 Rising star Maulik Pancholy is among a handful of Indian-American actors changing the character and face of Hollywood. He stars in not one, but two of TV’s most critically-acclaimed shows: the cable smash “Weeds” and the Emmy-winning “30 Rock.” On “30 Rock,” he plays Jonathan, Alec Baldwin’s scene-stealing personal assistant. Taking on smart, select roles, he is helping, in his own way, to broaden the cultural and racial diversity on film and television.
Pancholy is a classically trained actor with an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He has carved out a career that spans the stage, the small screen and the big screen. He invests whatever project he’s working on from popcorn movies like “Hitch” to plays like “Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom” with a dignified charm. Pancholy has a great sense of the subtle aspects of comedy. These traits have not gone unnoticed: he has received a Screen Actors Guild award for “30 Rock,” along with two additional SAG nominations, one each for “30 Rock” and “Weeds.”
Pancholy played the lead role in “India Awakening” at the Samuel Beckett Theater, for which The New York Times praised his “charismatic...sexy and funny” performance. He also voices the character Baljeet on the top-rated Disney show “Phineas and Ferb.” His other credits include guest spots on “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” and “The Sopranos.”
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