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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Andrews was born in [[Lambeth]], [[London]] to Nirmala, a [[psychologist]], and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>Elsworth, Catherine. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/30/bvnaveen30.xml&page=3 "I'm so grateful I'm sober now"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 30 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.</ref> He was brought up in [[Wandsworth]] in the [[Methodist]] denomination of Christianity.<ref name="CTV2006"/> Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive".<ref name="CTV2006">[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060410/naveen_andrews_20060410/20060410 "Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A"], CTV.ca; 10 April 2006.</ref> At 16, while at [[Emanuel School]], he started a relationship with his 30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins, whom he moved in with to escape his abusive home; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992. Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation. He has said that he has forgiven them.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004710/bio Naveen Andrews profile], imdb.com; accessed 7 March 2014</ref>		Andrews was born in [[Lambeth]], [[London]] to Nirmala, a [[psychologist]], and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>Elsworth, Catherine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014161130/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/30/bvnaveen30.xml&page=3 "I'm so grateful I'm sober now"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 30 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.</ref> He was brought up in [[Wandsworth]] in the [[Methodist]] denomination of Christianity.<ref name="CTV2006"/> Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive".<ref name="CTV2006">[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060410/naveen_andrews_20060410/20060410 "Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A"], CTV.ca; 10 April 2006.</ref> At 16, while at [[Emanuel School]], he started a relationship with his 30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins, whom he moved in with to escape his abusive home; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992. Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation. He has said that he has forgiven them.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004710/bio Naveen Andrews profile], imdb.com; accessed 7 March 2014</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	\| ''[[London Kills Me]]''		\| ''[[London Kills Me]]''
	\| Bike		\| Bike
	\|		\| rowspan="4" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1992		\| rowspan="2" \| 1992
	\| ''[[Wild West (film)\|Wild West]]''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105820/ Wild West (1992) at imdb.com], imdb.com; accessed 4 August 2014.</ref>		\| ''[[Wild West (film)\|Wild West]]''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105820/ Wild West (1992) at imdb.com], imdb.com; accessed 4 August 2014.</ref>
	\| Zaf		\| Zaf
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1992~~
	\| ''[[Double Vision (1992 film)\|Double Vision]]''		\| ''[[Double Vision (1992 film)\|Double Vision]]''
	\| Jimmy		\| Jimmy
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1996		\| rowspan="2" \| 1996
	\| ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]''		\| ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]''
	\| Raj Singh		\| Raj Singh
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1996~~
	\| ''[[The English Patient (film)\|The English Patient]]''		\| ''[[The English Patient (film)\|The English Patient]]''
	\| Kip Singh		\| Kip Singh
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	\| ''[[True Love and Chaos]]''		\| ''[[True Love and Chaos]]''
	\| Hanif		\| Hanif
	\|		\| rowspan="9" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1998		\| rowspan="2" \| 1998
	\| ''[[Bombay Boys]]''		\| ''[[Bombay Boys]]''
	\| Krishna		\| Krishna
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1998~~
	\| ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)\|Mighty Joe Young]]''		\| ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)\|Mighty Joe Young]]''
	\| Pindi		\| Pindi
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1999		\| 1999
	\| ''Drowning on Dry Land''		\| ''Drowning on Dry Land''
	\| Darshan		\| Darshan
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2000		\| 2000
	\| ''A Question of Faith''		\| ''A Question of Faith''
	\| William		\| William
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2002		\| 2002
	\| ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)\|Rollerball]]''		\| ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)\|Rollerball]]''
	\| Sanjay		\| Sanjay
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2003		\| 2003
	\| ''[[Easy (film)\|Easy]]''		\| ''[[Easy (film)\|Easy]]''
	\| John Kalicharan		\| John Kalicharan
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2004		\| 2004
	\| ''[[Bride & Prejudice]]''		\| ''[[Bride & Prejudice]]''
	\| Balraj		\| Balraj
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2006		\| 2006
	\| ''[[Provoked (film)\|Provoked: A True Story]]''		\| ''[[Provoked (film)\|Provoked: A True Story]]''
	\| Deepak Ahluwalia		\| Deepak Ahluwalia
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2007		\| rowspan="2" \| 2007
	\| ''[[Grindhouse (film)\|Grindhouse]]''		\| ''[[Grindhouse (film)\|Grindhouse]]''
	\| Abby		\| Abby
	\| Segment: ''[[Planet Terror]]''		\| Segment: ''[[Planet Terror]]''
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 2007~~
	\| ''[[The Brave One (2007 film)\|The Brave One]]''		\| ''[[The Brave One (2007 film)\|The Brave One]]''
	\| David Kirmani		\| David Kirmani
	\|		\| rowspan="4" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2008		\| 2008
	\| ''Animals''		\| ''Animals''
	\| Vic		\| Vic
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2012		\| 2012
	\| ''Creature of the Black Lagoon''		\| ''Creature of the Black Lagoon''
	\| Dr. David Raya		\| Dr. David Raya
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2013		\| 2013
	\| ''[[Diana (film)\|Diana]]''		\| ''[[Diana (film)\|Diana]]''
	\| [[Hasnat Khan\|Dr. Hasnat Khan]]		\| [[Hasnat Khan\|Dr. Hasnat Khan]]
	\|
	\|}		\|}

