Jay Chandrasekhar

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Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an actor, comedian, writer, and film director with the comedy team Broken Lizard. He is best known for directing the film version of The Dukes of Hazzard, as well as the cult hit Super Troopers and Beerfest. He has occasionally cast himself in his films, most notably as Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn in Super Troopers. He also starred as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two.

He attended high school at Lake Forest Academy. He graduated from Colgate University, where he was a part of the comedy troupe Charred Goosebeak and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He is married to Susan Clarke, with whom he has a son.

Both of Chandrasekhar's parents are physicians. He has three siblings including a sister, Sandy, who is a lawyer.

He is of South Indian Tamil heritage. Along with M. Night Shyamalan and actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, Chandrasekhar is one of the few prominent entertainers working in Hollywood with an Indian heritage.

1 Filmography
- 1.1 Movies (as a director)
- 1.2 Television (as a guest director)
2 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies (as a director)

Jackass Number Two - Himself / Terror Taxi
Beerfest - Barry Badrinath
The Dukes of Hazzard - Campus Cop #1
Club Dread - Putman
Super Troopers - Arcot Ramathorn
Puddle Cruiser - Zach

[edit] Television (as a guest director)

Cracking Up ("Grudge Match" episode)
Arrested Development (four episodes)
Oliver Beene ("Kissing Babies" episode)
Andy Richter Controls the Universe ("Saturday Early Evening Fever" episode)
Undeclared (three episodes)
The Loop (two episodes)

[edit] External links

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Films
Broken Lizard
Puddle Cruiser \| Super Troopers \| Club Dread \| Beerfest
Members
Jay Chandrasekhar \| Kevin Heffernan \| Steve Lemme \| Paul Soter \| Erik Stolhanske