Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC sci-fi drama Heroes and Jai Wilcox in the action spy series Covert Affairs. He appeared as Abhay in the Indian film Shor in the City. He played Gabriel Lowen in The CW sci-fi romance series Beauty & the Beast. He has one sister who is also a physician. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. There, he went to Keystone School and graduated in 1991. He is the cousin of comedian and film director Jay Chandrasekhar. Ramamurthy is married to actress Olga Sosnovska with two children, daughter Halina and son Alex, and lives in London.
Sendhil Ramamurthy
Movies
Shor In The City
An NRI faces threats from extortionists when he opens a small business and goes out with an aspiring model. He refuses to pay, both are stalked, and when he complains to the police, they not only shrug it off but offer ‘protection’ for a price. With increasing pressure, he must…
Heroes
People all over the U.S start to realize they have special abilities, like telekinesis, healing abilities, flying powers, time travel, invisibility, and the ability to absorb other’s abilities. One man, known as Sylar, wants to gain all the power of these “heroes” so he can be the most powerful and…
Fun Facts
His family comes from Tamil Nadu, India.
Graduated from Tufts University in 1996.
He is a brother of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He attended the Kappa charge (Tufts).
Studied drama in England and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving back to the states.
Attended Keystone School in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated in 1992.
Cousin of Broken Lizard writer, director, and actor Jay Chandrasekhar.
Close Friend with Milo Ventimiglia.
Indian American.
Arrived in Singapore to promote Season 2 of Heroes, as part of the World Tour. [31 August 2007] [August 2007]
Has played two different characters named Raj, one in an episode of 'Psych' and, later, another in the film 'The Lifeguard'.
Despite being a born and raised American, his on-screen characters virtually always speak in a strong, "posh"" British dialect