Arjun Gupta
Gupta in 2018
Born	(1986-11-28) November 28, 1986 Tampa, Florida, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Children	1[1]

Arjun Gupta (born November 28, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as substance-addicted nurse Sam on Showtime's Nurse Jackie and William "Penny" Adiyodi on Syfy's The Magicians.^[2][3]

Gupta was born in Tampa, Florida, United States to an Indian immigrant family.^[4] His father's name is Lalit, but known locally as "Al" and his mother is Anubha, but also known locally as "Annie", to help fit in with American life.^[5] He attended Berkeley Preparatory School, where he performed in several school plays.^[6] Subsequently, he went to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated with a BFA degree in 2007.^[4] His first major motion picture was in 2009 acting alongside Uma Thurman in Motherhood.^[4]

In addition to acting and producing, Gupta co-founded a theater group in Southern California with other like-minded artists with the goal of providing a platform for underrepresented groups through the medium of original stories and re-tellings of classics that reflect the world today.^[7]

Gupta was among the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy series.^[4] He also co-hosts the American Desis podcast with comedian Akaash Singh.^[8] Gupta voices the character Nikhil Sharma on the podcast Ars Paradoxica.^[9] He also won the 2014 Maverick Movie Awards Best Supporting actor award for his role in Bridge and Tunnel.^[10]

On April 9, 2018, he announced via Instagram that he was engaged to Varsha Harlalka.^[11] They were married the following year, in March 2019.^[12]

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