Bhavesh Patel (actor)
{{short description|American actor and writer (born 1980)}}
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| name = Bhavesh Patel
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor, writer
| years_active = 2003–present
|education = New York University {{small|(MFA)}}
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Bhavesh Patel (born 1980) is an American actor and writer best known for his role as Roland Maule in the 2017 revival of Present Laughter.
Early life and career
Patel was born in Chicago youngest of four children, in 1980 in an Indian American family. Patel's family later moved to Du Quoin, Illinois. His first acting experience was in high school in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace. In 2007, he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
He is a member of theatre group The Grundleshotz, which also includes Sebastian Arcelus.{{cite news|title=Ready for More Jersey? Gettin' the Band Back Together Eyes Broadway Bow|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/177188/ready-for-more-jersey-gettin-the-band-back-together-eyes-broadway-bow/|work=Broadway|date=August 24, 2014}} Together with fellow Grundleshotz members and Ken Davenport, Patel wrote the book for Gettin' the Band Back Together.{{cite news|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|title=Broadway-Bound Musical Gettin' The Band Back Together Launches Logo Contest|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-bound-musical-gettin-the-band-back-together-launches-logo-contest-com-327018|work=Playbill|date=August 21, 2014}}
In 2011, Patel appeared in the Broadway premiere of War Horse. In 2013, he had a recurring role as conniving attorney Anthony Wright Edelman on the fifth season of The Good Wife. In the same year he appeared in a Season 3 episode of Blue Bloods, 'Ends and Means', as "Jared Mehra". In 2014, he appeared Off-Broadway with Romola Garai in Indian Ink.
In 2017, he starred as Roland Maule in Present Laughter opposite Kevin Kline.{{cite news|last1=Damarwala|first1=Sholeen|title=The Indian-American actor who's repping brown on Broadway|url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/indian-american-actor-whos-repping-brown-broadway/|work=GQ|date=August 26, 2017}} In 2017, he played Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare in the Park.{{cite news|last1=Stasio|first1=Marilyn|title='A Midsummer Night's Dream'|url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/reviews/a-midsummer-nights-dream-review-shakespeare-in-the-park-1202512152/|work=Variety|date=July 26, 2017}}
Filmography
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References
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External links
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Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male actors of Indian descent