Navin P. Kumar
- Actor
- Producer
Navin P. Kumar, survivor of 24 heart surgeries, young onset Parkinson's and 10 minutes of death due to cardiac arrest on 12/25/22 has defied massive odds his entire life to succeed. Navin is a film actor who made his movie acting debut in "Attack of the Unknown" (2020), and also served as an Executive Producer for this movie, which released worldwide on 8/28/2020. Navin also acted as the vampire "Damian" in the movie "Bloodthirst which released on 10/25/22. Navin is part of the cast of "Wild West Marshals" where he plays a cowboy doctor in the old American Wild West named Dr Macon.
Navin has a very unusual career path in which he started stage acting as far back as elementary and high schools, and later after college, but wound up focusing on a professional career playing the violin (which he has played now for many years since 1983) and singing to Bollywood-style music in the 1990s, which further developed a fearless attitude on stage and in front of the camera, and which eventually led Navin to become a motivational speaker after getting diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease in 2013. It was this same fearless attitude that enabled Navin to now speak all over the USA as a motivational speaker while helping his audiences to maintain a positive attitude to help deal with their struggles. In addition, in spite of Parkinson's and his many heart surgeries and death from cardiac arrest, Navin proudly represents the USA for table tennis competing internationally as part of the USA National Team for Parkinson's and is also part of the USA Para Program. In December 2018, Navin won two Bronze Medals for the USA, his first ever medals competing on the international level, in table tennis at the US Open Championships in Orlando, Florida, becoming the first ever medalist with both young onset Parkinson's Disease and Congenital Heart Disease. In October 2019, Navin represented the USA at the first ever World Table Tennis Championships for Parkinson's in Pleasantville, New York, and Navin wound up winning his first ever medals on the international world level winning the silver medal for the USA in doubles competition and the bronze medal for the USA in singles competition. Navin also won his first gold medal at the USA National Table Tennis Championships in 2022. Table Tennis has helped to improve his overall general health and he hopes to inspire others to play this sport for the health benefits it offers.
Life has knocked Navin down many times, but he continues to pick himself right back up each time and defy the odds with his positive attitude and smile. Whatever Navin chooses to do in life, be it acting, competing on the world level for table tennis, motivational speaking, or his music, he chooses to do these things with the hope of making a positive impact on the lives of others. Navin's story has been featured worldwide, with the hope of inspiring positivity, and he is known by his nickname in the table tennis world as the "Bionic Man", due to the mechanical, electronic, and other artificial components inside him. Navin has been featured twice on ABC News and his short 8 minute film documentary, "Navin P. Kumar - Table Tennis Champion with Parkinson's Disease had already won at film festivals all over the USA. Navin plans on continuing film acting, while inspiring others to not let their struggles stop them from achieving their dreams in life.
Navin has a very unusual career path in which he started stage acting as far back as elementary and high schools, and later after college, but wound up focusing on a professional career playing the violin (which he has played now for many years since 1983) and singing to Bollywood-style music in the 1990s, which further developed a fearless attitude on stage and in front of the camera, and which eventually led Navin to become a motivational speaker after getting diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease in 2013. It was this same fearless attitude that enabled Navin to now speak all over the USA as a motivational speaker while helping his audiences to maintain a positive attitude to help deal with their struggles. In addition, in spite of Parkinson's and his many heart surgeries and death from cardiac arrest, Navin proudly represents the USA for table tennis competing internationally as part of the USA National Team for Parkinson's and is also part of the USA Para Program. In December 2018, Navin won two Bronze Medals for the USA, his first ever medals competing on the international level, in table tennis at the US Open Championships in Orlando, Florida, becoming the first ever medalist with both young onset Parkinson's Disease and Congenital Heart Disease. In October 2019, Navin represented the USA at the first ever World Table Tennis Championships for Parkinson's in Pleasantville, New York, and Navin wound up winning his first ever medals on the international world level winning the silver medal for the USA in doubles competition and the bronze medal for the USA in singles competition. Navin also won his first gold medal at the USA National Table Tennis Championships in 2022. Table Tennis has helped to improve his overall general health and he hopes to inspire others to play this sport for the health benefits it offers.
Life has knocked Navin down many times, but he continues to pick himself right back up each time and defy the odds with his positive attitude and smile. Whatever Navin chooses to do in life, be it acting, competing on the world level for table tennis, motivational speaking, or his music, he chooses to do these things with the hope of making a positive impact on the lives of others. Navin's story has been featured worldwide, with the hope of inspiring positivity, and he is known by his nickname in the table tennis world as the "Bionic Man", due to the mechanical, electronic, and other artificial components inside him. Navin has been featured twice on ABC News and his short 8 minute film documentary, "Navin P. Kumar - Table Tennis Champion with Parkinson's Disease had already won at film festivals all over the USA. Navin plans on continuing film acting, while inspiring others to not let their struggles stop them from achieving their dreams in life.
