22 Facts About Jay Chandrasekhar

Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar was born on April 9,1968 and is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor.

Jay Chandrasekhar is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beerfest and Super Troopers 2.

Jay Chandrasekhar has occasionally worked as a film director outside of Broken Lizard projects, most notably on the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard.

Jay Chandrasekhar has an older sister as well as a younger sister named Sandhya Jay Chandrasekhar, who are both lawyers.

Jay Chandrasekhar lived in Oak Park until his family moved farther west from Chicago to the suburb of Hinsdale.

Jay Chandrasekhar graduated from the boarding high school Lake Forest Academy.

Jay Chandrasekhar graduated from Colgate University with a major in European history and a minor in philosophy.

Jay Chandrasekhar formed Broken Lizard with former members of comedy troupe Charred Goosebeak and Beta Theta Pi, people he met during college at Colgate University.

Jay Chandrasekhar said he found his path to comedy after acting in high school and college.

Jay Chandrasekhar did some open mic standup comedy work in Chicago and founded a sketch group called "Charred Goose Beak" at college.

Jay Chandrasekhar began making shorts featuring the troupe, then made the self-funded movie Puddle Cruiser in 1996.

Jay Chandrasekhar has become an established television comedy director, directing episodes of Undeclared, Happy Endings, Chuck, Community, Psych, New Girl, and Arrested Development.

Jay Chandrasekhar says that the earlier a director joins a show, the more impact he or she will have on its look and feel.

In February 2021, Jay Chandrasekhar was announced as the director of the family comedy Easter Sunday, starring Jo Koy.

Jay Chandrasekhar guest starred alongside his cousin Sendhil Ramamurthy in a 2009 episode of Psych, which Jay Chandrasekhar directed.

Jay Chandrasekhar appeared as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two.

Jay Chandrasekhar appeared as racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta in the episode "Basic Email Security" of Community, which Chandrasekhar directed.

Jay Chandrasekhar's stand-up is a mix of jokes and stories.

Jay Chandrasekhar has been married to actress Susan Clarke since 2005.

Jay Chandrasekhar used the name Jumbulingam for his editorial credits.

Jay Chandrasekhar's cousin is the actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played the role of Mohinder Suresh in the NBC superhero drama Heroes and appeared in the Broken Lizard film The Slammin' Salmon.

Jay Chandrasekhar's mother-in-law is Mary Pat Clarke, the first woman to serve as president of the Baltimore City Council.