Vik Sahay


Vikram "Vik" Sahay, is a Canadian actor of Indian descent best known for playing Kevin Calvin on Radio Active, Lester Patel on the NBC television series Chuck, and Rama in the Roxy Hunter saga.

Life and career

Vik Sahay was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Indian parents, and attended Canterbury High School of the Arts in Ottawa. He went on to study Theatre Performance at Montreal's Concordia University.
He learned to perform Indian classical dance with his brother Sidharth Sahay. In 1986 and 1987, he appeared on three episodes of the children's television show You Can't Do That on Television. He was also featured in the television series Radio Active, playing sportscaster Kevin Calvin. Based on that work, he was selected to appear in Our Hero as Dalal Vidya, for which he was nominated for a 2002 Canadian Comedy Award. Subsequently, he also portrayed attorney Anil Sharma on the CBC series This is Wonderland during its second and third seasons.
Sahay has appeared in such films as Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost, Good Will Hunting, eXistenZ, Hollow Point, Rainbow, The Ride, Wings of Hope, The Rocker, Amal, and Afghan Luke. He portrayed Lester Patel, the "HinJew" half of Jeffster!, on the television series Chuck. He played the role of Prateek Duraiswamy in the film American Reunion. He was a guest star as a murder suspect on the FOX show Bones season 8 episode 13. In 2016 he had a guest starring role on the revival of The X-Files.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Everything to GainRoland JellicoTV Movie
1997Balls UpDebdashTV Movie
1997PlatinumAnthony MedeciTV Movie
1998–1999Radio ActiveKevin Calvin26 episodes
2000The RideTV Movie
2000–2002Our HeroDalal Vidya11 episodes;
Nominated – Canadian Comedy Award Television for Pretty Funny Male Performance
2005This Is WonderlandAnil Sharma21 episodes
2007Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody GhostRammaTV Movie
2007–2012ChuckLester PatelSeries Regular; 80 episodes
2008Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the MermaidRammaTV Movie
2008Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the ShamanRammaTV Movie
2008Roxy Hunter and the Horrific HalloweenRammaTV Movie
2013BonesAkshay MirzaEpisode: "The Twist in the Plot"
2013The MentalistNicholas VashumEpisode: "Black-Winged Redbird"
2013-2014Sean Saves the WorldHowardRecurring
2013-2014NCISAjay KhanEpisodes: "Canary" and "House Rules"
2016The X-FilesGuptaEpisode: "Founder's Mutation"
2016LuciferRay CodfreeEpisode: "Sin-Eater"
2016Quest For TruthVIkTV Movie
2017GrimmDr. Sanji RajuEpisode: "The Son Also Rises"
2017PreacherFrank PatelEpisode: "Mumbai Sky Tower"
2018-2019Lodge 49TarquinRecurring; 7 episodes

Video Games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019AnthemMatthias