Adhir Kalyan plays Dr. Raj Paaresh in Nip/Tuck. He is one of Sean’s students where he currently teaches, an extremely gifted surgeon with a degree in Medicine from Harvard.

Born in 1983 and raised Indian community in Durban, South Africa, Adhir Kalyan moved to London to pursue an acting career. He appeared as a guest star on the BBC series “Holby City” (1999) and “Spooks” (2002). In the USA, Kalyan’s first leading role was in the CW’s comedy series “Aliens in America” (2007), in which he played Raja, a devout Pakistani Muslim exchange student in Medora, Wisconsin, who tried to assimilate to the foreign culture there while staying true to his beliefs. He was recently cast for the sixth season of Nip/Tuck.

Meet Dr. Raj Paaresh from Nip/Tuck