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Adhir Kalyan is a South African actor noted for his role as Timmy in the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement" and as Awalmir Karimi in "United States of Al."
Kalyan was born in Durban, South Africa, to an Indian South African family. His mother, Santosh Vinita "Sandy" Kalyan,was a member of Parliament in the South African National Assembly, where she represented the Democratic Alliance. Kalyan completed his schooling at Marklands in Durban. Prior to moving abroad, he performed in a number of productions in South Africa, including theatrical adaptations of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" and "A Christmas Carol," an adaptation of Salman Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," and the classical Shakespearean play "Macbeth."
In 2005, Kalyan moved to London to pursue his acting career. He starred in the short-lived American CW Television Network sitcom "Aliens in America" as a foreign exchange student from Pakistan living with a Wisconsin family. He portrayed recurring characters in the fifth season of the cable show "Nip/Tuck," and in the third season of the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement," becoming a series regular in the latter's fourth season.
Kalyan has appeared in the films Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Up in the Air, and Fired Up. In late 2015, he began starring in the Fox science fiction crime drama "Second Chance."
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