Background
Dayal was born Manish Patel in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to parents from Gujarat, India, Hema and Sudhir Patel.
Dayal was born Manish Patel in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to parents from Gujarat, India, Hema and Sudhir Patel.
He graduated from Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in 2001 and went on to college at the George Washington University. After he graduated in 2005 he moved to New York to pursue his career in Film/Television, and five years later he moved to Los Angeles where he currently resides.
He is the third of four children. Dayal started his career appearing in national commercials for McDonalds, Windows, Nintendo, and Domino"s Pizza. In 2008, he played the lead in The New Group"s twice-extended off-Broadway show Rafta, Rafta.
He played a small role in The Sorcerer"s Apprentice and Paula van der Oest"s Domino Effect.
After guest starring on Computer Society of India: Las Vegas on Columbia Broadcasting System, Dayal went on to play Hal, a code-breaking computer analyst, on the Administrative Management College series, Rubicon. Dayal also starred in the romantic comedy Walkaway, which explores love and culture set in New New York
In 2010 and 2011, he played Ravi, the smug A-team leader on Outsourced, a comedy series from National Broadcasting Company. He also played Raj Kher, an alternative college student recovering from cancer, in the third and fourth seasons of The CW"s 90210. He starred as Hassan Kadam in The Hundred Foot Journey (2014).