Deep Katdare (born July 4, 1970) is an American actor of Indian descent. He starred in and produced the movie American Desi (2001), and was in the cast of Hiding Divya (2006), on which he was also an executive producer. He has also appeared in an episode of Law & Order: SVU.Katdare was born on July 4, 1970 in Buffalo, New York, and brought up in New York City. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science.