出生于伦敦，父母都是印度移民，1991年出道，但一直不为人所知，直到1996年出演了The English Patient（英国病人，或译作英伦情人/别问我是谁)中的Kip，演艺事业才得以发展

星路历程

参演的电影列表：

London Kills Me (1991) ... as Bike

Wild West (1992) ... as Zaf

The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) ... Karim

The English Patient (1996) ... as Lt. Kip Singh

The Peacock Spring (1996) ... as Ravi Battacharya

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997) ... as Raj Singh

True Love and Chaos (1997) ... as Hanif

Bombay Boys (1998) ... as Krishna Sahni

My Own Country (1998) ... as Dr. Abraham Verghese

Mighty Joe Young (1998) ... as Pindi

Rollerball (2002) ... as Sanjay

Easy (2003) ... as John

Lost (2004-Present) ... as Sayid Jarrah

Bride And Prejudice (2004) ... as Mr. Balraj

The Ten Commandments (2006)

Provoked (2007) ... as Deepak

Grindhouse (2007) ... as Abby

The Brave One (2007) ... as David [Cameo]

Planet Terror (2007) as Abby