Having emigrated from Kerala, India to the United States at age ten, Shelley Malil pursued early stage work in Texas before training at New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts and moving to Hollywood in the mid-1990s. He accumulated supporting film credits that include Holes (2003), Collateral Damage (2002), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Columbus Day (2008), and appeared on television ser…
