Utkarsh Ambudkar ( [ 3] lahir 8 Desember 1983) juga dikenal dengan nama panggungnya UTK the INC , adalah seorang aktor, rapper dan penyanyi asal Amerika Serikat. Dia dikenal karena perannya dalam beberapa filmn, termasuk Pitch Perfect (2012), Blindspotting (2018), Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020), Free Guy (2021), Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) dan World's Best (2023). Peran televisinya termasuk, The Mindy Project , White Famous , Never Have I Ever , Ghosts dan The Dropout .
Dia membuat debutnya di Broadway dalam pertunjukan hip-hop improvisasi Lin-Manuel Miranda , Freestyle Love Supreme pada tahun 2019.
Kehidupan awal
Ambudkar lahir di Baltimore, Maryland, dan dibesarkan di pinggiran kota tempat orang tuanya, yang beremigrasi dari India pada tahun 1980-an, mereka adalah ilmuwan penelitian di Institut Kesehatan Nasional . Melalui ibunya, Ambudkar adalah keturunan dari pengacara dan ahli hukum Sir Vembakkam Bhashyam Aiyangar.[ 4] Dia membintangi peran komedi saat di SMA Thomas S. Wootton di Rockville, Maryland , dan dia memperoleh gelar Bachelor of Fine Arts dari Tisch School of the Arts di Universitas New York pada tahun 2004.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Kehidupan pribadi
Ambudkar menikah dengan Naomi Ambudkar pada tahun 2019 dan memiliki tiga anak.[ 1] Dalam sebuah wawancara tahun 2023, dia mengungkapkan bahwa dia telah sober (tidak mengkonsumsi alkohol) selama delapan setengah tahun. Dia juga menyatakan bahwa akibat terlalu mengkonsumsi alkohol pada saat itu mengapa dia digantikan sebagai Aaron Burr di Hamilton .[ 9]
Diskografi
Vanity (2019)
Petty (2019)
Filmografi
Film
Televisi
Tahun
Judul
Peran
Keterangan
2006; 2010
The Electric Company
UTK; Harry
2 episode
2011
Danni Lowinski
Rasoul
Film TV
2012
Freestyle Love Supreme
UTK
Film TV
2013–2017
The Mindy Project
Rishi Lahiri
10 episode
2016
The Simpsons
Jay (suara)
Episode: "Much Apu About Something "
The Muppets
Pizza
3 episode
2017
White Famous
Malcolm
10 episode
The Problem with Apu
Diri sendiri
Dokumenter
rowspan="2"|2018
Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
Master Controll (suara)
Episode: "Big Poppy"
Bartlett
Sanjay Kahn
4 episode
2018–2020
Brockmire
Raj
5 episode
Harvey Street Kids
Fredo (suara)
17 episode
2020
Mira, Royal Detective
Chikku (suara)
Pemain utama
Central Park
—
Penulis lagu: "The Park Is Mine" (dengan Rafael Casal)[ 10]
2021-2023
Never Have I Ever
Mr. Kulkarni
Peran berulang (musim 2-4)
2021
Blindspotting
Niles Turner
Episode: "Bride or Die"
Robot Chicken
Bermacam suara
Episode: "May Cause Numb Butthole"
2021-sekarang
Ghosts
Jay Arondekar
Pemain utama[ 11]
2021
Special
Ravi
3 episode
2022
The Dropout
Rakesh Madhava
Peran berulang
2023
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Anand (suara)
Peran berulang
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Diri sendiri
Peserta
2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender
King Bumi
Peran berulang[ 12]
2025
Running Point
Malkeet Dasari
Episode: "Doljanchi"
Teater
Tahun
Judul
Peran
Lokasi
Ref.
2004
History of the Word
Ali
Crossroads Theatre
[ 13] [ 14]
2005
The Me Nobody Knows
Performer
Staged Reading, Vineyard Theatre
[ 15]
The Snow Queen
Kay
Urban Stages
[ 16] [ 17]
2007
History of the Word
Ali
Washington Irving High School LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
[ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
2008
Rafta, Rafta...
Etash Tailor
Acorn Theater/The New Group, Off-Broadway
[ 21] [ 22]
Animals Out of Paper
Suresh
McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway
[ 23] [ 24]
2009
Dov and Ali
Ali
Cherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway
[ 25] [ 26]
2010
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Vigneshwar Paduar
Second Stage Theatre, Off-Broadway
[ 27]
2012
Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them
Rahim
Second Stage Theatre, Off-Broadway
[ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
2013
Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Vassar Workshop
2019
Freestyle Love Supreme
Diri sendiri
Greenwich House Theater, Off-Broadway
[ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
2019–20
Booth Theatre, Broadway
[ 34] [ 35]
Referensi
^ a b "Meet 'Ghosts' Star Utkarsh Ambudkar and His Cute Little Family" . 7 October 2021.
