Tom Alter is a veteran American-Indian actor. He is best known for his work in Bollywood and has also worked in the theatre. Alter is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, English and many other languages. Sachin Tendulkar's first ever television interview was with Tom Alter, when a 15-year-old Sachin faced a video camera for the first time ever as a cricketer in between practice sessions of his Ranji team Bombay in 1988.