Saurabh Sachdeva
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| Born | September 24, 1978 Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India |
| Occupations | Actor, Acting coach |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Saurabh Sachdeva is an Indian actor and acting coach who works in Hindi films.[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), Eko (2025) .
A veteran acting coach, he trained an array of actors including Rana Daggubati, Harshvardhan Rane, Freida Pinto, Anushka Sharma, Bobby Deol, John Abraham,[7] Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez,[8] 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.[9] In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute, The Actors Truth,[10] and theatre group Antarang[11] in Mumbai.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Saurabh Sachdeva was born on 24 September 1978 in a Punjabi family 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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | Maroon | Inspector. R. Negi | |
| 2018 | Manmarziyaan | Kaka Ji | |
| 2019 | Laal Kaptaan | Army General | |
| Housefull 4 | Raazdaar | ||
| 2020 | Taish | Sukhi | |
| Raat Baaki Hai | Rehan Mustafa | ||
| 2021 | Bhoot Police | Ullat Baba | |
| 2022 | Good Luck Jerry | Malik | |
| Vadh | Prajapati Pandey | ||
| 2023 | Haddi | Inder | |
| Jaane Jaan | Ajit Mhatre | ||
| Animal | Abid Haque | ||
| 2024 | Pushpa 2: The Rule | Hameed | Telugu film |
| 2025 | Badass Ravi Kumar | Awasthi | |
| Thammudu | Agarwal | Telugu film | |
| Maalik | Chandrashekhar | ||
| Dhadak 2 | Shankar | ||
| Baaghi 4 | Paulo | ||
| Eko | Kuriachan | Malayalam film |
Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sacred Games | Suleiman Isa | Netflix |
| 2023 | Kaala | Colonel Himmat Singh Maan | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Bambai Meri Jaan | Suleiman "Haji" Maqbool | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2025 | Bad Cop | DCP Aarif Khan | Disney+ Hotstar |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
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