List of Outsourced characters
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These are characters from the American TV series Outsourced
. Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed under the minor character section. Characters that appear in only one episode are not listed.
Outsourced (TV series)
Outsourced is an American television sitcom set in an Indian workplace. It was based on the John Jeffcoat film of the same name and adapted by Ken Kwapis and Universal Media Studios for NBC. The series originally ran from September 23, 2010 to May 12, 2011...
. Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed under the minor character section. Characters that appear in only one episode are not listed.
Main characters
- Ben RappaportBen RappaportBennett Eli "Ben" Rappaport is an American actor. He played the role of Todd Dempsy in the NBC sitcom Outsourced, which aired during the 2010–2011 television season. The series marked Rappaport's debut acting role on screen....
as Todd Dempsy, a Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
native who is transferred to India to run the call center for Mid American Novelties. He does not understand Indian culture as is constantly unintentionally offending workers. He was revealed to be a big fan of Kansas City ChiefsKansas City ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
football. He is currently employed as executive manager.
- Rizwan ManjiRizwan ManjiRizwan Manji is a Indo-Canadian actor. He is chiefly notable for his role as Rajiv in the now cancelled NBC Universal TV series Outsourced....
as Rajiv Gidwani, Todd's mischievous assistant manager at Mid American Novelties. He is hard-nosed and unapologetic and who aspires to be Todd's replacement (whether that happens due to either Todd's success or his downfall). When Todd is promoted to executive manager, he is promoted to manager. His intentions are not to be mean, but to only run the company professionally and business-like. It had been his life-long dream to become manager of Mid America Novelties. Once he became manager, he married Vimi, his fiancée.
- Sacha DhawanSacha DhawanSacha Dhawan is an English actor. He has performed on stage, film, television and radio. Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport, Greater Manchester.-Career:...
as Manmeet, a call center employee for Mid American Novelties, who dreams of America and quickly becomes good friends with his boss, Todd Dempsy. He is known for being the "hip" one, who is fascinated by American culture. Manmeet is girl-crazy; he has had several "over the phone" relationships with American callers and flirts with almost every woman he meets. He seems more interested in American women than Indian women, stating in one episode that American women are not concerned with his father's occupation or where he went to school. This, along with his reluctance to ask one of Tonya's friends to dance at a Halloween party, indicates that Manmeet may actually have a bit of an inferiority complex.
- Rebecca HazlewoodRebecca HazlewoodRebecca Hazlewood is an English actress of mixed English and Indian descent. Hazlewood was born in Wales and grew up in Kingswinford, England and studied English Literature at Bretton Hall...
as Asha, a call center employee for Mid American Novelties and love interest of Todd, who is frequently the voice of reason in the office and plans to pursue an arranged marriage. There may possibly be a relationship or love situation going on between Todd and Asha despite there already being one with Tonya.
- Parvesh CheenaParvesh CheenaParvesh Singh Cheena is an American character actor. He most recently played Gupta in the canceled NBC Universal TV series Outsourced. Cheena grew up in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and went to Waubonsie Valley High School. He studied musical theatre at the Chicago College of...
as Gupta, a very talkative call center employee for Mid American Novelties, who constantly yearns to be the center of attention, his alter ego is "Aluk". It was revealed that he and Todd are in the same apartment building.
- Anisha NagarajanAnisha NagarajanAnisha Nagarajan; is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the Andrew Lloyd Webber theater musical, Bombay Dreams, and as Madhuri on the 2010 NBC television series, Outsourced.-Early life:...
as Madhuri, a shy and soft-spoken call center employee for Mid American Novelties whose income alone supports her entire family. As time passes, Madhuri opens up, becoming one of the office gossips. Madhuri also has a beautiful singing voice, and the others convince her to enter a singing contest.
- Diedrich BaderDiedrich BaderKarl Diedrich Bader , better known as Diedrich Bader, is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. Many know him for his roles as Oswald Lee Harvey on The Drew Carey Show, Lawrence from the film Office Space, the Tae Kwon Do instructor Rex from Napoleon Dynamite, Tank "Shredder" Evans in Surf's...
as Charlie Davies, another American call center manager for the company All-American Hunter. For several episodes, Charlie nurses a crush on Tonya, but eventually has a short term relationship with Tonya's mother.
- Pippa BlackPippa BlackPippa Black is an Australian actress. From 2005 to 2009, Black played Elle Robinson in the soap opera Neighbours. Black played Tonya in the NBC series Outsourced from 2010 to 2011.-Career:...
as Tonya, an Australian call center manager for the company Koala Airlines who is easygoing with a sense of adventure; by mid-season, she and Todd are romantically involved.
Main Recurring Principal Characters
These two were featured and then became breakout characters.- Guru SinghGuru SinghGurpreet "Guru" Singh is an American actor.Singh was born in Houston, Texas, where his Indian parents immigrated from Punjab, India. He was raised in Spring, Texas and went to Klein Forest High School. Later he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Acting and a Bachelors in Business...
as Ajeet, a tall, silent SikhSikhA Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
whose character was developed through-out the season. Shows displeasure at Todd's cultural gaffes throughout the series. Madhuri's love interest. He is a poet. He first speaks in the season finale episode and played a major role.
- Thushari JayasekeraThushari JayasekeraThushari Jayasekera is a Sri Lankan American actress, performer, and writer.- Biography :As a child, she moved with her parents and was raised in the United States. She was born in Sri Lanka and raised in the U.S. state of California...
as Pinky, a fun and hard working call center worker at Mid America Novelties, who is adventure seeking, ready to learn and whose character was developed in depth through the season. Does funny and awkward things. Ready to defend her fellow call center team as well as party with the big boss. Played a leading role in the season finale.
Recurring
- A-Team, a group of higher authorities, rude, snobby, and taunting, they on the higher class scale of value in their company which happens to be located in the same building
- Jerry Stern (played by Matt Walsh), Todd's supervisorSupervisorA supervisor, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business...
; he is often careless and somewhat of a jerk. After his wife left him he became a "party guy" for a moment then went back to professionalism, then promoted Todd to executive manager which put Rajiv at manager. - Santosh, the maid at Todd's apartment,
- Vimi, (played by Noureen DewulfNoureen DeWulfNoureen DeWulf is an Indian American actress. She is best known for her roles in films like West Bank Story, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and The Back-Up Plan.-Early life:...
), Vimi is Rajiv's Wife, they married each other after Rajiv became manager.