Kavi Raz
Born: 1953-01-01 in Punjab, India
Known For: Acting
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 university 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.
Filmography
2025
- Site as Ronith Nanda
2024
- Expats as Daleep
2023
- Sarabha as Sohan Singh Bhakna
2022
- Arranged Marriage as Father
2021
- Hot Mess Holiday as Gilpreet
- A Captain's Log as Self
2018
- Kande ... (Director)
2017
- The Black Prince as Beggar
2016
- All Out Dysfunktion! as Papatikkamasala
- Tie the Knot as Mr. Mehta
2012
- Touch as Sanjay Nayar
2011
- I Am Singh as Ranjit Singh - Ranveer's Father
2008
- Stiletto as Store Owner
- The Gold Bracelet as Arjun Singh
2006
- Ugly Betty as Clerk
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Translator
- Big River as Ali
2004
- House as Driver
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Dr. Singh
- The Agency as Omars Handler
2000
- Strong Medicine as Nawaz
1994
1991
- Home Improvement as Maitre D'
- All I Want For Christmas as Cabbie #2
1990
- The New Adam-12 as Mustafa Hafiz
1989
- Pet Sematary as Steve Masterton
1988
- Terror Squad as Yassir
- Terminal Entry as Mahadi
- Blue Movies as Mr. Singh
- Shooter
- The Night Train to Kathmandu as Prof. Dewan Godbothe
- The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story as Pamphlet Man
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Singh
- The Three Kings as Falafel Stand Worker
- The New Adventures of Beans Baxter as Dolph
1986
- L.A. Law as Rupesh Poondar
- Under Siege as Saman Kadassi
1985
- The Colbys
- Warning Sign as Dr. Ramesh Kapoor
- Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Dr. Honrada
1984
- Hunter as Surgeon
1983
- The A-Team as Korem
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Rabin Casir
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Vijay Kochar
1978
- Keefer as Bakhshish (uncredited)
1972
- M*A*S*H as Rammurti Lal