Acting

Ravi Patel

Born 1978-12-18 · Freeport, Illinois, USA

Ravi Patel is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker known for his work in television and film. He has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Scrubs (2001), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), and Master of None (2015). He gained widespread recognition for co-directing and starring in the 2014 documentary Meet the Patels, which humorously explores his experiences with love and arranged marriage. In 2023, Patel joined the main cast of the Fox comedy series Animal Control, playing Amit Patel, an overwhelmed yet endearing family man and Animal Control officer. Beyond acting, he is also a philanthropist and co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives, a company focused on fighting child malnutrition.

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Best Pancakes in the County
as Ryder
2026
Is It Cake? Halloween
as Self - Judge
2025
Clone Cops
as Robert Nefari
2025
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
Universal Basic Guys
as Vijay (voice)
2024
Harold and the Purple Crayon
as Prasad
2024
Kiss of the Con Queen
2024
Dashing Through the Snow
as Peter
2023
Justified: City Primeval
as Rick
2023
Animal Control
as Amit Patel
2023
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
as Self - Recruit
2023
The Time Capsule
as Roger
2022
The Valet
as Kapoor
2022
Butter
as Doctor Bean
2022
Hot Mess Holiday
as Pravin Mittal
2021
Ghosts
as Lewis
2021
Name That Tune
as Self - Contestant
2021
Wonder Woman 1984
as Babajide
2020
Ravi Patel's Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
2020
Come As You Are
as Mo
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Boy Genius
as Mr. Hume
2019
Broker
as Ted
2019
Long Shot
as Tom
2019
Fam
as Joe
2019
The Black String
as Dr. May
2018
The Cool Kids
as Doctor Chad
2018
The Homestay
as Nikhil
2018
Craig of the Creek
as Maitreya (voice)
2018
Amelia 2.0
Thanks
2017
Band Aid
as Bobby
2017
Santa Clarita Diet
as Ryan
2017
The Great Indoors
as Lalit Pajala
2016
American Housewife
as Grant
2016
Wrecked
as Tank Top
2016
Get a Job
as Wick
2016
Superstore
as Rex
2015
Master of None
as Ravi Patel
2015
Grandfathered
as Ravi
2015
Another Period
as Mohandas Gandhi
2015
Puerto Ricans in Paris
as Hassan
2015
Meet the Patels
as Self
2014
Meet the Patels
Director
2014
Meet the Patels
Writer
2014
Meet the Patels
Editor
2014
The Formula
Executive Producer
2014
Son of Abish
as Himself
2014
Super Fun Night
as Alex
2013
The Michael J. Fox Show
as Ranesh
2013
The New Normal
as Amir
2012
Perception
as Dr. Harvey Kapoor
2012
Five
as Dr. Desai
2011
Outsourced
as Kamran
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as Dr. Sanjeet Dhawan
2010
Past Life
as Rishi Karna
2010
The Last Hurrah
as Ara
2009
Powder Blue
as Sanjay
2009
Childrens Hospital
as Dr. Sunnit Bharta
2008
Transformers
as Telephone Operator
2007
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
as Rajeev
2007
Bones
as Poorab Sangani
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Lawyer
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Timir Dhar
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
Scrubs
as Intern
2001
Futurama
as Ipgee (voice)
1999