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	\| ''The Peacock Spring''		\| ''The Peacock Spring''
	\| Ravi Battacharya		\| Ravi Battacharya
	\| Television movie		\| rowspan="3" \| Television movie
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1998		\| 1998
	\| ''[[My Own Country]]''		\| ''[[My Own Country]]''
	\| Dr. Abraham Verghese		\| Dr. Abraham Verghese
	~~\| Television movie~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2000		\| 2000
	\| ''The Chippendales Murder''		\| ''The Chippendales Murder''
	\| Steve Banerjee		\| Steve Banerjee
	~~\| Television movie~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2001		\| 2001

24.70.152.100: Yes he's British but he's also American. He became a U.S. citizen in 2010 and hasn't revoked it since. So don't remove that he's American just because you don't want him to be

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Yes he's British but he's also American. He became a U.S. citizen in 2010 and hasn't revoked it since. So don't remove that he's American just because you don't want him to be

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{{short description|British actor}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Naveen Andrews
| image = Naveen Andrews.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Naveen Andrews in 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lambeth]], [[London]], [[England]]
| occupation = Actor
| children = 2
| birth_name = Naveen William Sidney Andrews
| yearsactive = 1991–present
| partner = Geraldine Feakins (1985–1991) [[Barbara Hershey]] (1998–2009)
}}
'''Naveen William Sidney Andrews''' (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as [[Sayid Jarrah]] in the television series ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]], ''Kip Singh in the film ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)|Rollerball]]''. For his role on ''Lost'', Andrews was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] in 2006, a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] in 2005 and received the [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] in 2006.

==Early life==
Andrews was born in [[Lambeth]], [[London]] to Nirmala, a [[psychologist]], and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>Elsworth, Catherine. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/08/30/bvnaveen30.xml&page=3 "I'm so grateful I'm sober now"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 30 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.</ref> He was brought up in [[Wandsworth]] in the [[Methodist]] denomination of Christianity.<ref name="CTV2006"/> Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive".<ref name="CTV2006">[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060410/naveen_andrews_20060410/20060410 "Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A"], CTV.ca; 10 April 2006.</ref> At 16, while at [[Emanuel School]], he started a relationship with his 30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins, whom he moved in with to escape his abusive home; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992. Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation. He has said that he has forgiven them.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004710/bio Naveen Andrews profile], imdb.com; accessed 7 March 2014</ref>

==Career==
Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] with [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[David Thewlis]]. His studies paid off when he won a role in [[Hanif Kureshi]]'s film ''[[London Kills Me]]'' (1991). Andrews starred in the 1993 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[The Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)|Buddha of Suburbia]]''. He portrayed Kip Singh in ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'' (1996) and [[Sayid Jarrah]] in the popular television series ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' (2004). In 2006, he was voted one of ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's World's Most Beautiful People.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20034523_1185920,00.html#1056772|title=2006's Most Beautiful People: Naveen Andrews|access-date=24 December 2009|date=26 April 2006}}</ref> He starred in ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]'' (1996), ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1998), ''[[Bride and Prejudice]]'' (2004), and as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Jafar|Jafar]] in the American fantasy drama ''[[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]] (aired 2013-14)''. In 2014, he provided the voice of Sabal in the video game ''[[Far Cry 4]]''. From 2015 to 2017, he starred in the series ''[[Sense8]]'' (created by [[The Wachowskis]] and [[J. Michael Straczynski]]) as Jonas. From 2018 to 2019, he co-starred as ex-MI6 and CIA officer Julian Cousins in the series [[Instinct (U.S. TV series)|''Instinct'']], starring [[Alan Cumming]] and [[Bojana Novakovic]].

