A worker constantly in search of challenging roles and material, independent films have taken him to remote Texas in indie-film festival hit The Big Bend and the roof of a skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles in the recent award-winning short Elevate. Continuing to return to the stage whenever possible, he has appeared on Broadway, in the West End, and around the country, most recently in the world premiere of Bernhardt/Hamlet opposite Janet McTeer. Over the years, there have been a variety of characters like the young Chris Walken in The Family Fang, English copilot in NON-STOP, tech billionaire in NEXT, as well as memorable arcs on Scandal (2012), The Walking Dead, The Handmaids Tale, Ray Donovan (2013), Homeland (2011) and The Walking Dead (2010). After years of theatrical roles as kind-hearted, erudites like Tom in The Glass Menagerie with Sally Field, A.E.Housman in the American premiere of Stoppard's The Invention of Love, and the Broadway premiere of The Coast of Utopia as Ivan Turgenev, his film debut as Gordon Northcott in the Oscar nominated Changeling (2008) offered him his first conflicted killer. A self-described character actor interested in the fullness of any character, he is perhaps best known currently for his compelling turn as Agent Petty in Ozark (2017). He has one brother, and multiple former step-siblings. His parents divorced when young, and each subsequently remarrying. He also urged the visitors to include left-arm spinner Monty Panesar and was surprised that he was not included in the first Test as he thought he could trouble the Indian batting order.Jason Butler Harner was born in small town Elmira, New York in a working class family, later raised in Alexandria, Virginia while his parents worked in non-profits. They must play to their strength and he (Dhoni) feels that (Pragyan) Ojha and (Ravichandran) Ashwin are his strengths,” said the former captain. “It's upto the home team and they should get the advantage. Vengsarkar sided with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's demand for turning tracks from day one. “Mumbai will have something for the fast bowlers in the first few days at least,” he said. Vengsarkar was of the opinion that the Wankhede Stadium wicket for the November 23-27 Test would have some juice in it for the fast bowlers initially. You can only have two spinners because you have only four bowlers-two medium pacers and two spinners,” said the veteran of 116 Tests. But you can't have the luxury of having three spinners. I hope he gets in some time during this series. While wishing that recalled off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was picked in the squad after nearly a year, would get a chance to display his skills, Vengsarkar conceded that the feisty Punjab bowler would have to be included in the playing XI only at the expense of another spinner. India were whitewashed 0-4 in the 2011 series in England. I hope they have a clean sweep,” Vengsarkar told reporters on the sidelines of a book launch event here. “The way we have played the first match, a very important match for the team, they did extremely well. Mumbai, Nov 20: Encouraged by India's thumping nine-wicket win in the first Test at Ahmedabad, former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar today hoped the home team would pay back England with a 4-0 drubbing, similar to what the visitors did last year in their backyard.
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