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name: "Shelley Malil"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 December 1964"
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average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:07.257512+00:00"
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# Shelley Malil

Actor. Born 23 December 1964 in Kerala.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 1964, Kerala
- **Active:** 1994–2005

## Biography

Shelley Malil is an Indian-American actor. Born in Kerala, India, in 1964, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1974. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and moved to Hollywood in 1995.

Malil had supporting roles in films including *My Favorite Martian* (1999), *Collateral Damage* (2002), *Holes* (2003) and *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005), in which he played Haziz. His television appearances include episodes of *ER* (1994), *Seinfeld* (1989), *The West Wing* (1999) and *Scrubs* (2001). He received a Clio Award for Budweiser commercials and a Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance as Bottom in *A Midsummer Night's Dream*.

Malil's acting career spanned 1994 to 2010. In 2010 he was convicted of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole; he was released in 2018.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Fi1m 79, as Haziz — [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Dr. Urami — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Also known for

- *Holes* (2003), Landlord
- *Collateral Damage* (2002), Doctor
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Surgeon
- *My Favorite Martian* (1999), Felix
- *Without a Trace* (2002), Ahmed
- *Scrubs* (2001), Bartender
- *Dead Man on Campus* (1998), Biology Professor
- *Getting There* (2002), Raj

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