Sugith Varughese

Sugith Varughese
Born 1958 (age 5657)
Cochin, Kerala
Occupation Writer, director, actor

Sugith Varughese (born 1958) is an Indian-born Canadian writer, director and actor.

Born in Cochin, Kerala, into a Syrian Christian family ("Varughese," also sometimes spelled "Varghese" and "Verghese" and variously pronounced, is Malayalam for "George"),[1] he immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as a child when his neurosurgeon father obtained a professional appointment there.[2] His family's native language is Malayalam; having grown up in anglophone western Canada he naturally speaks English with a Canadian accent but from time to time affects an assortment of South Asian accents when playing dramatic roles that call for them.

Background

Sugith Varughese was raised in Saskatoon, began university studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon with a double major in pre-medicine and drama,[3] and continued on to an undergraduate degree in drama at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a Master of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto.[4] He went on to write, act in and direct film and television productions in both Canada and the USA. As a director, he has been nominated for and won several Canadian film and television and international film festival awards.[5] He holds a black belt in karate.[6]

Credits

His credits include the following.

Television

Stage

Scriptwriting

Directing

References

  1. Neither the famous Dr Abraham Verghese nor the American stand-up comedian Paul Varghese, both also of Malayali Syrian Christian backgrounds, is necessarily any relation of Sugith Varughese: Malayali Syrian Christians do not have public family names (they have "house" names) and their putative surnames are simply their fathers' Christian names.
  2. Aseem Chhabra, "I Didn't Want To Be Invisible." Rediff.com, 18 May 2001. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  3. Paul Lima, “The Writer As Warrior: Sugith Varughese,” Writers Guild of Canada: The W Files. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  4. Chhabra.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Internet Movie Database: Sujith Varoghese. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  6. Lima.
  7. Writing at the Intersection: The Diaspora Crosswalk. Diaspora Dialogues. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  8. Best Prices.com. "Where Is Here? : A CBC Radio Drama Anthology". Retrieved 29 September 2007.

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