
Manu Narayan
Department: Acting
Biography
Manu Narayan (born August 16, 1973) is an American actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, composer and saxophonist. He served as a Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University, his alma mater, from 2013-2016. Narayan was hailed as a "promising young star...a compelling actor and outstanding singer who can light up a stage with sheer force of personality," by UPI in 2004 when he made his Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber, A.R. Rahman musical Bombay Dreams, originating the role of the "hero" Akaash. Narayan co-starred as Rajneesh alongside Mike Myers in the Paramount Pictures' feature film The Love Guru (2008).
Known For

Quarter Life Crisis
2006

Clap Clap
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Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022

The Last Airbender
2010

Walkaway
2010

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010

Anything's Possible
2022

The Love Guru
2008

99 Homes
2015

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
2011

The Assistant
2020

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2025

Prodigal Son
2019

Emergence
2019

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Following
2013

Bull
2016

And Just Like That…
2021

Deception
2013

Nurse Jackie
2009

Rubicon
2010

Lipstick Jungle
2008

Unforgettable
2011

Grey's Anatomy
2005

The Blacklist
2013

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
2023

Your Friends & Neighbors
2025

Great Performances
1971