^ "Instagram" . Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 2023-04-25. Diakses tanggal 2021-02-27 .
^ "Let's Talk About Me, Baby with Utkarsh Ambudkar" . Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2018-12-18. Diakses tanggal December 17, 2018 .
^ Mathai, Kamini (February 14, 2020). "Utkarsh Ambudkar, rapper who stole the show at Oscars, has a Chennai connection" . The Times of India (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal May 28, 2022 .
^ Caramanica, Jon (2019-09-26). "Utkarsh Ambudkar Finally Gets His Broadway Shot in 'Freestyle Love Supreme' " . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal 2019-10-04 .
^ Marks, Peter (September 26, 2019). "How chill can Broadway get? Lin-Manuel Miranda and company throw down some 'Freestyle Love' to find out" . The Washington Post .
^ Williams, Elizabeth (November 16, 2000). "A Comedy That'll Slay You" . The Washington Post .
^ Wilcher, Joel (March 29, 2001). "An 'Anything' With Everything" . The Washington Post .
^ https://deadline.com/2023/06/ghosts-utkarsh-ambudkar-interview-worlds-best-1235398432/
^ Harnick, Chris (May 29, 2020). "Central Park Is Here to Give You New Music by Sara Bareilles, Darren Criss and Many More" . E! Online . Diakses tanggal June 6, 2020 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (31 March 2021). " 'Ghosts' Comedy Starring Rose McIver & Utkarsh Ambudkar Picked Up To Series By CBS" . Deadline Hollywood . Diakses tanggal 2 April 2021 .
^ "Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Taps Utkarsh Ambudkar As King Bumi (EXCLUSIVE)" (Press release). Knight Edge Media. July 25, 2022. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal July 27, 2022. Diakses tanggal July 27, 2022 .
^ Jones, Kenneth (October 16, 2004). "Hip-Hop History of the Word Speaks Its Mind Oct. 16–24 at Crossroads Theatre Co. in NJ" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Daniels, Robert L. (October 21, 2004). "Review: 'History of the Word' " . Variety . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Simonson, Robert (January 20, 2005). "Scott Schwartz to Direct New Reading of Musical The Me Nobody Knows" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Graeber, Laurel (December 30, 2005). "Ice, Ice Baby: Urban Twists on an Old-Fashioned Tale" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ "The Snow Queen" . urbanStages . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Pincus-Roth, Zachary (February 27, 2007). "Vineyard and Queens Theatre's History of the Word Begins Feb. 27" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Allen, Kerri (March 6, 2007). "History of the Word" . Backstage . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Cooper, Amanda. "A CurtainUp Review: History of the Word" . CurtainUp . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 . Especially charming is Utkarsh Ambudkar as the ROTC-bound Ali, whose stage presence and timing are undeniably spot-on.
^ "The New Group Presents 'Rafta, Rafta' Opening Tonight!" . BroadwayWorld . May 8, 2008. Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Brantley, Ben (May 9, 2008). "No Sex, Please, We're British Indians" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ "Animals Out of Paper Production Information" . BroadwayWorld . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Gates, Anita (August 5, 2008). "Works Well With Paper, Has Trouble With Life" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ "Playwrights Realm's DOV AND ALI Runs Thru 6/27" . BroadwayWorld . June 16, 2009. Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Jaworowski, Ken (June 12, 2009). "A Jew and a Muslim, Firing Words After School" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Off-Broadway Cast" . BroadwayWorld . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Hetrick, Adam (September 21, 2012). "Jon Kern's Modern Terrorism, With Utkarsh Ambudkar and Steven Boyer, Premieres at Second Stage Sept. 21" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Stasio, Marilyn (October 18, 2012). "Review: 'Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them' " . Variety . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (October 18, 2012). "Funny, but Plotting Havoc Isn't Easy, 'Modern Terrorism,' by Jon Kern, at the Second Stage Theater" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal November 22, 2015 .
^ Paulson, Michael (October 29, 2018). "Lin-Manuel Miranda Puts Freestyle Love Supreme Back Onstage" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal May 5, 2019 .
^ "Freestyle Love Supreme" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal May 5, 2019 .
^ Green, Jesse (February 12, 2019). "Review: At 'Freestyle Love Supreme,' Attention Must Be Paid. Really" . The New York Times . Diakses tanggal May 5, 2019 .
^ "Freestyle Love Supreme" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 7, 2019 .
^ Clement, Olivia (November 5, 2019). "Freestyle Love Supreme Extends on Broadway" . Playbill . Diakses tanggal November 7, 2019 .
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