: “People, especially friends and relatives scoffed at the idea of my becoming an actor. They thought it was a passing fancy and would soon be over. But no, I had a dream and take what it may I journeyed on to make my dream a reality.” He became the first ever South Asian actor to be signed on as a regular in a major TV series, St Elsewhere. He was a cast member for the first two seasons of the medical drama, and after being let go continued to appear on a recurring basis. Raz has appeared in over 200 plays, TV shows and films, including guest appearances on The A-Team, M*A*S*H and Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1978, Raz founded the production company, K.R. Films Hollywood. Its debut, Lehren - a television weekly variety series for the Asian audience - was shown throughout the United States and Canada. In 1988, K.R. Studios was built in Granada Hills. Housing several buildings including the main studio, it has state-of-art equipment for film and television productions, as well as a multi-track recording facility for post production and recording needs. The studio is now home to many award winning producers, writers and directors engaged in the production of commercials, TV programmes, music videos and films. Raz began his career as a filmmaker with The Gold Bracelet, a movie about a Sikh man faced with the realities of post-9/11. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kavi Raz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Site

Site

2025

as Ronith Nanda

Arranged Marriage

Arranged Marriage

2022

as Father

Hot Mess Holiday

Hot Mess Holiday

2021

as Gilpreet

The Black Prince

The Black Prince

2017

as Beggar

Tie the Knot

Tie the Knot

2016

as Mr. Mehta

The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008

as Arjun Singh

Stiletto

Stiletto

2008

as Store Owner

All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas

1991

as Cabbie #2

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

1989

as Steve Masterton

The Night Train to Kathmandu

The Night Train to Kathmandu

1988

as Prof. Dewan Godbothe

Terror Squad

Terror Squad

1988

as Yassir

Blue Movies

Blue Movies

1988

as Mr. Singh

The Three Kings

The Three Kings

1987

as Falafel Stand Worker

Under Siege

Under Siege

1986

as Saman Kadassi

Warning Sign

Warning Sign

1985

as Dr. Ramesh Kapoor

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985

as Dr. Honrada

Keefer

Keefer

1978

as Bakhshish (uncredited)

The Black Prince

The Black Prince

2017

Writer

The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008

Writer

The Black Prince

The Black Prince

2017

Director

The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008

Director

The Gold Bracelet

The Gold Bracelet

2008

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

St. Elsewhere

as Vijay Kochar

Episodes: 44

First Aired: Oct 26, 1982

M*A*S*H

as Rammurti Lal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1972

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Singh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1987

L.A. Law

as Rupesh Poondar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1986

The A-Team

as Korem

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1983

Home Improvement

as Maitre D'

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1991

Crossing Jordan

as Dr. Singh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2001

Ugly Betty

as Clerk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2006

Hunter

as Surgeon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

as Dolph

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 18, 1987

Expats

as Daleep

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 2024

The New Adam-12

as Mustafa Hafiz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1990

Hardcastle and McCormick

as Rabin Casir

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1983

House

as Driver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 16, 2004

Strong Medicine

as Nawaz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 2000

Touch

as Sanjay Nayar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 2012

The Colbys

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 20, 1985

Chicago Hope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1994

Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 1998

A Captain's Log

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2021

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