Utkarsh Ambudkar (/ˈʊtkɑːrʃ æmˈbʊdkɑːr/ UUT-karsh am-BUUD-kar;[3] born December 8, 1983),[4][5] also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer.

His television roles include The Mindy Project, White Famous, Never Have I Ever, Mira, Royal Detective, and Ghosts.

Utkarsh Ambudkar was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 8, 1983, to an Indian American family with a Marathi father and a Tamil mother.

He appeared in the comedy film Pitch Perfect, as the character Donald, and in the television shows The Mindy Project and The Muppets.

Ambudkar starred in Force Grey: Giant Hunters (2016) and Force Grey: Lost City of Omu (2017), a Dungeons & Dragons actual play web series with Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Master, where he played the character Hitch, a rogue with a nefarious past.

[26][27] He told The New York Times in 2019: "It was ego, it was being a daily marijuana user, it was partying at night, it was being preoccupied, growing up as a brown person, feeling unattractive, and seeking validation of the opposite sex to sort of fill a hole, my self-worth.