Age: 47
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Ravi Patel is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker known for his work in television and film. He has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Scrubs (2001), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), and Master of None (2015). He gained widespread recognition for co-directing and starring in the 2014 documentary Meet the Patels, which humorously explores his experiences with love and arranged marriage. In 2023, Patel joined the main cast of the Fox comedy series Animal Control, playing Amit Patel, an overwhelmed yet endearing family man and Animal Control officer. Beyond acting, he is also a philanthropist and co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives, a company focused on fighting child malnutrition.
Season One opens in Charleston, South Carolina. The Hargrove family is American royalty — a three-generation dynasty that built its fortune in luxury jewelry design, real estate, and high-society philanthropy. Their sprawling antebellum waterfront estate, Hargrove House, is a landmark and a fortress, and at its center sits the patriarch: HAROLD "HANK" HARGROVE, 80 — a towering, deeply traditional man who built everything from nothing and intends to control it until his last breath. Hank's youngest grandson, FORD HARGROVE, 24, has just returned from two years studying abroad in Europe — Paris, Rome, Barcelona — without finishing his degree, without accomplishing much of anything except filling tabloids with his escapades. He drives too fast, parties too hard, and has had a revolving door of women, including a current on-again, off-again girlfriend, PIPER LANGLEY, 26, a sleek, calculating Manhattan socialite who is deeply invested in becoming the next Mrs. Hargrove. Ford isn't in love with her. He isn't sure he's capable of loving anyone. Hank has had enough. He calls Ford into his private study and delivers the ultimatum in that quiet, devastating tone that ends conversations: You will marry a proper girl from Savannah — from a family I respect — or I will remove you from this family entirely. Ford knows his grandfather means it. Ford agrees, believing the marriage will be in name only. He figures he'll do it, smile through the photos, and continue his life exactly as before.
