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A young East Indian actor and host Venk has recently racked up credits on HBO’s Veep, The Comedy Get Down, Real Husbands of Hollywood, The Queen Latifah Show, but is best known for MTV’s Wild N Out (once a Recurring Role, in 2018 a Series Regular Cast Member), as well as performing with Nick Cannon on every major daytime television show (Ellen, Queen Latifah, etc). Venk is a multi-faceted writer/director/actor recognized for his dance and freestyle rap. He is naturally funny and has an amazing subtle comedic presence. UCB Diversity Scholarship Award, and Rod Steiger Acting Scholarship Award Winner, and graduated from the same ATL performing arts high school as Donald Glover. He acted opposite JB Smoove and Randy Jackson on Funny or Die, and has performed live on stage at NY Times Square and LA Universal City Walk. He recently guest-hosted the 2021 IDENTITY LA Amazon Music Festival with Sherry Cola and Dumbfoundead.

A collage of four close-up portraits of a young man with dark hair, each showing different expressions: a gentle smile, an open-mouthed joyful expression, a confident look, and a playful grimace, all against a neutral background, wearing a blue shirt
Young man smiling, wearing a black sleeveless sports jersey with colorful tribal patterns around the collar and armholes, and the words 'WILD SOUL' written in bold letters on the front.
A scene from a game show featuring a man with a red headscarf and a woman with glasses and long dark hair, holding a red folder, on stage with people in casual and athletic attire in the background.
Three men posing together in a nightclub with a dark background and LED lights. Two of them are making hand gestures, one with sunglasses and red-tied hair, and the other with glasses and a red polo shirt.
Three people standing on a stage, each holding a microphone, laughing and engaging with the audience against a dark curtain backdrop, with the Amazon Music logo visible in the top right corner.

Praise for Venk’s Work

““The film [Woke, 2018] originally presented a faux sense of white wokeness that didn’t match our intended message,” he said. Issues of race and color, which are explored in the film, are something Potula has dealt with firsthand in the entertainment industry, he said. In the film, Sunny describes his experience being a darker-skinned Pakistani man and how many view his appearance as racially ambiguous. Potula said he can relate to this feeling of discrimination based on skin tone.“This film addresses racism, but it also addresses colorism. I starred as Sunny because he’s dark-skinned like me,” Potula said. “I’ve experienced colorism in the industry myself. I’ve gone to Asian film festivals and it’s clear that no one pictures someone who looks like me when they think of that racial group.”

— The Daily Bruin