2010Nominee
Best Performance
The Last Airbender
Manu Narayan
Actor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
August 16, 1973
Biography
Manu Narayan (born August 16, 1973) is an American actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, composer and saxophonist. He served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, his alma mater, from 2013-2016. Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004 when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams, originating the role of the "hero" Akaash. Narayan co-starred as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' feature film The Love Guru (2008).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2010Nominee
Best Performance
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Career Highlights
2008Highlight
Best Performance
The Love Guru
2011Highlight
Best Performance
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
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The Last Airbender
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps