Jay Chandrasekhar Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Colgate University with a degree in European History and a minor in Philosophy
• Started doing stand-up comedy in Chicago when he was 19
• Quote: "(On his college major): "History is ultimately storytelling․ I think the more stories you write in life․․․you realize it's your interpretation of events that people read, and they absorb that․""
• Quote: "The reality of sex and relationships is․․․much funnier and dirtier and more edgy [than most romantic comedies]․․․And you realize that as humans we just like looking at other humans being human․"
• Best known as a founding member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard and as the director of the films "Super Troopers" and "Beerfest․"
• He formed the group Broken Lizard with people he met in college in the Charred Goosebeak comedy troupe and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity
• His cousin, Sendhil Ramamurthy, played the role of Mohinder Suresh on the TV drama "Heroes," and they appeared together in his film "The Slammin' Salmon․"