Shelly Desai was born on 3 December 1935 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]. He was an actor, known for Escape from L.A. (1996), Barb Wire (1996) and Here Comes the Boom (2012). He died on 10 February 2026 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Pamela Anderson and Shelly Desai in Barb Wire (1996)

Larry David and Shelly Desai in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)

Shelly Desai, Kevin James, Gary Valentine, Loni Love, and Vic Dibitetto in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)

Jennifer Aniston, Jane Carr, and Shelly Desai in Friends (1994)

Shelly Desai at an event for Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)

Kevin James in Here Comes the Boom (2012)

Kevin James in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)

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