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Naveen Andrews 
Naveen Andrews signing autographs (2009)Born Naveen William Sidney Andrews
17 January 1969
Lambeth, London, EnglandOccupation Actor Years active 1991–present Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British American actor. He is best known for portraying Kip in the movie The English Patient and Sayid Jarrah on the American television series Lost.
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Early life
Andrews was born in Lambeth, London, the son of Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman,[1] both Malayali Nasrani immigrants from Kerala, India.[2] He was brought up in Wandsworth, South London, and had what he has described as a "very repressive" upbringing. Andrews was brought up in the Methodist denomination.[3] At the age of sixteen, while at Emanuel School, he fell in love with his mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins; seven years later they had a son, Jaisal, born in 1992.[4]
Career
Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Ewan McGregor and David Thewlis. His studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi's film, London Kills Me (1991). Andrews starred in the 1993 BBC miniseries Buddha of Suburbia. He portrayed Kip in The English Patient (1996) and Sayid in the popular television series Lost (2004). In 2006, he was voted one of People magazine's World's Most Beautiful People.[5] He also starred in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Mighty Joe Young (1998) and Bride and Prejudice (2004).
Personal life
Andrews was in a relationship with actress Barbara Hershey; they lived together in Los Angeles. The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Andrews had another son, Naveen Joshua, with another woman, Elena Eustache. He and Hershey later reconciled.[6] However, he and Hershey announced in May 2010 that they had separated six months earlier.[7][8] He has been involved in an ongoing custody dispute with Eustache over their son; on 7 January 2009 Andrews was granted temporary sole legal and physical custody of the child.[9]
Andrews has spoken about his alcoholism and his two-year addiction to heroin in the mid-90s.[10]
Andrews also plays guitar and sings.[11] He became a naturalized US citizen on May 27, 2010.[12]
Filmography
- London Kills Me (1991) as Bike
- Wild West (1992) as Zaf
- Double Vision (1992) as Jimmy
- The Buddha of Suburbia (1993 TV mini-series) as Karim Amir
- The Peacock Spring (1996) as Ravi Battacharya
- Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) as Raj Singh
- The English Patient (1996) as Kip
- True Love and Chaos (1997) as Hanif
- My Own Country (1998) as Dr. Abraham Verghese
- Bombay Boys (1998) as Krishna
- Mighty Joe Young (1998) as Pindi
- Drowning on Dry Land (1999) as Darshan
- A Question of Faith (2000) as William
- The Chippendales Murder (2000) as Steve Banerjee
- The Beast as Tamir Naipaul (1 episode, 2001)
- Rollerball (2002) as Sanjay
- Future Tense (2003) as Miles Gupta
- Easy (2003) as John Kalicharan
- Bride & Prejudice (2004) as Balraj
- The Ten Commandments (2006) as Menerith
- Provoked: A True Story (2006) as Deepak Ahluwalia
- Grindhouse (2007) as Abby (segment "Planet Terror")
- The Brave One (2007) as David Kirmani
- Animals (2008/I) as Vic
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Ash Ramsey ("Shadow", 2010)
- Lost as Sayid Jarrah (114 episodes, 2004–2010)
- Rise of an Exile as Atticus Benedict (2012)
- Sinbad (TV series) as Lord Akbari (2012)
References
- ^ Lampert, Nicole. How Lost star was found in bed with his married teacher[dead link], Daily Mail, 13 August 2005. Accessed 27 May 2008.
- ^ Elsworth, Catherine. 'I'm so grateful I'm sober now', Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2005. Accessed 27 May 2008.
- ^ CTV.ca | Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A
- ^ Naveen Andrews - Biography
- ^ "2006's Most Beautiful People: Naveen Andrews". People. 26 April 2006. http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20034523_1185920,00.html#1056772. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ ‘Lost’ star fathered child while separated - Celebrities - MSNBC.com
- ^ Lost's Naveen Andrews Found in Splitsville - E! Online
- ^ "Naveen Andrews Split - Lost Actor Announces Break Up with Barbara Hershey". National Ledger. May 30, 2010. http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272632080.shtml. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ "Lost" Star Battles Baby Mama and Gets Kid. TMZ, January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Hilton, Beth. 'Lost' star reveals heroin addiction, Digital Spy, 1 February 2008. Accessed 27 May 2008.
- ^ The Trades - Interview: Naveen Andrews
- ^ "Naveen Andrews al RFF: Sayid presenta il finale di Lost" (in Italian). Movieplayer. 7 July 2010. http://www.movieplayer.it/serietv/articoli/naveen-andrews-al-rff-sayid-presenta-il-finale-di-lost_7058/. Retrieved 28 June 2011. "...dal 27 maggio sono diventato cittadino americano... (On May 27 I became an American citizen)"
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Categories:- 1969 births
- Indian Christians
- Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- English actors of South Asian descent
- American people of English descent
- American people of South Asian descent
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- English people of Indian descent
- American people of Indian descent
- English expatriates in the United States
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Malayali people
- People educated at Emanuel School
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