Bernard White (born 1959) is an American film and television actor.
Early life White was born in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to an English-speaking Catholic family of Burgher descent. His uncle was hurdler Duncan White, the winner of Ceylon's first Olympic medal. In May 1960, when White was eleven months old, his family immigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Detroit, Michigan. White attended Detroit Catholic Central High School before graduating from Michigan State University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater.
Career White began his career with roles in soap operas, appearing on General Hospital, Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives. From 1989 to 1990, he starred in both seasons of The New Dragnet as Detective Carl Molina. White's film work includes appearances in such films as The Scorpion King, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and Raising Helen. His body of television work includes his portrayal of Denpok Singh, the sycophantic spiritual guru of tech CEO Gavin Belson on the HBO series Silicon Valley.
Filmography YearTitleRole Notes1983Days of Our LivesPaul 'Snake' SelejkoTV series1985American Drive-InLou1985Knight RiderEddie Deskey Episode: "Buy Out"1985The Last Hunt1986The Eleventh CommandmentRobert Knight1986The Education of Allison TateJohn Riversong1987Body CountRobert Knight1987Murder, She WroteGeorge LongbowTV series1988227CarlosTV series1989-90The New DragnetLAPD Detective Carl MolinaTV series 52 episodes1990Ain't No Way BackJoe Campbell1991The EntertainersLuis1991Twenty Dollar StarBrian1994Killing ObsessionLt. Jackson1995The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley1996JAGCaptain Carlos Fuentes Episode: "Smoked"1997ViperРaraguay terrorist SE2/EP141998City of AngelsCirculating Nurse #22000Pay It ForwardCop2002The Scorpion KingFalconmaster200324Imam al-Fulani2003–2004JAGSadik Fahd4 episodes: "Pas de Deaux", "A Tangled Webb, Parts 1 and 2", "Persian Gulf"2003The Matrix ReloadedRama Kandra2003The Matrix RevolutionsRama Kandra2004Raising HelenRavi Prasad2004Land of PlentyYoussef2005SueñoVijay2006Sharif Don't Like ItButoh Dancer2006American DreamzAgha Babur2007Pain WithinDr. Shible2007The World UnseenMr. Harjan2007The UnitKhanTV Series, Season 2 Episode 17, "Dark of the Moon"2008QuarantineBernard2009NCISAmbassador Qasim SaydiaTV series2010It's Kind of a Funny StoryMuqtada2013Vino VeritasRidley2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierCouncilman Singh2014–2019Silicon ValleyDenpokTV series2016Chee and TUncle Rob2017Rebel in the RyeSwami Nikhilanand2018The BlacklistZarek MosadekTV series2018KiddingScott PereraTV series 2020 Evil Eye KrishnanTV film 2022 Roar VikrasTV series2022Big SkyVerr BhullarTV series2023BeefFirouzTV series2023What If...?Councilman Singh (voice)TV series2024ShookVijayFilm2024GhostsMahesh ArondekarTV series
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