Utkarsh Ambudkar

Birthday: 8 December 1983, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Height: 175 cm

Utkarsh Ambudkar was born on December 8, 1983 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is known for his work on Pitch Perfect (2012), The Mindy Project (2012) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016).

I didn't go to church, I didn't go to synagogue; I went to temple, Hindu temple, where I prayed to m...Show more »

I didn't go to church, I didn't go to synagogue; I went to temple, Hindu temple, where I prayed to my Hindu gods - whether or not I believe in it is another story. Show less «

I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I st...Show more »

I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle. Show less «

The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are ju...Show more »

The amount of love I get from India, from Pakistan, from Asia, from Persia, Malaysia - people are just like, 'Brown boy doing it, brown boy doing it!' Show less «

You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the raci...Show more »

You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it. Show less «

It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, ...Show more »

It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, which is predominantly Caucasian and African American. Show less «

It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the...Show more »

It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.' Show less «

I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I...Show more »

I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I didn't have anyone who looked like me. And by the time I was old enough to have what could have been a role model, they were my peers. Aziz Ansari is my peer. Kal Penn is my peer. Show less «