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Manoj Sood was born in Mombassa, Kenya and grew up in Western Canada. Manoj entered the entertainment world in 1995 and has been working steadily ever since. Manoj, much to his surprise, landed a supporting role in an American MOW after his very first audition. Up until then, his only acting experience had been from his acting classes. A very nervous Manoj walked onto set on his first day of shooting and when the sound-boom operator said "speed", Manoj thought he was saying "speak" so Manoj jumped right into saying his lines. The director then gave a very nervous Manoj his first on-set note: "Manoj they are saying "speed" not "speak" and you have to wait for the word "action" before you say your lines".

Since that day, Manoj has appeared in more than 75 Television and Feature Film productions. He has appeared on popular Television shows like Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), The Dead Zone (2002), Romeo! (2003) and Dead Like Me (2003), as well as numerous others. Manoj has also acted in popular films such as Meltdown (2004) and Rat Race (2001). Manoj plays the comically grumpy and lovable character, "Baber" on all six seasons of the internationally acclaimed TV series, Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007), now airing on Amazon Prime. Manoj also appears in the Amazon Prime series Insomnia (2018), filmed on location in Moscow, Russia and the highly anticipated TNT and Netflix TV series, Snowpiercer (2020). Most recently Manoj appears in the Netflix hit,Wedding Season (2022) and will appear int the new Bob Odenkirk series Lucky Hank (2023). Manoj has been a passionate fly fisherman and amateur astronomer since he was a child so when he's not acting, you will find him fly-fishing with his son or gazing into the universe with his telescope.

Is a well known amateur astronomer, a hobby he has been passionately
involved in since age 12.

Brother of actress <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0814552/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Veena Sood</a>.

Immigrated to Canada in 1964 when he was 18 months old.

Attended St Michaels University School in Victoria, BC.

Avid fly fisherman and fly tier since he was 10 years old.

Father of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm6236900/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Kama Sood</a>.

Cousin of musician, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0814545/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Ashwin Sood</a>.

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