出生于伦敦，父母都是印度移民，1991年出道，但一直不为人所知，直到1996年出演了The English Patient（英国病人，或译作英伦情人/别问我是谁)中的Kip，演艺事业才得以发展
参演的电影列表：
London Kills Me (1991) ... as Bike
Wild West (1992) ... as Zaf
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) ... Karim
The English Patient (1996) ... as Lt. Kip Singh
The Peacock Spring (1996) ... as Ravi Battacharya
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1997) ... as Raj Singh
True Love and Chaos (1997) ... as Hanif
Bombay Boys (1998) ... as Krishna Sahni
My Own Country (1998) ... as Dr. Abraham Verghese
Mighty Joe Young (1998) ... as Pindi
Rollerball (2002) ... as Sanjay
Easy (2003) ... as John
Lost (2004-Present) ... as Sayid Jarrah
Bride And Prejudice (2004) ... as Mr. Balraj
The Ten Commandments (2006)
Provoked (2007) ... as Deepak
Grindhouse (2007) ... as Abby
The Brave One (2007) ... as David [Cameo]
Planet Terror (2007) as Abby
