Sendhil Ramamurthy (Tamil: செந்தில் ராமமூர்த்தி, born May 17, 1974) is an American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois but raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is best known for the role he plays as Indian geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes.
Ramamurthy was born in Chicago to Tamil Indian parents, both of whom are physicians. His parents immigrated to the US from Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He has one sister who is a physician. He and hi...
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Sendhil Ramamurthy (Tamil: செந்தில் ராமமூர்த்தி, born May 17, 1974) is an American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois but raised in San Antonio, Texas. He is best known for the role he plays as Indian geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes.
Ramamurthy was born in Chicago to Tamil Indian parents, both of whom are physicians. His parents immigrated to the US from Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He has one sister who is a physician. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. There he went to Keystone School and graduated in 1991. He is the cousin of film director Jay Chandrasekhar. Ramamurthy is married to actress Olga Sosnovska; they have one daughter, Halina.
Ramamurthy attended Tufts University initially as a pre-med major to follow in his parents' footsteps. He was also a member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. He then became interested in acting when he took an "Intro to Acting" class during his junior year as part of his graduation requirement. After participating...
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