‘Ghosts’ Star Utkarsh Ambudkar On His Path From Rapper To A TV Series Lead & And The Big Opportunity That Got Away
deadline.comEven if you haven’t watched CBS’ hit comedy Ghosts, chances are pretty good that you’d recognize Utkarsh Ambudkar — the actor-rapper best known for his breakout role as one of the Treblemakers in Pitch Perfect and as Mindy Kaling’s younger brother in The Mindy Project.
But playing Jay Arondekar — the unseeing husband of Rose McIver’s Sam who can see the spirits who live inside their hotel — is his biggest achievement yet, and a job that should keep him busy for a long time.
Here, the Maryland native talks about his start in rapping and acting and what’s so brilliant about playing a guy who can’t get spooked by spooky roommates. DEADLINE: What happened while growing up in Baltimore that made you want to devote your life to acting and rap? UTKARSH AMBUDKAR: I wasn’t like a tough kid, so I wasn’t gonna scare anybody around me.
I think being South Asian in Maryland in the ’80s was still very much a new ethnicity to America. So a lot of people didn’t know what we even were.
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