Manish Dayal

Manish Dayal (born Manish Patel on June 17, 1983) is an American film and television actor and producer known for his recurring role as Raj Kher in 90210 and leading role in the film The Hundred Foot Journey. He played Vijay Nadeer in season 4 of the ABC/Marvel Television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2Early life Dayal was born as Manish Patel in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He uses his grandfather's first name, "Dayal", as his stage surname. Dayal went to college at the George Washington University. After he graduated in 2005, he moved to New York to pursue his career in film/television, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles where he currently resides. 2Career Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for McDonald's, Windows, Nintendo, and Domino's Pizza. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group's twice-extended off-Broadway show Rafta, Rafta.... He played a small role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Paula van der Oest's Domino Effect. After guest starring on CSI: Las Vegas on CBS, Dayal went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the AMC series, Rubicon. Dayal also starred in the romantic comedy Walkaway, which explores love and culture set in New Yor