Waris Singh Ahluwalia (b. Amritsar, Punjab, India, c. 1975) is a American Sikh jewelry designer and actor. He immigrated with his family to the United States at the age of five, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He is based in New York City but has also lived in Los Angeles and travels frequently to Rome, Italy, Japan^[1] and Rajasthan, India, where most of his jewelry is made. He sells his jewelry through his company, House of Waris, and has collaborated with the fashion designer Benjamin Cho. House of Waris came into being after the owners of Maxfield's in LA noticed Waris' elaborate diamond rings and placed a large order which sold out.^[2]

In addition to his work in jewelry, he has had a number of small roles in films, most notably by those of his friend Wes Anderson,^[3] and in commercials. Waris and Anderson's most recent film, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead is in postproduction. It is about about a 2000-year-old conspiracy involving a struggle between vampires, Shakespeare, and the Holy Grail.

[edit] Selected filmography

• Hugo Pepper in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead^[4]
• Chief Steward in The Darjeeling Limited
• Vikram Ray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Vikram Walia in Spike Lee's The Inside Man
• Natasha Lyonne's friend in independent film America Brown^[5]
• RNC fundraiser in IFC film, The F Word

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• House of Waris
• In his own words
• Interview on nymag.com
• Latimes.com profile
• 2006 japantimes.com article
• 2006 article on ew.com
• Picture of Waris with his family on papermag.com
• Video interview with Waris about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead
• Waris Ahluwalia at the Internet Movie Database
• Waris Ahluwalia at Allmovie

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