George appeared as a
United Nations secretary in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, as
Julian Bashir's father in the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "
Doctor Bashir, I Presume?", and on a recurring basis as Raj's father in
The Big Bang Theory. In 2006, he landed a recurring role as Sasan's father Omid in
So NoTORIous. He also provided the voice of Bob Fish in the last two series of
Bob and Margaret. He appeared on numerous other
sitcoms, including three episodes of
Seinfeld as Pakistani immigrant
Babu Bhatt, who is deported to Pakistan when
Elaine Benes fails to give
Jerry Seinfeld his mail, which contains Babu's visa application, in time. George returned in the series' finale. He also appeared in two episodes of
Ellen as Ranjit, a member of the book club that gathers in Ellen's book shop. He had a recurring role as newsman Hugh Persons on
Doctor, Doctor during its second season. He made a guest appearance in the first season of ''
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda as Wayist religious leader Vikram Singh Khalsa. He also appeared in One Tree Hill'' as Brooke's taxi driver when she goes to launch her clothes line in New York. George has done voiceover work in animated shows such as
Batman: The Animated Series (as musician turned gangster Jimmy "The Jazzman" Peake);
Handy Manny;
Kim Possible as antagonist
Duff Killigan, a Scotsman who uses exploding golf balls when attacking Kim and
Ron Stoppable, Kim's sidekick;
Avatar: The Last Airbender as Guru Pathik;
Batman Beyond;
Justice League (voicing
Parasite, in a style similar to the first voice actor of Parasite,
Brion James),
Morgan Edge and
President George W. Bush),
MASK,
Invader Zim, and Jedi Master
Ki-Adi Mundi in Season 2 of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He has also appeared in video games like
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, ''
Baldur's Gate, Ultimate Spider-Man, Mass Effect 3, EverQuest II and Final Fantasy XIV''. Early in his acting career, he was among the cast of 1985's
The Care Bears Movie, and made guest appearances in the Canadian television series
The Edison Twins,
The Littlest Hobo,
Comedy Factory and
King of Kensington. He also took over the voice of Bob Fish in the Anglo-Canadian animated comedy series
Bob and Margaret and Pugg in the 1993 revival series of
The Pink Panther. He played a guru in the film
Inspector Gadget who trains with Inspector Gadget. He also made a small guest appearance in the second season of
The Mentalist in episode 16 entitled "Code Red". He played a professor working at the Northern California Technology Institute. His other appearances include the role of Mr. Pashmutt on
Desperate Housewives (in the 2005 episode "
You Could Drive a Person Crazy") and Ali on
American Dad! (in the 2005 episode "
Stan of Arabia: Part 2"). He also appeared on
The 4400 in the third-season episode "
The Starzl Mutation". Also appeared in the
St. Valentine's Day episode of ''
Grey's Anatomy'' as a carrier waiter in love with another patient. He also voiced Sahin the Falcon, Stuart Black and Colonel Edwardson in the
Age of Empires III series. He plays a short tempered convenience store owner in the 2001 film
Ghost World. He also plays the role of "Iqbal" in the 2006 film
Employee of the Month. He also voiced
Captain Barbossa in the video game
Kingdom Hearts II, a role he would reprise in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow, ''
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Infinity, and Kingdom Hearts III''. He played "Pushpop", an Indian ice cream vendor, in the 2001 film
Bubble Boy. He also played the culturally diverse (Sikh-Catholic-Muslim mix with Jewish in-laws) bartender who counselled the priest played by
Edward Norton through a crisis of faith in the 2000 film
Keeping the Faith. In the 2008 indie romantic comedy
Shades of Ray, he played the overbearing Pakistani father to a half-Pakistani, half-Caucasian (
Zachary Levi) in the midst of questioning his prior policy of only dating white women. He also was the foster father of Ricky in the television series
The Secret Life of the American Teenager. In
The Penguins of Madagascar, George guest stars as the zoo doctor in "Needle Point", "I Was a Penguin Zombie", "Operation: Cooties", "Love Hurts", and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Goes Insane". He also appeared on
Disney Channel show ''
That's So Raven'' as Dr. Sleevemore, a "psychic doctor" who treats Raven's vision-related problems. He appeared in 2 episodes. He also appeared on the Disney Channel show
Phineas and Ferb on the hour long special "Summer Belongs To You" as Uncle Sabu, voiced Mr. Kumar on the
Disney Junior show
Handy Manny, and voiced a character on the Disney Channel show
Mickey Mouse. George regularly voiced several characters on
DC Nation's
Green Lantern: The Animated Series, including
Appa Ali Apsa, LANOS, and
Brother Warth. He also appeared in
Beware the Batman as the villain
Professor Pyg, and in
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time as Sly's ancestor Salim Al-Kupar. In 2013, George took up a recurring role in
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as an unnamed prisoner who is later revealed to be the Sultan of Agrabah and father of
Jafar. He guest starred in
SpongeBob SquarePants in the episode "Drive Happy" as Coupe, an arrogant and sarcastic sentient car that
SpongeBob buys. George reprised his role as Doctor Sleevmore in the ''That's So Raven
spin-off Raven's Home'' for a three episode special. ==Filmography==