British actor born in London in 1969 to Indian parents, whose big break came as Sikh bomb-disposal officer Kip in Anthony Minghella The English Patient (1996). He became a global TV star as Sayid Jarrah in the ABC series Lost (2004-2010), a role that earned him a SAG Award with the ensemble. He later played Anna Delvey boyfriend Chase in Inventing Anna (2022) and the sinister Jonas Maliki in Sense8. Other film credits include Mira Nair Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996). Charisma and a low, careful voice have kept him steadily employed across two decades. Read more