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Erick Avari (Hindi: एरिक अवरि, Urdu: ایرِک اَورِ), born April 13, 1952, is a British-Indian actor who is best known for his roles in films such as Stargate, Independence Day, The Mummy and Planet of the Apes. He has also made guest appearances on Law & Order, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, The X-Files, Babylon 5, and Alias. Beginning in the fall of 2006, a photograph of Avari and a recording of his voice have been used in the role of Chandra Suresh in Heroes, however the actor himself has yet to appear on screen, his character being apparently deceased.
His childhood in Darjeeling, a mystically beautiful Himalayan town in northern India, uniquely prepared him for a career that has taken him from the cricket field to outer space and back several times. The town is a crossroads for people from Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and other exotic locales as well as a favorite vacation spot for aristocratic Europeans and, in the 60s and 70s, a required stop for youthful Americans and Australians on the so-called "hippie trail."
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Has portrayed more than two dozen different nationalities in his career.
Avari was scheduled to reprise his role as Kasuf in the "Stargate SG-1" season six finale "Full Circle", but could not due to his commitment to "Dragnet" (2003).
His father had been Chief Game Warden of the West Bengal Forests as a young man.
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