Rupak ginn biography of donald

In recent years it’s been hard not to notice that many of the best shows on American television have a certain thing in common. Whether born in the United States, originally from South Asia or raised somewhere across the far-flung British Commonwealth, Indian actors have quickly become a welcome TV mainstay.

Just about any night of the week, you can catch Kunal Nayyar’s romance-challenged rocket scientist, Raj, on the country’s most popular sitcom “The Big Bang Theory “; Kalinda, Archie Panjabi’s Emmy-winning, astoundingly complicated private investigator on drama “The Good Wife “; and Mindy Kaling headlining the first show starring an Indian American character, “The Mindy Project,” which she also created, writes and produces.

There’s also the uproarious Aziz Ansari on “Parks and Recreation,” sly and sexy Hannah Simone on “New Girl,” the dignified (and endlessly degraded for it) Adhir Kalyan on “Rules of Engagement,” Danny Pudi on “Community,” Dev Patel on “The Newsroom,” Reshma Shetty, Rupak Ginn and others on “Royal Pains,” Kal Penn all over the place . . .

And, at this point, too many more to keep track of. Apologies for that, but hey, it’s a good thing.

“Every TV show, it seems, now wants to have minority characters in it,” said the New Delhi-raised, U.S. college-educated Nayyar. “I think that is a function of just looking around you. If you go to the mall, it’s not just white people or black people or Latinos or Indians; it’s an amalgamation of all ethnicities. And when you watch television, for example, my show takes place at Caltech. Now, if you go to Caltech, that’s what you’ll see, a myriad of ethnicities.

“I really do think that it’s because that’s what we’re seeing in everyday life around us. Indians are becoming more prominent in business

Rupak Ginn makes his off-Broadway debut as aspiring children's book author and illustrator Peter Chandler in the new play The Stone Witch

BroadwayBox caught up with Rupak to talk about the show, his professional heroes, and the book he wrote and hopes to have published soon.

1. You've been with this show since its world premiere at the Berkshire Theatre Group. What first attracted you to The Stone Witch?
It was the role of Peter. His journey as a struggling but talented artist teetering between failure and greatness is rich and full in a way that many roles offered to me frankly had not been.

2. If you could work with any of your heroes and get paid $10K to do it, who would you pick?
Great Stone Witch reference! Among heroes would be Spielberg, Scorsese, and Spike Lee simply for the impact they’ve had on me since childhood—plus the latter two are New Yorkers like me! These days, I also really admire Taylor Sheridan (Wind River) for the honest simplicity of his filmmaking that just lets everything breathe so it actually affects you. On stage, it would be incredible to work with Thomas Kail—his work on Hamilton is groundbreaking, plus my castmate Dan Lauria worked with him on Lombardi and can’t stop raving about him. And I’m lucky to have been able to work with some of my heroes already, like director Nisha Ganatra!

3. What has your experience opening your first off-Broadway play taught you about yourself?
It reminded me how much I enjoy the challenge of imbuing a character with a sense of humanity. And the lifelong lessons of relaxation and listening continue—that’s where the real pleasure can be experienced, especial