Manish Dayal is an American actor who portrayed Ash Patel in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon.
Biography
Dayal was born Manish Patel to an Indian Gujarati family in Orangeburg, South Carolina. His parents, Hema and Sudhir Patel, are from Gujarat. He has three sisters , including Neisha Patel, who is a vascular neurology fellow at Columbia University Medical Center. He uses his grandfather's first name, Dayal, as his stage surname. He attended Marshall Elementary School and later went to Heathwood Hall in Columbia, South Carolina. He subsequently obtained a degree in International Business from George Washington University. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and two children.
Other Works
- The Hundred-Foot Journey
- Viceroy's House
- 90210
- Halt and Catch Fire
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- The Resident
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers
- Grand Theft Auto IV
Trivia
- He starred alongside Pruitt Taylor Vince (Otis), Cherie Dvorak (Donna), Kirk Acevedo (Mitch Dolgen), Enver Gjokaj (Pete Dolgen), Maximiliano Hernández (Bob Lamson), Austin Nichols (Spencer Monroe), Katy O'Brian (Katy), Zach McGowan (Justin), Lorenzo Henrie (Christopher Manawa), Maximilian Osinski (Dennis Graham), Catherine Dent (Melissa Geary), and Gaius Charles (Perlie) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
External Links
Manish Dayal on Wikipedia
Manish Dayal at the Internet Movie Database
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