==Personal life==
Andrews's relationship with [[Geraldine Feakins]] lasted from 1985 to 1991. Their son, Jaisal Andrews, was born in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/naveen-andrews-at-least-ive-been-a-good-parent-7901923.html |title=Naveen Andrews: 'At least I've been a good parent' |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |first=Genevieve |last=Roberts |date=1 July 2012}}</ref> He was later in a relationship with actress [[Barbara Hershey]] in [[Los Angeles]], starting in 1998. The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Andrews had a son with [[Czechs|Czech]]-French actress [[Elena Eustache]]. He and Hershey later reconciled,<ref>[http://www.today.com/id/10741864 "'Lost' star fathered child while separated"], NBC News; accessed 7 March 2014.</ref> but in 2010, they announced that they had separated.<ref>[http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b183526_losts_naveen_andrews_found_in.html Lost's Naveen Andrews Found in Splitsville], E! Online; accessed 7 March 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272632080.shtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104010420/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272632080.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|title=Naveen Andrews Split - Lost Actor Announces Break Up with Barbara Hershey|work=National Ledger|date=30 May 2010|access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref> Andrews was in a long custody dispute with Eustache over their son, and on 7 January 2009, he was granted sole legal and physical custody.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/07/lost-star-battles-baby-mama-and-gets-kid "'Lost' Star Battles Baby Mama and Gets Kid"], ''[[TMZ.com|TMZ]]'', 7 January 2009; retrieved 23 July 2009.</ref>

Andrews has spoken about his [[alcoholism]] and his two-year [[Substance dependence|addiction]] to [[heroin]] in the mid-'90s. He has described an incident in which he collapsed on set and was treated by the emergency services.<ref>Hilton, Beth. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a88484/lost-star-reveals-heroin-addiction.html 'Lost' star reveals heroin addiction], ''Digital Spy'', 1 February 2008; accessed 27 May 2008.</ref>

He plays guitar<ref>[http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3178 The Trades - Interview: Naveen Andrews] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107130737/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=3178 |date=7 January 2007 }}</ref> and sings, while tap-dancing to his own tune as a hobby. He became a [[Naturalization|naturalised]] U.S. citizen on 27 May 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Naveen Andrews al RFF: Sayid presenta il finale di Lost|url=http://www.movieplayer.it/serietv/articoli/naveen-andrews-al-rff-sayid-presenta-il-finale-di-lost_7058|access-date=28 June 2011|newspaper=Movieplayer|date=7 July 2010|language=it|quote=...dal 27 maggio sono diventato cittadino americano...)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[London Kills Me]]''
| Bike
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Wild West (film)|Wild West]]''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105820/ Wild West (1992) at imdb.com], imdb.com; accessed 4 August 2014.</ref>
| Zaf
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Double Vision (1992 film)|Double Vision]]''
| Jimmy
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]''
| Raj Singh
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
| Kip Singh
| Nominated—[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|-
| 1997
| ''[[True Love and Chaos]]''
| Hanif
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Bombay Boys]]''
| Krishna
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]''
| Pindi
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Drowning on Dry Land''
| Darshan
|
|-
| 2000
| ''A Question of Faith''
| William
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Rollerball (2002 film)|Rollerball]]''
| Sanjay
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Easy (film)|Easy]]''
| John Kalicharan
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Bride & Prejudice]]''
| Balraj
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Provoked (film)|Provoked: A True Story]]''
| Deepak Ahluwalia
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''
| Abby
| Segment: ''[[Planet Terror]]''
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Brave One (2007 film)|The Brave One]]''
| David Kirmani
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Animals''
| Vic
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Creature of the Black Lagoon''
| Dr. David Raya
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Diana (film)|Diana]]''
| [[Hasnat Khan|Dr. Hasnat Khan]]
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[The Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)|The Buddha of Suburbia]]''
| Karim Amir
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''The Peacock Spring''
| Ravi Battacharya
| Television movie
|-
| 1998
| ''[[My Own Country]]''
| Dr. Abraham Verghese
| Television movie
|-
| 2000
| ''The Chippendales Murder''
| Steve Banerjee
| Television movie
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Beast (2001 TV series)|The Beast]]''
| Tamir Naipaul
| Episode: "The Price"
|-
| 2003
| ''Future Tense''
| Miles Gupta
| Unsold TV pilot
|-
| 2004–2010
| ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''
| [[Sayid Jarrah]]
| 98 episodes [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] Nominated—[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]] Nominated—[[Monte-Carlo Television Festival|Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor – Drama Series]] (2007–08, 2010) Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Ten Commandments (miniseries)|The Ten Commandments]]''
| Menerith
| Television movie
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Detective Ash Ramsey
| Episode: "Shadow"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Sinbad (UK TV series)|Sinbad]]''
| Lord Akbari
| 7 episodes
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''[[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]]''
| Jafar
| 13 episodes
|-
| 2015–2017
| ''[[Sense8]]''
| Jonas Maliki
| 11 episodes
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Instinct (2018 TV series)|Instinct]]''
| Julian Cousins
| 21 episodes
|-
|TBA
|[[The Dropout (miniseries)|''The Dropout'']]
|Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani
|TBA
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Far Cry 4]]''
| Sabal
| Voice actor
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|4710|Naveen Andrews}}

{{ScreenActorsGuildAwards EnsembleTVDrama 2000–2009}}

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