Kavi Raz

Known for ActingBorn 1953-01-01 (age 73)Punjab, India

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kavi Raz is an Indian-born British actor, writer, director and producer. Born in Punjab, Raz left India at a young age for the United Kingdom, where he grew up. He acquired national prominence as an exceptional hockey player in the Midlands. He attended university in the San Francisco Bay area. Raz was a founder and artistic director of The Wandering Players Theater Company. The Company staged several World and US premieres of plays from India. Western audiences were exposed to the works of Rabindranath Tagore for the first time, in addition to plays like Sakharam Binder and Shakuntala. This was the first professional South Asian theatre company in the USA. In the mid-seventies, Raz arrived in Hollywood: a career as an actor was unheard of at a time when roles for South Asian actors in Hollywood television shows and films were limited. Raz had been quoted: “People, especially friends and relatives scoffed at the idea of my becoming an actor. They thought it was a passing fancy and would soon be over. But no, I had a dream and take what it may I journeyed on to make my dream a reality.” He became the first ever South Asian actor to be signed on as a regular in a major TV series, St Elsewhere. He was a cast member for the first two seasons of the medical drama, and after being let go continued to appear on a recurring basis. Raz has appeared in over 200 plays, TV shows and films, including guest appearances on The A-Team, M*A*S*H and Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1978, Raz founded the production company, K.R. Films Hollywood. Its debut, Lehren - a television weekly variety series for the Asian audience - was shown throughout the United States and Canada. In 1988, K.R. Studios was built in Granada Hills. Housing several buildings including the main studio, it has state-of-art equipment for film and television productions, as well as a multi-track recording facility for post production and recording needs. The studio is now home to many award winning producers, writers and directors engaged in the production of commercials, TV programmes, music videos and films. Raz began his career as a filmmaker with The Gold Bracelet, a movie about a Sikh man faced with the realities of post-9/11. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kavi Raz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Big River

Beyond the Next Mountain

The Gold Bracelet

Sarabha

House

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Storm in the Afternoon

The New Adam-12

Keefer

A Captain's Log

M*A*S*H

Strong Medicine

Under Siege

The A-Team

Home Improvement

Crossing Jordan

Chicago Hope

Expats

Hunter

The Agency

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

L.A. Law

Touch

The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story

Site

Pet Sematary

Ugly Betty

The Night Train to Kathmandu

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hot Mess Holiday

The Colbys

Shooter

Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book

Warning Sign

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

All I Want For Christmas

St. Elsewhere

The Black Prince

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Stiletto

Blue Movies

Terror Squad

Terminal Entry

Astro

The Three Kings

Tie the Knot

All Out Dysfunktion!

Arranged Marriage

MAS*H