Naveen Andrews

Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is known for numerous roles, such as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost, Kip Singh in the film The English Patient and Sanjay in the 2002 remake of Rollerball. For his role on Lost, Andrews was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006, a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 and received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2006.

Naveen Andrews
Naveen Andrews in 2009
Born
Naveen William Sidney Andrews

(1969-01-17) 17 January 1969
Lambeth, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Partner(s)Geraldine Feakins
(1985–1991)
Barbara Hershey
(1998–2009)
Children2

Early life

Andrews was born in Lambeth, London to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from Kerala, India.[1] He was brought up in Wandsworth in the Methodist denomination of Christianity.[2] Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive".[2] At 16, while at Emanuel School, he started a relationship with his 30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins, whom he moved in with to escape his abusive home; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992. Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation. He has said that he has forgiven them.[3]

Career

Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Ewan McGregor and David Thewlis. His studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi's film London Kills Me (1991). Andrews starred in the 1993 BBC miniseries Buddha of Suburbia. He portrayed Kip Singh in The English Patient (1996) and Sayid Jarrah in the popular television series Lost (2004). In 2006, he was voted one of People magazine's World's Most Beautiful People.[4] He starred in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Mighty Joe Young (1998), Bride and Prejudice (2004), and as Jafar in the American fantasy drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (aired 2013-14). In 2014, he provided the voice of Sabal in the video game Far Cry 4. From 2015 to 2017, he starred in the series Sense8 (created by The Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski) as Jonas. From 2018 to 2019, he co-starred as ex-MI6 and CIA officer Julian Cousins in the series Instinct, starring Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic.

Personal life

Andrews's relationship with Geraldine Feakins lasted from 1985 to 1991. Their son, Jaisal Andrews, was born in 1992.[5] He was later in a relationship with actress Barbara Hershey in Los Angeles, starting in 1998. The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Andrews had a son with Czech-French actress Elena Eustache. He and Hershey later reconciled,[6] but in 2010, they announced that they had separated.[7][8] Andrews was in an long custody dispute with Eustache over their son, and on 7 January 2009, he was granted sole legal and physical custody.[9]

Andrews has spoken about his alcoholism and his two-year addiction to heroin in the mid-'90s. He has described an incident in which he collapsed on set and was treated by the emergency services.[10]

He plays guitar[11] and sings, while tap-dancing to his own tune as a hobby. He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on 27 May 2010.[12]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 London Kills Me Bike
1992 Wild West[13] Zaf
1992 Double Vision Jimmy
1996 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Raj Singh
1996 The English Patient Kip Singh Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1997 True Love and Chaos Hanif
1998 Bombay Boys Krishna
1998 Mighty Joe Young Pindi
1999 Drowning on Dry Land Darshan
2000 A Question of Faith William
2002 Rollerball Sanjay
2003 Easy John Kalicharan
2004 Bride & Prejudice Balraj
2006 Provoked: A True Story Deepak Ahluwalia
2007 Grindhouse Abby Segment: Planet Terror
2007 The Brave One David Kirmani
2008 Animals Vic
2012 Creature of the Black Lagoon Dr. David Raya
2013 Diana Dr. Hasnat Khan

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Buddha of Suburbia Karim Amir 4 episodes
1996 The Peacock Spring Ravi Battacharya Television movie
1998 My Own Country Dr. Abraham Verghese Television movie
2000 The Chippendales Murder Steve Banerjee Television movie
2001 The Beast Tamir Naipaul Episode: "The Price"
2003 Future Tense Miles Gupta Unsold TV pilot
2004–2010 Lost Sayid Jarrah 98 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor – Drama Series (2007–08, 2010)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2006 The Ten Commandments Menerith Television movie
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Detective Ash Ramsey Episode: "Shadow"
2012 Sinbad Lord Akbari 7 episodes
2013–2014 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Jafar 13 episodes
2015–2017 Sense8 Jonas Maliki 11 episodes
2018–2019 Instinct Julian Cousins 21 episodes

Video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Far Cry 4 Sabal Voice actor

References
  1. Elsworth, Catherine. "I'm so grateful I'm sober now", Daily Telegraph, 30 August 2005; accessed 27 May 2008.
  2. "Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A", CTV.ca; 10 April 2006.
  3. Naveen Andrews profile, imdb.com; accessed 7 March 2014
  4. "2006's Most Beautiful People: Naveen Andrews". People. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  5. Roberts, Genevieve (1 July 2012). "Naveen Andrews: 'At least I've been a good parent'". The Independent.
  6. "'Lost' star fathered child while separated", NBC News; accessed 7 March 2014.
  7. Lost's Naveen Andrews Found in Splitsville, E! Online; accessed 7 March 2014.
  8. "Naveen Andrews Split - Lost Actor Announces Break Up with Barbara Hershey". National Ledger. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  9. "'Lost' Star Battles Baby Mama and Gets Kid", TMZ, 7 January 2009; retrieved 23 July 2009.
  10. Hilton, Beth. 'Lost' star reveals heroin addiction, Digital Spy, 1 February 2008; accessed 27 May 2008.
  11. The Trades - Interview: Naveen Andrews Archived 7 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Naveen Andrews al RFF: Sayid presenta il finale di Lost". Movieplayer (in Italian). 7 July 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011. ...dal 27 maggio sono diventato cittadino americano...)
  13. Wild West (1992) at imdb.com, imdb.com; accessed 4 August 2014.
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