
Manu Narayan
Acting
Manu Narayan (born August 16, 1973) is an American actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, composer and saxophonist. He served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, his alma mater, from 2013-2016. Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004 when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams, originating the role of the "hero" Akaash. Narayan co-starred as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' feature film The Love Guru (2008).
Known For

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · tv

2005
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · tv

2013
The Blacklist
2013 · tv

2025
Your Friends & Neighbors
2025 · tv

1971
Great Performances
1971 · tv

2016
Bull
2016 · tv

2011
Unforgettable
2011 · tv

2013
The Following
2013 · tv

2009
Nurse Jackie
2009 · tv

2019
Prodigal Son
2019 · tv

2021
And Just Like That…
2021 · tv

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023 · tv

2008
Lipstick Jungle
2008 · tv

2025
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2025 · movie

2019
Emergence
2019 · tv

2010
The Last Airbender
2010 · movie

2011
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
2011 · movie

2010
Rubicon
2010 · tv

2013
Deception
2013 · tv

2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010 · movie

2015
99 Homes
2015 · movie

2008
The Love Guru
2008 · movie

2020
The Assistant
2020 · movie

2022
Anything's Possible
2022 · movie

2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 · movie

2010
Walkaway
2010 · movie
Quarter Life Crisis
2006
2006
Quarter Life Crisis
2006 · movie

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Clap Clap
— · movie