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Utkarsh Ambudkar

American actor and rapper (born )

Utkarsh Ambudkar (UUT-karsh am-BUUD-kar;[3] born December 8, ),[4][5] also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer. He is known for his film roles including Pitch Perfect (), Game Over, Man! (), Blindspotting (), Brittany Runs a Marathon (), The Broken Hearts Gallery (), Free Guy (), Tick, Tick Boom! (), and World's Best ().

His television roles include The Mindy Project, White Famous, Never Have I Ever, and Ghosts. He recently appeared in the Hulu limited series The Dropout ().

He made his Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's improvisational hip-hop show Freestyle Love Supreme in

Early life

Utkarsh Ambudkar was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 8, , to an Indian American family with a Marathi father and a Tamil mother.

He grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where his parents, who had emigrated from India in the s, were research scientists at the National Institutes of Health. He starred in comedy roles at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, and he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in [6][7][8][9]

Through his mother, Ambudkar is a descendant of the lawyer and jurist Sir Vembakkam Bhashyam Aiyangar.[10]

Career

Ambudkar is a former VJ for MTV Desi.

He appeared in the comedy film Pitch Perfect, as the character Donald, and in the television shows The Mindy Project and The Muppets.[11] He was set to star in the Fox series Eat, Pray, Thug,[12] but the show was not picked up.[13] Ambudkar originated the role of Aaron Burr in the developmental readings of Hamilton.[6][14] He formerly played Raj on the sitcom Brockmire.[6] He played Jern in the film Brittany Runs a Marathon.[15]

He played Skatch, a con artist, in a deleted scene of the Disney live-action remake of Mulan.[16] That same year, he appeared in Disney's Godmothered, and then in the action comedy Free Guy.[17][18] In , Ambudkar debuted as the mongoose Chikku in the Disney Junior animated series Mira, Royal Detective.

He is currently starring in the CBS supernatural sitcom Ghosts ().[19]

He was a member of the musical group "The Beatards."[6] Since , Ambudkar has been a part of hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme under the name UTK the INC.[6] As part of the group, he participated in the limited television series for Pivot in [20] and made his Broadway debut in the group's self-titled show on October 2, [21]

Ambudkar has appeared in several Youtube sketch comedy skits including the comedy groups CollegeHumor and Key & Peele.

Ambudkar starred in Force Grey: Giant Hunters () and Force Grey: Lost City of Omu (), a Dungeons & Dragonsactual playweb series with Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Master, where he played the character Hitch, a rogue with a nefarious past.[22][23] In , he appeared as a guest player in Critical Role'sthird campaign, also hosted by Mercer, as the sorcerer Bor'Dor.[24][25]

Personal life

Ambudkar married in , and has three children.[1]

He struggled with alcoholism in the early s.[6] In a interview, he revealed that he has been sober for eight and a half years.

He also stated that his lack of sobriety at the time was why he was replaced as Aaron Burr in Hamilton.[26][27] He told The New York Times in "It was ego, it was being a daily marijuana user, it was partying at night, it was being preoccupied, growing up as a brown person, feeling unattractive, and seeking validation of the opposite sex to sort of fill a hole, my self-worth."[6]

Discography

  • The Gold Tusk EP ()
  • Members Only EP ()[28]
  • Vanity ()
  • Petty ()

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
; The Electric CompanyUTK; Harry 2 episodes
Danni LowinskiRasoul Television film
Freestyle Love SupremeUTK Television film
– The Mindy ProjectRishi Lahiri 10 episodes
China, ILAladdin Voice, episode: "Wild Hogs"
The SimpsonsJay Voice, episode: "Much Apu About Something"
The MuppetsPizza 3 episodes
White FamousMalcolm 10 episodes
The Problem with ApuHimself Documentary television film
Trolls: The Beat Goes On!Master Controll Episode: "Big Poppy"
BartlettSanjay Kahn 4 episodes
– BrockmireRaj 5 episodes
Harvey Street KidsFredo, Teen Boy, Tiny Duck Voice, 17 episodes
Mira, Royal DetectiveChikku, Male Judge, Train Engineer, Engineer, Passenger, Uncle Voice, main role
Central Park— Songwriter: "The Park Is Mine" (with Rafael Casal)[29]
Never Have I EverMr.

Manish Kulkarni

Recurring (season )
BlindspottingNiles Turner 2 episodes
Robot ChickenAang, Sora, Xenomorph Student #1 Voice, episode: "May Cause Numb Butthole"
–present GhostsJay Arondekar Main role[30]
SpecialRavi 3 episodes
The DropoutRakesh Madhava Recurring
Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurAnand Voice, recurring role
Celebrity Jeopardy!Himself Contestant
Avatar: The Last AirbenderKing Bumi Recurring[31]

Web

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
History of the WordAli Crossroads Theatre[34][35]
The Me Nobody KnowsPerformer Staged Reading, Vineyard Theatre[36]
The Snow QueenKay Urban Stages [37][38]
History of the WordAli Washington Irving High School
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center 		[39][40][41]
Rafta, RaftaEtash Tailor Acorn Theater/The New Group, Off-Broadway [42][43]
Animals Out of PaperSuresh McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway [44][45]
Dov and AliAli Cherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway [46][47]
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad DeityVigneshwar Paduar Second Stage Theatre, Off-Broadway [48]
Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill
Us and How We Learn to Love Them		Rahim Second Stage Theatre, Off-Broadway [49][50][51]
HamiltonAaron BurrVassar College, Workshop [52]
Freestyle Love SupremeHimself Greenwich House Theater, Off-Broadway [53][54][55]
–20 Booth Theatre, Broadway [56][57]

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