Kunal Nayyar Overview

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Born: April 30, 1981

Kunal Nayyar is a British-Indian actor and philanthropist best known for playing astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali on the hit CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, a role he held from the show’s 2007 premiere until its finale in 2019. Born on April 30, 1981 in London and raised in New Delhi, he moved to the United States in 1999 to study business at the University of Portland before earning a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Temple University, where his passion for performance took over from his... See All


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