Brian George was born on 1 July 1952 and is a British actor and voice artist.
31 Facts About Brian George
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Brian George is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in Seinfeld, the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory, the voice of Chutney in Father of the Pride, and spiritual guide Guru Pathik in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Brian George's father was born in Lebanon and grew up in Bombay, India in a multi religious family, with his half sister being Muslim.
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Brian George attended an all-boys school in London but made the switch to a public co-ed high school when the family moved to Toronto.
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Brian George attended the University of Toronto, where he was active in theatre productions.
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Brian George left before graduation and formed a theatre group.
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Brian George provided the voice of Bob Fish in the last two series of Bob and Margaret.
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Brian George appeared on numerous other sitcoms, including three episodes of Seinfeld as Pakistani immigrant Babu Bhatt, who is deported to Pakistan when Elaine Benes fails to give Jerry Seinfeld his mail, which contains Babu's visa application, in time.
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Brian George appeared in two episodes of Ellen as Ranjit, a member of the book club that gathers in Ellen's book shop.
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Brian George had a recurring role as newsman Hugh Persons on Doctor, Doctor during its second season.
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Brian George made a guest appearance in the first season of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda as Wayist religious leader Vikram Singh Khalsa.
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Brian George appeared in One Tree Hill as Brooke's taxi driver when she goes to launch her clothes line in New York.
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Brian George has appeared in video games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur's Gate, Ultimate Spider-Man, Mass Effect 3, EverQuest II and Final Fantasy XIV.
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Brian George took over the voice of Bob Fish in the Anglo-Canadian animated comedy series Bob and Margaret and Pugg in the 1993 revival series of The Pink Panther.
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Brian George played a guru in the film Inspector Gadget who trains with Inspector Gadget.
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Brian George made a small guest appearance in the second season of The Mentalist in episode 16 entitled "Code Red".
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Brian George played a professor working at the Northern California Technology Institute.
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Brian George appeared on The 4400 in the third-season episode "The Starzl Mutation".
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Brian George voiced Sahin the Falcon and Stuart Black in Age of Empires III.
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Brian George plays a short tempered convenience store owner in the 2001 film Ghost World.
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Brian George plays the role of "Iqbal" in the 2006 film Employee of the Month.
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Brian George voiced Captain Barbossa in the video game Kingdom Hearts II, a role he would reprise in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Infinity, and Kingdom Hearts III.
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Brian George played "Pushpop", an Indian ice cream vendor, in the 2001 film Bubble Boy.
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Brian George played the culturally diverse bartender who counselled the priest played by Edward Norton through a crisis of faith in the 2000 film Keeping the Faith.
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Brian George was the foster father of Ricky in the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
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Brian George appeared on Disney Channel show That's So Raven as Dr Sleevemore, a "psychic doctor" who treats Raven's vision-related problems.
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Brian George regularly voiced several characters on DC Nation's Green Lantern: The Animated Series, including Appa Ali Apsa, LANOS, and Brother Warth.
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Brian George appeared in the first episode of Beware the Batman, "Hunted", as the villain Professor Pyg, and in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time as Sly's ancestor, Salim Al-Kupar.
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In 2013, Brian George took up a recurring role in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as an unnamed prisoner who is later revealed to be the Sultan of Agrabah and father of the show's principal antagonist: Jafar.
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Brian George guest starred in SpongeBob SquarePants in the episode "Drive Happy" as Coupe, an arrogant and sarcastic sentient car that SpongeBob buys.
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Brian George had a featured role in the Uttera Singh-directed comedy short film Fanny Pack.