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{{short description|American actor (born 1983)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Manish Dayal
| image = MJK32833 Manish Dayal (Viceroy's House, Berlinale 2017).jpg
| caption = Dayal at the 2017 [[Berlin International Film Festival]] premiere of ''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]''
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|06|17}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Manish Dayal |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/manish-dayal/ |work=[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=January 23, 2018 }}</ref>
| birth_name = Manish Patel
| birth_place = [[Orangeburg, South Carolina]], U.S.
| height =
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Snehal Patel
| children = 2
| website =
}}
'''Manish Patel''' (born June 17, 1983), known professionally as '''Manish Dayal''', is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Raj Kher in [[The CW]] hit teen series ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' as well as in the films ''[[The Hundred-Foot Journey (film)|The Hundred Foot Journey]]'' (2014) and ''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]'' (2017). From 2018 to 2023, he was featured as a main cast member of the [[Amy Holden Jones]]-created [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] medical drama series ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]''.

==Early and personal life==
Dayal was born Manish Patel to an Indian [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina]]. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from [[Gujarat]]. He has three sisters , including Neisha Patel, who is a vascular neurology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetandd.com/lifestyles/the-journey-of-a-lifetime-orangeburg-native-hits-big-screen/article_3c114530-1f3d-11e4-8763-001a4bcf887a.html |title=THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME: Orangeburg native hits big screen in first leading role | Life and Style |website=Thetandd.com |date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> He attended Marshall Elementary School and later went to [[Heathwood Hall Episcopal School|Heathwood Hall]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. He subsequently obtained a degree in International Business from [[George Washington University]]. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and two children.<ref name="vanity">{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/08/manish-dayal-the-hundred-foot-journey|title=Manish Dayal on The Hundred-Foot Journey|date=August 1, 2014|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/discovery-manish-dayal#_|last=Brown|first=Emma|title=Discovery:Manish Dayal|date=August 7, 2014|access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for [[McDonald's]], Windows, [[Nintendo]], and [[Domino's Pizza]]. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway show ''[[Rafta, Rafta...]]''. He played a small role in ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' and [[Paula van der Oest]]'s ''Domino Effect''. After guest-starring on ''[[CSI: Las Vegas]]'' on [[CBS]], Dayal went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the AMC series [[Rubicon (TV series)|''Rubicon'']]. Dayal also starred in the romantic comedy ''Walkaway'', which explores love and culture set in New York. In 2010 and 2011, he played Ravi, the smug A-team leader on ''[[Outsourced (TV series)|Outsourced]]'', a comedy series from [[NBC]]. He also played Raj Kher, an alternative college student recovering from cancer, in the third and fourth seasons of [[The CW]]'s [[90210 (TV series)|''90210'']].

He starred as Hassan Kadam in ''[[The Hundred-Foot Journey (film)|The Hundred Foot Journey]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2014/08/15/hundred-foot-journey-tells-satisfying-delicious-tale |title='The Hundred-Foot Journey' tells a satisfying, delicious tale | The Daily Californian |website=Dailycal.org |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> From 2018 to 2023, he has starred in the Fox TV series ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]''.

==Filmography==
[[File:Manish Dayal Deauville 2014.jpg|thumb|upright|Dayal in 2014]]
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2006
| ''Break the Addiction: An Inconvenient Truth''
| Kibhnar
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Indian Beauty|On the Other Side]]''
| Jack
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://idlebrain.com/us/schedu/ontheotherside.html|title="ON THE OTHER SIDE" in USA|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630064901/http://idlebrain.com/us/schedu/ontheotherside.html|archive-date=30 June 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| ''Cain's Mark''
| Gypsy
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Karma Calling''
| Trainee
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''
| NYU clerk
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Walkaway (film)|Walkaway]]''
| Vinay
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Call''
| Taruk
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Domino Effect''
| Sid
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Whirling Dervish''
| Zahir
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[White Frog]]''
| Ajit
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Breaking the Girls]]''
| Tim
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Hundred-Foot Journey (film)|The Hundred-Foot Journey]]''
| Hassan Kadam
|
|-
| 2014
| ''I'm Obsessed with You: But You've Got to Leave Me Alone''
| Cyrus Kapoor
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Viceroy's House (film)|Viceroy's House]]''
| Jeet Kumar
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Holidate]]''
| Faarooq
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Rise (2022 film)|Rise]]''
| Kevin
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010 || ''[[Rubicon (TV series)|Rubicon]]'' || Hal || Recurring character
|-
| ''[[Outsourced (TV series)|Outsourced]]'' || Ravi || Guest star
|-
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' ||Rishi Parayan || Guest star
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || Samir Doss || Episode: "[[To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap]]"
|-
| 2011–2012 || ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'' || [[List of 90210 characters#Raj Kher|Raj Kher]] || Recurring character
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012 || ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'' || Scuba || Guest star
|-
| ''[[The Good Wife]]'' || Dinesh || Guest star
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Farid Salim || Guest star
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]'' || Ryan Ray || Recurring character
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' || Vijay Nadeer|| 3 episodes
|-
| 2018–2023 || ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]'' || Dr. Devon Pravesh || Main cast; Director: 2 episodes
|-
| 2019–2021 || ''[[Fast & Furious: Spy Racers]]'' || Shashi Dhar (voice) || Main role (season 1 and 5), [[Netflix]] series
|-
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''
| Mohammed/Hot dog Vendor
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''
| Hot dog Vendor
| Uncredited
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
| Additional voices
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|2110485}}

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[[Category:Male actors from South Carolina]]
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[[Category:George Washington University School of Business alumni]]
[[Category:American male actors of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]

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Ajay Kumar at 08:01, 20 August 2023