Saurabh Sachdeva

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Saurabh Sachdeva
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Sachdeva in 2019
Born (1978-09-24) September 24, 1978 (age 46)
Haldwani, Uttarakhand
Occupation(s)Actor, acting coach
Years active2002–present

Saurabh Sachdeva is an Indian actor and acting coach. [1] [2] He started his film career in Maroon, which was released in 2016. [3] [4] He received critical acclaim for his character Suleiman Isa in the Netflix series Sacred Games in 2018. [5] [6] Sachdeva appeared in Manmarziyan , Laalkaptaan, and Housefull 4 . Recently seen as an antagonist in Vadh, which stars Neena Gupta and Sanjay Mishra, [7] and received attention for his role in Animal .

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A veteran acting coach, he trained an array of B-town stars including Rana Daggubati, Harshvardhan Rane, Freida Pinto, Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Akshay Oberoi, Arjun Mathur, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, [8] Vaani Kapoor, Asha Negi, Shakti Mohan, Rithvik Dhanjani, Shivam Patil, Adarsh Gourav, and Mandana Karimi.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, he directed a short film Gul which raises a question of priorities and showed at the Kerala International Film Festival. [9] In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute The Actors Truth [10] and theatre group Antarang [11] in Mumbai.

Early life

Saurabh Sachdeva was born on 24 September 1978 in Delhi. He studied at Model Sr Secondary School Saket, Delhi. In 2001 he joined Barry John's Imago Acting School (now known as Barry John Acting Studio) in 2001 where he started teaching in 2002. He worked with Imago Theatre Group until 2003 where he conceived and acted in street plays. In 2005, he joined Barry John Acting School in Mumbai where he spent 11 years as an acting coach.

Filmography

YearMovieRoleNote
2017 Maroon Inspector. R. Negi
2018 Manmarziyaan Kaka Ji
Sacred Games Suleiman Isa Netflix series
2019 Laal Kaptaan Army General
Housefull 4 Raazdaar
2020 Taish Sukhi ZEE5 film
Raat Baaki Hai Rehan Mustafa
2021 Bhoot Police Ullat Baba Disney+ Hotstar film
2022 Good Luck Jerry Malik
Vadh Prajapati Pandey
2023 Haddi Inder ZEE5 Film
Kaala Colonel Himmat Singh Maan Disney+Hotstar series
Bambai Meri Jaan Suleiman "Haji" Maqbool Prime Video series
Jaane Jaan Ajit Mhatre Netflix film
Animal Abid Haque
2024 Bad Cop DCP Aarif Khan Disney+Hotstar series

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