Sunny Tripathy (born October 27, 1989), also referred to as stage name ‘Sunny T, is an Indian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, Mr. India Global and a former model.

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Tripathy, was born in Brampton, Canada to an Indian-American father and mother. Tripathy currently resides in Los Angeles, California and is fluent in English, French, Hindi and Oriya. After high school, Tripathy attended UCLA for engineering and applied for the undergraduate film program but was rejected twice.

In 2005 Sunny was the victim of a hate crime on the day of his prom, where he was attacked by neo-Nazi gang members outside of Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, California. The attack on the 16-year-old, which was thought to be racially inclined, took place in broad daylight and left the Foothill High School student in the hospital with limited ability to walk. Tripathy suffered a shattered clavicle, a damaged back, broken nose, a fractured arm and multiple bruises and cuts.