Kris Iyer
Before Kris Iyer was an actor, he was an engineer with a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. However, long before even that, he dreamed of being a musician. At age six, Iyer was given a toy organ for Christmas, and he had a guitar by age eight, with more equipment coming as he developed his hobby through adolescence. Even after he'd completed his college education, Iyer was still hoping for a musical career, though an amateur night appearance on the long-running program "Showtime At The Apollo" ended with him getting heckled off the stage. Unhappy with his engineering career, Iyer began taking acting classes and to his surprise started receiving work. Like many an Indian-American actor, the bulk of his television guest parts had him playing doctors in a variety of circumstances. Two of his more memorable turns were as Charlie Sheen's wisecracking M.D. on the sitcom "Two And A Half Men" and playing a physician of the future on the science-fiction program "Star Trek: Enterprise." Aside from his numerous parts as a medical practitioner, Iyer's most prominent television appearances include a two-episode stint as a terrorist on the action-suspense show "24." Iyer also …
Acting
- 2006Day BreakRao1 ep.
- 2003Two and a Half MenDr. Prajneep4 ep.
- 1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerNigel2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2004Two and a Half MenDr. Prajneep4 ep.
- 2008Day BreakRao1 ep.
- 2006ScrubsDr. Rotinaj1 ep.
- 200524Sabir Ardakani1 ep.
- 2005Grounded for LifeGurmeet1 ep.
- 2004Star Trek: EnterpriseDeputy Director of Cold Station 121 ep.
- 2004Without a TraceDr. Singh1 ep.
- 2001Buffy the Vampire SlayerNigel2 ep.
- 2002The West WingAndy's Doctor1 ep.
- 2002CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationER Surgeon1 ep.
- 1997JAGLt. Cmdr. Murphy, Paramedic2 ep.
- 2000FelicityCashier1 ep.
- 1998Party of FiveDr. Nampur1 ep.
- 1997Boy Meets WorldRonny1 ep.
- 1996Babylon 5Dome Tech1 ep.
- 1996Diagnosis: MurderEMT1 ep.
- 1996SlidersMaitre D'1 ep.