Manoj Sood

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::summary Canadian actor (born 1952) ::

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Field	Value
name	Manoj Sood
image	Manoj Sood Headshot.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Mombasa, Kenya
death_date
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1995–present
relatives	Veena Sood (sister)
Ashwin Sood (cousin)
website
agent	The Characters Talent Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Manoj Sood (born May 5, 1962) is a Canadian film and television actor.

Life and career

Manoj Sood was born in Mombasa, Kenya, to Indian Hindu parents, Dr. B.K. Sood and Narindar Sood.

He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1964, growing up in Calgary before studying film at St. Michaels University School in Victoria, British Columbia.

Sood began his career by appearing in the made-for-television film Survival On The Mountain, produced by Billy Crystal and Francis Ford Coppola. Since then, Sood has been a regular performer in television and feature film productions.

Most notably, he portrayed the leading role of, Baber Siddiqui in the popular CBC/Amazon Prime sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, which aired for six seasons. Other television appearances include Da Vinci's Inquest, The Dead Zone, Romeo! and Dead Like Me. Feature film appearances include Romeo Must Die, Rat Race, Meltdown, and Watchmen.

In the 2010s, his credits included the Brad Bird film Tomorrowland and roles in the television series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Continuum and Supernatural.

More recently he has appeared in the television series Snowpiercer, the Netflix hit, Wedding Season, and Bob Odenkirk's show Lucky Hank.

Personal life

Sood is the brother of actress Veena Sood and the cousin of musician Ashwin Sood (who was previously married to popular singer Sarah McLachlan). He has a son, Kama L. Sood who is a filmmaker.

Sood is an avid fly fisherman. He is also a passionate amateur astronomer.

He has spoken out against the sexual exploitation of children at home and abroad for the advocacy group Beyond Borders.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Survival on the Mountain	Boutros	TV movie
Doomsday Rock	Missile Commander	TV movie, uncredited
Breaker High	Guru	Episode: "Don't Get Curried Away"
Viper	P.M. Sintong Nameh	Episode: "Cat and Mouse"
2000	Romeo Must Die	Akbar
Da Vinci's Inquest	Man in Office Building	Episode: "That's the Way the Story Goes"
2001	Rat Race	High Roller
2002	The Sausage Factory	Doctor	Episode: "Purity Test"
Monk		Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Candidate: Part 1", uncredited
The Dead Zone	Apu, Convenice Store Clerk	Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2003	Firefight	Raja
Da Vinci's Inquest	Bernie	Episode: "Twenty Five Dollar Conversation"
2004	Jake 2.0	Dr. Vikram Taleek	Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
Romeo!	Principal Gurjit Ramawad	Episode: "Loose Lips"
Episode: "A Matter of Principal"
Human Cargo	Mr. Sanjay Desai	TV mini-series
Touching Evil	Mr. Patel	Episode: "Pilot"
Snakehead Terror	Raj
Meltdown	Syed Kahn	TV movie
Dead Like Me	Mr. Akhtar	Episode: "Send in the Clown"
Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2005	The Dead Zone	Cabbie	Episode: "Double Vision"
Robson Arms	Urologist	Episode: "A Certain Vintage"
The 4400	Albert	Episode: "The Hidden"
Fetching Cody	Security Guard
Da Vinci's City Hall	Santosh Kumar	Episode: "One Man, Two Jobs"
Murder Unveiled	Lawyer	TV movie
A Little Thing Called Murder	Syed Bial Ahmed
Godiva's	Mr. Hadieri	Episode: "Fast and Loose"
2006	Episode: "Floodgates"
Episode: "Out the Door"
The Evidence	Medical Examiner	Episode: "Borrowed Time"
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story	Actor	TV movie
2007	White Noise: The Light	Male Nurse
Partition	The Wood Gatherer
2007–2012	Little Mosque on the Prairie	Baber Siddiqui	Series Lead (91 episodes)
2008–2009	Winnipeg Comedy Festival	Baber Siddiqui
2009	Watchmen	Karnak Scientist
2010	Repeaters	Mr. Singh
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Mr. Sadigh	Episode: "The Dead Body"
Fathers & Sons	Satish
Endgame	Dr. Abel Gray	Episode: "I Killed Her"
2011	Sisters & Brothers	Nata
2011	The Debaters	Babar Siddiqui	Episode "Plastic Bags & Batman vs. Superman"
2011	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Convenience Store Customer #2
2012	Profile For Murder	Dr. Sharma
2013	Once Upon A Time In Wonderland	The Diplomat	Season 1 Episode 7 "Bad Blod"
2014	Continuum	Benedict	Season 3 Episode 5
2014	East Meets Ted	Executive producer, writer, Satish Scharma	In development
2014	Pants On Fire	Mr. Kar
2015	Tomorrowland	Economics Teacher
2015	Just In Time For Christmas	Richard
2016	Grand Unified Field Theory	Dr. Al Razi
2016	One Last Ride	Inderjeet
2017	The Birthday Wish	Optometrist
2017	Supernatural	Dr. Sharma	Season 12, Episode 16
2017	Violentia	Walter Mansingh
2017	Darrow and Darrow	Justice Armendariz
2017	Welcome To Surrey	Sunil	Series Lead
2017	Insomnia	Mukesh	Series Lead
2018	ICE	Justice Herman	Guest Star
2018	Salvation	Dr. Chandra	Recurring
2020–2022	Snowpiercer	Rajiv Sharma	Recurring
2020	Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Storey	Dr. Samra
2021	Christmas in Crumbs	Avi Varma
2021	Martha's Vineyard Mysteries	Marty Cline	Episode 4, Poisoned in Paradise
2022	Wedding Season	DInesh
2022	Lucky Hank	Ali Mehaidle
2023	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	The Principal	Episode: "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher"
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References

References

1. (March 4, 2013). "Manoj Sood". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
2. (January 7, 2012). "Little Mosque that could". Calgary Herald.
3. "Manoj Sood".
4. (March 31, 2017). "Get to know 'Supernatural' guest actor Manoj Sood". Blasting News.
5. (2008-09-12). "Sarah McLachlan splits from Indian husband". DNA India.
6. (January 5, 2012). "Ladner actor saying farewell to popular CBC series". Delta Optimist.
7. "Manoj Sood".
8. (October 21, 2009). "Celebrities speak out against child sexual exploitation". CBC News.
9. (August 4, 2010). "Manoj Sood fights child exploitation". Vancouver Sun.

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