---
name: "Omi Vaidya"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/omi-vaidya"
fi1m_id: "omi-vaidya"
imdb_id: "nm1437925"
tmdb_id: 169201
wikidata_id: "Q7090148"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:12:29.788918+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Omi Vaidya

## Identity

Omi Vaidya

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/omi-vaidya
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** omi-vaidya
- **IMDb ID:** nm1437925
- **TMDB ID:** 169201
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7090148
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omi_Vaidya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7090148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169201

Actor. Born 10 January 1982 in Yucca Valley, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 January 1982, Yucca Valley, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omi_Vaidya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7090148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/169201

## Biography

Omi Vaidya is an American actor of Indian descent. Born on 10 January 1982 in Yucca Valley, California, he was raised in the area and studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

He is best known for playing Chatur Ramalingam, nicknamed 'Silencer', in the 2009 film *3 Idiots*. Vaidya has also appeared in American television series including *The Office* (2005) as Sadiq, *Arrested Development* (2003) as Rav Nadir, *Bones* (2005) and *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000). He has directed short films and worked as an editor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *3 Idiots* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Chatur "Silencer" Ramalingam — [page](https://film.one/film/3-idiots.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *American Warrior* (2025), Actor
- *From Embers* (2024), as Corey
- *Aaichya Gavat Marathit Bol* (2024), Writer, Editor, Director
- *MR-9: Do or Die* (2023), as Faisal
- *Metro Park: Quarantine Edition* (2020), series, as Kannan
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, as Crater Ajeet — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *The Ice-Man* (2019), as Indian Man · Writer
- *Metro Park* (2019), series, as Kannan
- *Astro* (2018), as Dr. Ramesh
- *Blackmail* (2018), as DK
- *Mirror Game* (2017), as Vikram Jaykar
- *For Here or to Go?* (2017), as Lakshmi
- *Brown Nation* (2016), series, as Balan
- *Tie the Knot* (2016), as Paramjeet
- *Growing Up Fisher* (2014), series, as Elliot
- *Jodi Breakers* (2012), Actor
- *Players* (2012), as Sunny Mehra
- *Desi Boyz* (2011), as Ajay Bapat
- *Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji* (2011), as Milind Kelkar
- *Sons of Tucson* (2010), series, as Work Buddy #1
- *3 Idiots* (2009), as Chatur "Silencer" Ramalingam — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/3-idiots.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, as William — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Kath & Kim* (2008), series, as Prakash
- *The Gold Bracelet* (2008), Editor
- *Life* (2007), series, as Vairam
- *Rules of Engagement* (2007), series, as Waiter
- *Rolling* (2007), as Assar
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Hamid Hirani — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Sadiq — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Rav Nadir — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as College Student
- *Days with Dandekar*, Actor

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