The actor Dev Patel, who played the role of Anwar Kharral in the teen drama series "Skins", portrayed the leading role in Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", for which he received several awards and was nominated for the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Leading Actor. Parminder Nagra, who played a prominent role in the US TV series "ER", starred in successful British film "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002). The actor Naveen Andrews plays the role of Sayid Jarrah in the popular US TV series "Lost", and also had a prominent role in the award-winning film "The English Patient" (1996). Kunal Nayyar plays the character of Raj Koothrappali in the popular US sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory".