Naveen

Actor. I was Born in London and raised in Wandsworth, and no I am not Iraqi, but if you must know, I am of indian descent. I Auditioned and was accepted to London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the age of 16. My studies paid off when I got a role in Hanif Kureshi's film, London Kills Me.
Currently just finished shooting Animals. The new Season of Lost begins January 31st! Also working on a bollywood film, Fallen Hero, due this 2008.

Awards:

Best Actor at the San Remo Film Festival for "The Buddha of Suburbia."

Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard Drama Awards for his part in "Wild West."

Best Supporting Actor at the Chlotrudis Awards for "The English Patient." Outstanding Performance by a Cast at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards for "The English Patient."

Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for Lost (2005)

Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television at Golden Globes for Lost (2006) Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1997)

Was voted Sexiest Survivalist in 2005 by People Magazine.

"He's very movie star-ish and wholly human all at once. What could possibly stop him?"---"The English Patient" director Anthony Minghella on Andrews to Entertainment Weekly, November 29, 1996.

(On Sayid) “If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the show’s (Lost) completely unpredictable,”. “It’s constantly changing. But I sense something sort of spiritual about the character, that somehow there’s something in him that’s trying to atone for what he’s done in the past.”

“I’ve been playing the guitar since I was twelve,”. “If I had any other job apart from acting, that’s probably what I would have done.”

“I would have liked to have traded places with Jimi Hendrix for a day just to have that kind of mind in terms of playing. There were things that Hendrix did that I think would be impossible for anybody else to get. They were things that will never happen again.”

“The highest compliment I’ve ever received is when people have come up to me and said, ‘I don’t watch TV, but I watch your show.’ That’s the best anyone could hope for.”

"I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release."

Trivia:

Indira Varma played Naveen's lover in Kama Sutra and his sister in Bride and Prejudice.

Although he portrays an Iraqi on the show Lost, he is actually British, of Indian descent. His first name means new in Sanskrit.

As a teen, he performed in a band as lead guitarist and singer.

His first name is relatively common in India and is often also spelled Navin.