Naveen Andrews

London-born (1/17/69) Naveen Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi’s film, London Kills Me. He is of Indian descent.

In 1993 Andrews was nominated by the Evening Standard Drama Awards as Most Promising Newcomer for his part in Wild West. His big break occurred when he was cast opposite Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in the Oscar-winning film, The English Patient. He then went on to appear in such films as Kama Sutra, Mighty Joe Young, True Love and Chaos, Bride and Prejudice and Drowning on Dry Land, in which he co-starred with Barbara Hershey. He will soon be seen in the film Provoked.

On television his starring performance in The Chippendales Murder was highly acclaimed, as was his work in the BBC ’s The Buddha of Suburbia, for which he received the award for Best Actor at the San Remo Film Festival. He starred in the BBC ’s Peacock Spring, Double Vision, opposite Kim Cattrall, The Frontier, and in Mira Nair’s My Own Country. He also stars in the upcoming ABC miniseries The Ten Commandments, with Omar Sharif.

Andrews enjoys playing the guitar, composing and reading. He resides in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Barbara Hershey. He has one son, Jaisal.