Jay Chandrasekhar

Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Super Troopers, Club Dread, Beerfest and Super Troopers 2. Since 2001, he has also worked frequently as a television director on many episodes of Community and The Goldbergs, among dozens of comedy series. He has also occasionally worked as a film director outside of Broken Lizard projects, most notably on the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard.

Early life and education Chandrasekhar was born at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. His parents are physicians of Tamil origin originally from Chennai, India. Chandrasekhar grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois, and attended high school at the Lake Forest Academy. After attending Loyola University for a semester, he graduated from Colgate University with a major in European history and a minor in philosophy. The film made it into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. Then in 2001, they made Super Troopers as an independent movie, which Harvey Weinstein helped to develop at Miramax Films, but did not end up distributing.

Directing In 2005, Chandrasekhar directed The Dukes of Hazzard. The action comedy film based on the 1970s American television series of the same name was the debut of pop singer Jessica Simpson as an actress. While financially successful, the film was met with negative reviews from critics. He has become an established television comedy director, directing episodes of Undeclared, Happy Endings, Chuck, Community, Psych, New Girl, and Arrested Development. He directed several episodes of Blue Mountain State. Amazon released a pilot in the 2014 Amazon Original Series that he wrote and directed called Really.

Between 2014 and 2018, he directed 16 episodes of The Goldbergs.

In June 2018, the filmmaker revealed that he is in discussions with Marvel Studios to direct one of their upcoming movies.

In February 2021, Chandrasekhar was announced as the director of the family comedy Easter Sunday, starring Jo Koy.

Acting Chandrasekhar guest starred alongside his cousin Sendhil Ramamurthy in a 2009 episode of Psych, which Chandrasekhar also directed. He appeared as the cab driver in the "Terror Taxi" skit from Jackass: Number Two. He appeared as racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta in the episode "Basic Email Security" of Community, which Chandrasekhar also directed.

Stand-up Chandrasekhar often does stand-up comedy, sometimes touring with fellow Broken Lizard friends, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan.

Personal life Chandrasekhar has been married to actress Susan Clarke since 2005. They have twin daughters and a son. Chandrasekhar's middle name, Jambulingam, is in honor of his grandfather, and is also his son's middle name.

Filmography Films Year Title Credited as Notes Director Writer 1996 Puddle Cruiser 2002 Super Troopers 2004 Club Dread 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard 2006 Beerfest 2009 The Slammin' Salmon 2010 Held Up Broken Lizard Stands Up 2012 The Babymakers Also co-producer 2018 Super Troopers 2 2022 Easter Sunday 2023 Quasi Also executive producer 2026 Super Troopers 3 Also executive producerPost-production TBA Yogi Bear 2

Acting roles Year Title Role 1996 Puddle Cruiser Zach 2002 Super Troopers Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn 2004 Club Dread Putman Livingston 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn 2006 Beerfest Barry Badrinath/Blind Sikh Jackass Number Two Himself/Terror Taxi host 2009 I Love You, Man Party Guest The Slammin' Salmon Nuts/Zongo The 2 Bobs Spam King 2010 Broken Lizard Stands Up Self 2012 The Babymakers Ron Jon Freeloaders Porn Director 2018 Super Troopers 2 Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn 2021 Plan B Pharmacist 2022 Easter Sunday Nick 2023 Quasi King Guy/Blouin 2026 Super Troopers 3 Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn

Editor Year Title 1996 Puddle Cruiser 1999 Los Enchiladas! Two Ninas 2002 Super Troopers 2005 The Dukes of Hazzard

Television Director Year Title Episode 2001–2002 Undeclared "Hal and Hillary" "Hell Week" "Rush and Pledge" 2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe "Saturday Early Evening Fever" 2004 Oliver Beene "Kissing Babies" Cracking Up "Grudge Match" 2003–2004 Arrested Development "Justice is Blind" "Altar Egos" "Beef Consommé" "My Mother The Car" 2006–2007 The Loop "The Dutch" "CSI: Donut Idol Bowl" "The Rusty Trombone" "The Tiger Express" 2007 Human Giant "Ta Da" "Lil 9-11" "Let's Go" 2008 Lipstick Jungle "Chapter 4: Bombay Highway" "Chapter 17: Bye, Bye Baby" 2008–2009 Knight Rider "Knight of the Hunter" "Fly by Knight" 2008–2012 Psych "Let's Doo-Wop It Again" "Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is" "Bollywood Homicide" "The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable" 2008–2012 Chuck "Chuck Versus the Ex" "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" "Chuck Versus the Living Dead" "Chuck Versus the Balcony" "Chuck Versus Sarah" 2009–2012 Royal Pains "The Hankover" "A Guest House Divided" "Hank and the Deep Blue Sea" "Am I Blue?" 2010–2011 Blue Mountain State "Superstition" "The Peak" "Riot" "Drunk Tank" "Marathon Monday" 2010–2015 Community "Mixology Certification" "Intro to Political Science" "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts" "The First Chang Dynasty" "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" "Introduction to Teaching" "Basic Story" "Basic Email Security" "Basic RV Repair and Palmistry" 2011–2012 Happy Endings "The Girl with the David Tattoo" "Meet the Parrots" "You Snooze, You Bruise" "More Like Stanksgiving" 2011–2012 Up All Night "First Night Away" "Baby Fever" 2012 Warehouse 13 "No Pain, No Gain" Animal Practice "Dr. Yamamazing" Ben & Kate "Career Day" 2014 Really "Pilot" (Also wrote and produced) 2014–2018 New Girl "Sister III" "The Crawl" "Jeff Day" "Mario" "The Cubicle" 2014–2021 The Goldbergs 23 episodes 2015–2016 The Grinder "The Curious Disappearance of Mr. Donovan" "A System on Trial" "Full Circle" 2016 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "When Will Josh See How Cool I Am?" 2017–2019 Fresh Off the Boat "A League of Her Own" "Workin' the Ween" "TMI: Too Much Integrity" 2018 The Mayor "The Lockdown" Instinct "Long Shot" Us & Them "Corn & Cancer" 2019 Lethal Weapon "Dial M for Murtaugh" Single Parents "That Elusive Zazz" 2019–2020 Schooled "Tamagotchis and Bells" "CB Likes Lainey" "The Rudy-ing of Toby Murphy" "FeMellor" 2019-2023 Good Trouble "In The Middle" "New Moon" "Baby, Just Say Yes" "About Damn Time" 2021 Resident Alien "Birds of a Feather" "Love Language" 2022 Monarch "About Last Night" The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers "Trade Rumors" "Summer Breezers" 2023 Home Economics "Gallon of Milk, $4.35" 2023–2026 Animal Control "Dogs and Bears and Minks" "Cows and Raccoons" "Peacocks and Pumas" "Dogs and Chickens" "Goats, Snakes and Dogs" "Baby Kangaroos and Chickens" "Bats and Camels" "Scaredy Cats and Card Sharks"

Acting roles Year Title Role Note 2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments Himself TV special 2007 Attack of the Show Co-host Welcome to the Parker Episode 1 2009 Psych Jawaharlal 'Jay' Singh Episode "Bollywood Homicide" 2012 Royal Pains Jake Episode "A Guesthouse Divided" 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Joey TV movie Franklin & Bash JD Altero Episode "Gone in a Flash" 2014 Really 2015 Community Gupta Gupti Gupta Episode "Basic Email Security" 2016 Family Guy Indian Man / Census Taker Episode "Road to India" 2018 Nailed It Guest judge Episode 6: "In Your Face!" Brooklyn Nine-Nine Himself Episode NutriBoom