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).

Filmography

• 2026Best of the Best — Prabhu
• 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick You — Landlord
• Your Friends & Neighbors — Hari Sahni
• Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Singer (voice)
• 2022Anything's Possible — Sasan
• And Just Like That… — Dr. Vikash Patel
• 2020The Assistant — Amir (voice)
• Emergence — Justin
• Prodigal Son — Dr. Fred Chabra
• Bull — George
• 201599 Homes — Khanna
• Deception — Doctor
• The Blacklist — Arjun
• The Following — Reece
• 2011A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song — Ravi
• Unforgettable — Sami
• Rubicon — Bob Standard
• 2010The Last Airbender — Fire Nation Head Prison Guard
• 2010Walkaway — Darius
• 2010Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps — Quant Analyst (uncredited)
• Nurse Jackie — Paramedic
• Lipstick Jungle — Development Person #2
• 2008The Love Guru — Rajneesh
• 2006Quarter Life Crisis — Jonathan
• Grey's Anatomy — Eric Choudry
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Henry
• Clap Clap — Jay

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022Keeping Company with Sondheim — Self / Theo
• Great Performances — Self