Naveen William Sidney Andrews was born on 17 January 1969 and is a British-American actor.
18 Facts About Naveen Andrews
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Naveen Andrews is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series Lost, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as winning a Screen Actors Guild Award along with the cast.
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Naveen Andrews has appeared in films such as The English Patient, Mighty Joe Young, Rollerball, Bride and Prejudice, Planet Terror, The Brave One, and Diana.
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Naveen Andrews was brought up in Wandsworth as a Methodist, and attended Earlsfield Junior School on Tranmere Road.
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Naveen Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation.
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Naveen Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Ewan McGregor and David Thewlis.
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Naveen Andrews's studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi's film London Kills Me.
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Naveen Andrews starred in the 1993 BBC miniseries Buddha of Suburbia.
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Naveen Andrews portrayed Kip Singh in The English Patient and Sayid Jarrah in the popular television series Lost.
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Naveen Andrews starred in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Mighty Joe Young, Bride and Prejudice, and as Jafar in the American fantasy drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.
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In 2022 Naveen Andrews co-starred with Amanda Seyfried as Theranos COO Sunny Balwani in the hulu limited series The Dropout.
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Naveen Andrews was later in a relationship with actress Barbara Hershey in Los Angeles, starting in 1998.
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The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Naveen Andrews had a son with Czech-French actress Elena Eustache.
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Naveen Andrews was in a long custody dispute with Eustache over their son, and on 7 January 2009, he was granted sole legal and physical custody.
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Naveen Andrews has spoken about his alcoholism and his two-year addiction to heroin in the mid-'90s.
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Naveen Andrews has described an incident in which he collapsed on set and was treated by emergency services.
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Naveen Andrews plays guitar and sings, while tap dancing to his own tune as a hobby.
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Naveen Andrews became a naturalised US citizen on 27 May 2010.