Rohan Chand

Chand was born in New York City, to parents of Indian descent.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rohan-chand-toronto-international-film-festival/1/309617.html |title=Boy Wonder |first=Indira |last=Kannan |date=September 13, 2013 |work=India Today |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} When he was six years old, he was spotted by a casting director while playing baseball; the casting director was the mother of another child playing baseball, and encouraged Chand to audition for a role in Adam Sandler's film Jack and Jill.{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/03/25/at-ripe-old-age-of-10-actor-already-a-pro.html |title=At ripe old age of 10, actor Rohan Chand already a pro |first=Ian |last=Spelling |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=March 25, 2014 |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} Chand ultimately won the role of Sandler's on-screen adopted son, and the film was released in 2011. His next role was in a 2011 episode of Homeland titled "Crossfire", in which he played Issa Nazir, the young son of the series' central terrorist who forms a close relationship with an American soldier, played by Damian Lewis.{{cite web |url=http://www.focusfeatures.com/slideshow/rohan_chand |title=Where You've Seen Rohan Chand Before |first=Nicole |last=Woods |date=February 28, 2014 |publisher=Focus Features |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} In the 2013 film Lone Survivor, Chand played the son of an Afghan who provides assistance to an American Navy SEAL (played by Mark Wahlberg), and spoke in Hindi and Urdu for the part.{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/indian-origin-us-actor-rohan-chand-in-lone-survivor/15054026 |title=Indian-origin US actor Rohan Chand in 'Lone Survivor' |date=January 28, 2014 |work=Mid-Day |accessdate=July 17, 2014}}

In 2013, Chand appeared in a main role in the comedy film Bad Words, playing Chaitanya Chopra, a spelling bee entrant who befriends the film's main character (played by Jason Bateman) after auditioning when he was eight years old. He was ten years old by the time of the film's release and his performance was widely praised by critics, with a writer for Variety magazine predicting that Chand would receive "many more big screen opportunities following this endearingly wide-eyed turn". His next project was the 2014 film The Hundred-Foot Journey directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Helen Mirren, in which he played the young version of the film's main character (played by Manish Dayal).

In April 2014 it was announced that Chand would star alongside Lea Michele in DreamWorks Animation's Bollywood-style musical, Bollywood Superstar Monkey.{{cite web |url=http://www.thewrap.com/glee-star-lea-michele-bad-words-kid-rohan-chand-dreamworks-animation-bollywood-musical/ |title=Lea Michele, Rohan Chand to Lead Voice Cast of DreamWorks Animation's Bollywood Musical (Exclusive) |date=April 3, 2014 |work=The Wrap |first=Jeff |last=Sneider |accessdate=July 17, 2014}} In addition, Chand was cast in Andy Serkis' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, in the leading role of Mowgli. The film was released in November 2018.{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Rebecca |title=Warner Bros. Pushes 'Jungle Book' to 2018, 'Wonder Woman' Gets New Date |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-pushes-jungle-book-881353 |accessdate=April 6, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 6, 2016}}

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