Omi Vaidya (born January 10, 1982) is an American actor of Indian descent who works in Bollywood films.

[4] He graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and later attended the University of California, Santa Cruz for two years.

After graduating in honors from NYU, I went back to Los Angeles and began auditioning for roles in T.V.

[6] After college, Vaidya began to work as an editor for horror and South Asian feature films.

Vaidya's most notable performance is in a supporting role in the 2009 Bollywood film, 3 Idiots as Chatur Ramalingam (or "The Silencer").

After passing the first audition, he was asked during the second to read dialogue from Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

Vaidya states that he "just rattled it off without exactly understanding the words, almost like the speech scene in 3 Idiots."

Of his success in the film, Vaidya credits the atmosphere of the cast and crew stating that in Mumbai there is "a personal touch, unlike Hollywood.

Vaidya states: "Before the film released, I asked director Rajkumar Hirani if I could give a couple of interviews.