Kumar Pallana

Kumar Pallana
Kumar Pallana in 2006
Born
Kumar Valavhadas Pallana

(1918-12-23)23 December 1918
Died10 October 2013(2013-10-10) (aged 94)
OccupationActor
Years active1952–2013

Kumar Valavhadas Pallana (23 December 1918 – 10 October 2013) was an Indian-American character actor. He performed on television on the Mickey Mouse Club, The Ed Sullivan Show, and You Asked for It as a plate spinner and juggler. He is best known for playing significant characters in Wes Anderson's first three movies: Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). He also acted in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004).