‘One Piece’ Season 2 Casts Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Sendhil Ramamurthy has joined “One Piece” Season 2 in the role of Nefertari Cobra, Variety has learned.
Ramamurthy is the latest new addition to the live-action adaptation of the popular manga and anime series. He will appear alongside fellow new Season 2 cast members Katey Sagal and Mark Harelik as well as Daniel Lasker, Camrus Johnson, Jazzara Jaslyn, David Dastmalchian, Werner Coetser, Brendan Murray, Clive Russell, Callum Kerr, Julia Rehwald, Rob Colletti, and Ty Keogh.
In “One Piece” lore, Nefertari Cobra is the King of Alabasta and the patriarch of the Nefertari family. Ramamurthy previously appeared in the Netflix series “Never Have I Ever” as Mohan Vishwakumar.
He is perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Mohinder Suresh in the hit NBC series “Heroes,” a role he reprised in the 2015 revival “Heroes Reborn.” He has also been in shows like “Doom Patrol,” “Covert Affairs,” “New Amsterdam,” and the CW series “Beauty & the Beast.” He is repped by Gersh, The Artists Partnership, Anonymous Content, and Goodman Genow. “One Piece” stars Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D.
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