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Birthday: Jan 01, 1953
Place of Birth: Punjab, India

Kavi Raz

​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
Movie Cast Year
Keefer Bakhshish (uncredited) 1978
Pet Sematary Steve Masterton 1989
Warning Sign Dr. Ramesh Kapoor 1985
Under Siege Saman Kadassi 1986
The Night Train to Kathmandu Prof. Dewan Godbothe 1988
Shooter 1988
Terror Squad Yassir 1988
All I Want for Christmas Cabbie #2 1991
Sarabha Sohan Singh Bhakna 2023
Barefoot Warriors Manna Singh 1970
Site Ronith Nanda 1970
Stiletto Store Owner 2008
Beyond the Next Mountain 1981
Big River Ali 2006
Murder: By Reason of Insanity Dr. Honrada 1985
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Translator 2006
Hot Mess Holiday Gilpreet 2021
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story Pamphlet Man 1988
Arranged Marriage Father 2022
The Gold Bracelet Arjun Singh 2008
The Black Prince Beggar 2017
Tie the Knot Mr. Mehta 2016
Blue Movies Mr. Singh 1988
I Am Singh Ranjit Singh - Ranveer's Father 2011
The Three Kings Falafel Stand Worker 1987
Storm in the Afternoon 1998
All Out Dysfunktion! Papatikkamasala 2016
Series Cast Year
M*A*S*H Rammurti Lal 1972
Star Trek: The Next Generation Singh 1987
L.A. Law Rupesh Poondar 1986
The A-Team Korem 1983
Home Improvement Maitre D' 1991
Crossing Jordan Dr. Singh 2001
Ugly Betty Clerk 2006
The Colbys 1985
Hunter Surgeon 1984
Chicago Hope 1994
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter Dolph 1987
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book 1998
St. Elsewhere Vijay Kochar 1982
Expats Daleep 2024
The New Adam-12 Mustafa Hafiz 1990
Hardcastle and McCormick Rabin Casir 1983
House Driver 2004
Strong Medicine Nawaz 2000
Touch Sanjay Nayar 2012
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