Anjul Nigam
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Anjul Nigam (born December 15, 1965, in Kanpur, India)1 is an Indian-American actor, producer, and writer with a career spanning more than three decades in Hollywood film, television, and theater. He is best known to mainstream audiences for his recurring role as Dr. Raj on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and as Pandit Raj in Netflix's Never Have I Ever.2 In the Ghostbusters universe, he provided a guest voice performance in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Seeds of Destruction" in 1997.3
Early life
Nigam was born in Kanpur, India on December 15, 1965, the son of Lakshmi Narayan and Sushila Devi Nigam. The family immigrated to the United States around 1967 and settled in Cheshire, Connecticut in 1974.1 Nigam has cited watching The Ten Commandments on Easter Sunday 1974 as the moment that ignited his passion for acting.4
He graduated from Cheshire High School in Cheshire, Connecticut in 1984, then went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988. Between 1986 and 1989, while still studying, he worked as a drama coach and scene study instructor at NYU. He is a recipient of the Cheshire Community Theatre scholarship (1984) and the Kiwanis scholarship (1984-1988).1