Ravi Patel (actor)

Television and film

An emcee job with improvised stand-up in between acts led to auditions, Patel's first agent, and two dozen commercials in a year. He has been in over 70 national commercials, films and TV shows, most notably Transformers, Scrubs, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Comedians, and Hawaii Five-O.

From 2008 to 2009, Patel appeared as George Patil in six episodes on The CW's Easy Money. In 2010, he starred in Past Life on Fox.^[3]

Patel co-directed and starred in Meet the Patels, a documentary that he made with his sister, Geeta Patel which won the audience award at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival.^[4] The film portrays Patel's autobiographical^[5] journey of trying to find an Indian wife.^[6][7][8] The duo has a deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures to write and direct a narrative remake of the film.^[9][10]

Patel worked in multiple episodes of the Aziz Ansari series Master of None.^[10] From 2015 to 2016, Patel appeared on the John Stamos TV series Grandfathered.^[7]

In 2020, Patel also created the CNN-produced docuseries Pursuit of Happiness which aired on HBO Max.^[11] In the same year, Patel worked in Indian romantic comedy series, Bhaag Beanie Bhaag.

Since 2023, Patel has played a main role as Amit Patel in the Fox sitcom Animal Control.^[12]

Other

Patel is the co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives,^[13] which donates a meal packet for every granola bar they sell. He is an active investor in start-ups in health and wellness.^[14]

Film

Television