Naveen Andrews

Biography: Best known for playing a former Iraqi soldier on Lost, Andrews is actually a Brit of Indian extraction who grew up in London. He made a name for himself in England by appearing in a stage production of My Beautiful Laundrette, and in the films London Kills Me and The Buddha of Suburbia, all penned by writer-director Hanif Kureishi. He garnered worldwide acclaim in 1996 playing Kip, a Sikh who defuses land mines and romances Juliette Binoche in the Oscar-winning The English Patient. Andrews, who prefers to date older women, split from his parent's home at 16 and moved in with his female math teacher, who bore him a son several years later. In 1999, he moved in with actress Barbara Hershey, who is 21 years his senior, after they met on the set of Drowning on Dry Land. When the couple broke up briefly in 2005, Andrews fathered a child with another woman. Although Andrews has been on Lost since 2004, he continues to appear in other high-profile projects, such as the Jodie FosterBest known for playing a former Iraqi soldier on Lost, Andrews is actually a Brit of Indian extraction who grew up in London. He made a name for himself in England by appearing in a stage production of My Beautiful Laundrette, and in the films London Kills Me and The Buddha of Suburbia, all penned by writer-director Hanif Kureishi. He garnered worldwide acclaim in 1996 playing Kip, a Sikh who defuses land mines and romances Juliette Binoche in the Oscar-winning The English Patient. Andrews, who prefers to date older women, split from his parent's home at 16 and moved in with his female math teacher, who bore him a son several years later. In 1999, he moved in with actress Barbara Hershey, who is 21 years his senior, after they met on the set of Drowning on Dry Land. When the couple broke up briefly in 2005, Andrews fathered a child with another woman. Although Andrews has been on Lost since 2004, he continues to appear in other high-profile projects, such as the Jodie Foster crime drama The Brave One and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse flick Planet Terror. Expand

Naveen Andrews' Scores

Average career score: 67
Highest Metascore: 87 Lost: Season 4
Lowest Metascore: 39 The Ten Commandments
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
9 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd The Cleaning Lady: Season 3 Mar 5, 2024 Naveen Andrews tbd
tbd The Cleaning Lady: Season 2 Sep 19, 2022 Naveen Andrews tbd
tbd Instinct: Season 2 Jun 30, 2019 Actor / Julian Cousins tbd
53 Instinct: Season 1 Mar 18, 2018 Julian Cousins 4.7
73 Sense8: Season 2 Dec 23, 2016 Jonas Maliki 8.4
64 Sense8: Season 1 Jun 5, 2015 Jonas Maliki / Jonas Maliki 8.0
59 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Season 1 Oct 10, 2013 Jafar / Jafar 7.0
60 Sinbad: Season 1 Jul 8, 2012 Akbari / Lord Akbari 5.1
tbd Lost: Season 6 Feb 2, 2010 Sayid Jarrah / Naveen Andrews 8.3
tbd Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 11 Sep 23, 2009 Det. Ash Ramsey 9.3
78 Lost: Season 5 Jan 21, 2009 Sayid Jarrah / Naveen Andrews 8.6
87 Lost: Season 4 Jan 31, 2008 Sayid Jarrah / Naveen Andrews 8.7
tbd Lost: Season 3 Oct 4, 2006 Sayid Jarrah / Naveen Andrews 8.9
39 The Ten Commandments Apr 10, 2006 Menerith 2.6
tbd Lost: Season 2 Sep 21, 2005 Sayid Jarrah / Sayid Jarrah (Scenes Deleted) / Naveen Andrews 9.1
tbd The View: Season 9 Sep 5, 2005 Naveen Andrews tbd
tbd The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 3 Sep 5, 2005 Guest tbd
86 Lost: Season 1 Sep 22, 2004 Sayid / Sayid Jarrah / Naveen Andrews 9.1