Shelley Malil
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Shelley Mathew Malil (Template:IPAc-en) is an Indian-American former actor and convicted felon. Malil emigrated to the United States in 1974. He appeared in a number of television shows and films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005).
In 2010, Malil was convicted of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon on a former girlfriend, and served 8 years of a 12-year-to-life term at Ironwood State Prison in southern California.
Early life
Malil was born in Kerala,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". India. He immigrated with his family in 1974 to the United States at the age of 11. He started acting in high school. As a child, he had hoped to become a comedic actor like Bob Hope, whom he had first seen on television.[1] In summer 1983, aged 18, he performed on stage as part of the summer stock company at the Granbury Opera House in Granbury, Texas.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Acting career
Malil came to Hollywood in 1995, after a two-year stint at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He had supporting roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Holes (2003), Collateral Damage (2002), Getting There (2002), Boys From Madrid (2000), My Favorite Martian (1999), Columbus Day (2008), and Just Can't Get Enough (2002). Malil had roles on television shows such as Scrubs, Reba, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, The Jamie Foxx Show, and ER.
He was selected as one of the "Top 10 Overlooked Performances of 2005" by the Associated Press for his performance in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He is the recipient of a Clio Award (for the Budweiser beer commercials) and a Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor for his performance as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and he was nominated for the Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance in SubUrbia.[2]
Attempted murder conviction
On August 10, 2008, Malil stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Kendra Beebe, 23 times in San Marcos, California.[3] He was arrested the next day as he got off a train in Oceanside, California.[4] Beebe had survived the attack despite a severe cut to her chin, the collapse of both lungs, and the loss of about half the blood in her body.[3]
In September 2010, he was convicted of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.[3] and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 12 years.[5] He was paroled four years early in September 2018.[6]
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