13 Facts About Maulik Pancholy

Maulik Pancholy is best known for his roles as Jonathan on 30 Rock, Baljeet Tjinder in Phineas and Ferb, Neal in the first season of Whitney, and as characters named Sanjay Patel in both Weeds and Sanjay and Craig.

Maulik Pancholy moved around while growing up, living in Ohio, Indiana, and Texas before his family settled in Tampa, Florida, where he attended junior high and high school at Berkeley Preparatory School.

Maulik Pancholy's family comes from Gujarat, and his grandparents lived in Ahmedabad.

Maulik Pancholy is a 1991 graduate of the Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, and went on to major in Theatre at Northwestern University, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1995.

Maulik Pancholy then attended the Yale School of Drama, where he received his Master of Fine Arts in 2003.

Maulik Pancholy's character appeared in the pilot episode, "The Vulcan Hello", which aired on September 24,2017, and streamed on CBS's online service in America and Netflix abroad.

Maulik Pancholy starred as 'Kevin' in the world premiere engagement of Ken Urban's The Remains at the Studio Theatre in 2018.

In 2019, Maulik Pancholy played 'Tommy' in Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Maulik Pancholy came out as gay in a November 2013 interview with Out in which he discussed his partner of nine years, chef and caterer Ryan Corvaia.

Maulik Pancholy is proficient in Hindi, which he speaks in the 30 Rock episode "Khonani".

Maulik Pancholy is active with several non-profit and social policy organizations including Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, and OutRight Action International, formerly known as the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Maulik Pancholy is the Chair and Co-Founder of the anti-bullying nonprofit Act To Change.

Maulik Pancholy helped launch the campaign during his time serving on President Obama's Advisory Commission.