Saurabh Sachdeva
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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] His notable filmography includes roles in Manmarziyaan (2018), Laal Kaptaan (2019), Housefull 4 (2019), Vadh (2022), and Animal (2023), Haddi (2023), Kaala (2023), Bambai Meri Jaan (2023), Jaane Jaan (2023), Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) .
Saurabh Sachdeva | |
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Saurabh Sachdeva | |
| Born | September 24, 1978 Haldwani, Uttarakhand |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Acting coach |
| Years active | 2002–present |
In 2024, Sachdeva won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Short Film (Male) for his performance in First Time, directed by Adiraj Singh.[7]
A veteran acting coach, he trained an array of B-town stars including Rana Daggubati, Harshvardhan Rane, Freida Pinto, Anushka Sharma, Bobby Deol, John Abraham,[8] , Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez,[9] , Asha Negi, Shakti Mohan, Rithvik Dhanjani, Abhishek Chauhan, and Mandana Karimi.
In 2016, he directed a short film Gul which raises a question of priorities and showed at the Kerala International Film Festival.[10] In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute, The Actors Truth,[11] and theatre group Antarang[12] in Mumbai.
Early life
Saurabh Sachdeva was born on 24 September 1978 in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. 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) 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
| Year | Movie | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pushpa 2: The Rule | Hameed | Telugu film | |
| 2025 | Badass Ravi Kumar | Awasthi |
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