Kunal Nayyar

Kunal Nayyar, the british actor life and biography

Kunal Nayyar ( born 30 April 1981) is a British actor. Kunal Nayyar portrayed Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) and voiced Vijay on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom Sanjay and Craig (2013–2016). Nayyar also appeared in the films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), The Scribbler (2014), Dr. Cabbie (2014), Consumed (2015), Trolls (2016) and Sweetness in the Belly (2019). Forbes listed Nayyar as the world's third-highest-paid television actor in 2015 and 2018, with earnings of US$20 million and US$23.5 million, respectively.

Nayyar was born on 30 April 1981 in Hammersmith, London, to a family of Indian immigrants. When Kunal Nayyar was three years old, Kunal Nayyar family returned to India and Kunal Nayyar grew up in New Delhi, where Kunal Nayyar parents live. Kunal Nayyar attended St. Columba's School, where Kunal Nayyar played badminton for the school team.

In 1999, Nayyar moved to the United States to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Portland, Oregon. Kunal Nayyar started taking acting classes and appeared in several school plays while working on Kunal Nayyar degree.

After participating in the American College Theater Festival, Nayyar decided to become an actor. Kunal Nayyar then attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Kunal Nayyar received a Master of Fine Arts in acting.