Mahesh Jadu

Mahesh Jadu
Born Mahesh Jadu
(1982-10-26) 26 October 1982
Carlton, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Nationality Australian
Occupation Actor, composer
Years active 2008present
Known for Marco Polo (2014present)

Mahesh Jadu (born 26 October 1982 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian actor, raised in Perth, Western Australia.

Career

Jadu's family is from Mauritius and he has Indian heritage, from Gorakhpur and Kashmir.[1] He started off as a composer for an Australian show, "Byte Me". He auditioned for a small role in an Indian film, Sorry Bhai! and was subsequently cast. He was later cast in one of Australia's longest running soaps, Neighbours as Doug Harris. He played poker to cover rent and living expenses until he was called for an audition by the casting director, Lou Mitchell.[2]

In 2011, he was cast in an Australian drama, Taj which was presented at the 16th Busan International Film Festival.[3]

He then worked on "The Three Ages of Sasha". He got his big break when he was cast in Roland Joffé's periodic drama, Singularity, which was later renamed The Lovers. The film was delayed for 2 years. He then auditioned multiple times for I, Frankenstein in which he plays the Gargoyle "Ophir".[4] He was later cast in Netflix's, Marco Polo as Ahmad Fanakati.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sorry Bhai! A Student
2010–11 Neighbours Dr. Doug Harris 33 episodes
2011 Taj Vjay Male lead
2012 The Three Ages of Sasha Nasir Khan Male lead
2013 Magnetism Mark Short film
2013 Better Man Shanmugum 1 episode
2014 I, Frankenstein Ophir Main cast
2014 Marco Polo Ahmad Main cast
2015 The Lovers The Assassin

References

  1. Jadu, Mahesh (18 December 2014). "Mahesh Jadu : "Nanri" @chyerti hey... We're from mauritius actually...". Twitter. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. Edd (21 June 2010). "Mahesh Jadu". Perfect Blend. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. "Another Face of Australian Cinema at 16th Busan International Film Festival". DearCinema. September 8, 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. Roy, Priyanka (January 2014). "Indian-Australian actor Mahesh Jadu on his big Holly break in I, Frankenstein". Telegraph India. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. Chitwood, Adam (28 October 2014). "MARCO POLO Trailer Teases Swordplay and a Massive Scale for Netflix’s Biggest Series Yet". Collider.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.

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