India, June 24 -- Moshi Kasher, comedian and actor best known for playing Jacob Samuel in HBO's medical drama The Pitt, recently opened up in an Instagram post about his tonsil cancer, a battle that silently unfolded.

The 46-year-old first noticed something was off while he was in Savannah, Georgia, working on a film project connected to Judd Apatow and Glen Powell, he said in a post on Father's Day (June 21).

What started as a small bump on the throated, escalated to multiple examinations by doctors who looked at it closely and confirmed cancer diagnosis, forcing him to undergo surgery on June 19 at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, he explained. They surgery lasted for five hours.

"I am sick; I don't feel sick. My body ...