Avi Nash

Avi Nash, is an American actor known for his role as Siddiq in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead (2017–2020).[1][2]

Avi Nash
Born (1991-01-24) January 24, 1991
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Known forThe Walking Dead (2017–2020)

Early life

Nash was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, his father is Indo-Guyanese and his mother is from Mumbai.[3]

Nash started acting in senior year of high school off a dare to audition for the school play; prior to this, he identified primarily as a visual artist.[3]

Nash attended Stanford University when he was 17, where he performed with the Stanford Shakespeare Company.[3] He was classmates with Young the Giant's Sameer Gadhia, who encouraged Nash to seriously pursue acting dropping out himself to pursue a professional music career.[3] So, after freshman year, Nash left Stanford to attend acting school under Anupam Kher at Actor Prepares (Mumbai) for six months.[3][4] However, he later returned to complete his degree, citing conflicting feelings between his various interests.[5]

He graduated with an honors degree from Stanford University in 2012, where he majored in Mathematical and Computational Sciences while studying architecture.[3][6]

Nash later trained in theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[7] and graduated with an MA in 2016.

Prior to acting, he was a cook in a closed door restaurant (puerta cerradas) that he ran out of a hostel in Buenos Aires[5] and gave bike tours.[6]

Career

He made his feature film debut in Learning to Drive alongside Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson, directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won First Runner Up for the People’s Choice Award.

In 2017, Nash portrayed AMC's The Walking Dead's first male Muslim-American character, Siddiq, in season 8 of the show.[3] As a result, he has attended different comic book conventions throughout the years, including Walker Stalker Con.[3]

Personal life

He now resides between Los Angeles, London, and New York City.

Nash could read and write in Devanagari and Urdu.[3] He took Hindi language course at Stanford and took his acting class in India completely in Hindi.[3] Nash learned Portuguese from his ex-girlfriend while briefly living near the Brazilian border.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Life of Guy Younger Guy Short
2013 E-103 E-103 Short
2014 Breaking Tradition Ish Khan
2014 Learning to Drive Preet
2015 Postal Jerks Juan
2016 Amateur Night Orderly
2016 Barry Saleem
2019 Hosea Henry

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2015, 2019 Silicon Valley Wajeed
2017–2020 The Walking Dead Siddiq Recurring (season 8)
Also Starring (seasons 9–10)
27 episodes		 [9]

References
  1. "Avi Nash promoted to series regular for The Walking Dead season 9". Undeadwalking.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. Mason, Charlie (7 May 2018). "The Walking Dead Promotes Two Actors to Series Regulars Ahead of Season 9". Tvline.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. Gajjar, Saloni (2018-06-04). "Actor Avi Nash on Playing a Muslim-American on 'The Walking Dead'". The Teal Mango. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. prateek. "Alumni". Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  5. Avi Nash on Siddiq, The Walking Dead, LAMDA and getting into acting... | RAW Interviews, retrieved 2019-12-23
  6. s.r.o, RECO. "Avi Nash, de The Walking Dead: "Eu adoro Portugal. Só este ano estive cá seis vezes"". gqportugal.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  7. "Avi Nash | The Artists Partnership". www.theartistspartnership.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  8. "All you need to know about Avi Nash's presence at Comic Con Portugal 2019". Séries da TV. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  9. "The Walking Dead Fans Can Expect to See a Lot More Siddiq and Al in Season 9 - TV Guide". Tvguide.com. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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