Parvesh Cheena

Cheena was born in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and is of Punjabi descent. He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School. He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. ==Career==

Cheena's first feature film role was in Barbershop as Samir. He reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. His other film roles include Because I Said So (2007), The Other End of the Line and The Ode (2008), House Broken (2009), Just Before I Go (2014), Everything Before Us (2015), Time Toys (2016), Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017), Lady and the Tramp (2019), Definition Please (2020), Music (2021), ''The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), and Sometimes I Think About Dying'' (2023). ==Personal life==

Cheena is gay. He told Michael Jensen of AfterElton in September 2010 that he came out in college, told his family at age 21, and was in a relationship with a script coordinator at the time. In August 2021, he criticized representation of gay characters in media, telling Insider that "White people were allowed to be gay, in a sense, or be queer as an identifier. People see our color and ethnicity first before our sexuality." He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. ==Filmography==

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