Anand Desai-Barochia
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Anand Desai-Barochia is a British actor known for his role as Janzo in the fantasy-adventure drama television series The Outpost and Bridgerton
Early life and career
Anand Desai-Barochia was born in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, July 3 to a mother who was a neuroradiologist and a father in the hotel industry.[1] He is of Indian descent.
Desai-Barochia first taste of acting came at ten years old in School, the teacher gave him the lead role in the graduating play.[2][1] Desai-Barochia also learned to play the piano to a reasonable standard.[3] At sixteen years of age, after completing his education at Nunthorpe Grammar School, Desai-Barochia auditioned and won a full scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.[1] After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to study at the Lee Strasburg Theatre & Film Institute.[4]
Desai-Barochia made his screen debut in 2011 as a choir boy in Skins, and land small parts in The Fresh Beat Band , Days of Our Lives and the 2013 film Cavemen.[1][5] He secured a larger role as Vikram in the movie The Tiger Hunter in 2016,[6][5] which premiered at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, California in 2017 [7] and has appeared in 3 episodes of Emmerdale as Sunil Batth in 2017 to 2018.[1] His most successful role to date has been to play the character Janzo the oddball brewer/alchemist [8][5] in 49 episodes of The CW's The Outpost from 2018 to 2020. Desai-Barochia has worked alongside Jessica Green who plays Talon, and Jake Stormoen who plays Garret for two seasons,[9] with a third series filmed in Serbia in late 2020.[1][4]
In 2020, Desai-Barochia appeared in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton as Lord Hardy.[5]
Desai-Barochia was promoted to Associate Producer by The CW for an extended 13 episodes of series 3 of The Outpost in 2021.[10][5] The same year Desai-Barochia Signed with Innovative Artists.[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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2011 | A Holiday Heist | Alfred |
2013 | Bollywood Invasion (Short) | Rahul |
2013 | Cavemen [5] | Giuseppe |
2016 | The Tiger Hunter [6] | Vikram |
2019 | Foster Boy | Sanjay |
2020 | Lake Mead [5] | Sashi |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Skins [5] | Choir boy | 1 episode – Thomas |
2011 | The Fresh Beat Band | Frank | 1 episode – Bollywood Beats |
2011–2013 | Days of Our Lives [5] | Ryan / Actor | 3 episodes |
2016 | Tyrant [5] | Male Weapons Maker (Inam) | 1 episode – Ask for the Earth |
2017–2018 | Emmerdale | Sunil Batth | 3 episodes |
2020 | Bridgerton [5] | Lord Hardy | Episode #1.3 |
2018–2021 | The Outpost | Janzo | 49 episodes |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Success for Teessider Anand Desai-Barochia in LA". gazettelive.co.uk. May 13, 2013.
- ^ "Anand Desai-Barochia on the Outpost and doing things his own way". cliche-magazine. October 2018.
- ^ "Anand Desai-Barochia: The Outpost". lapalmemagazine.com. October 2018.
- ^ a b "Anand Desai-Barochia Talks "The Outpost"". Build series on youtube.com. August 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "'The Outpost' Star Anand Desai-Barochia Signs With Innovative Artists". msn.com. October 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "Luber Roklin Management Signs 'The Outpost's Anand Desai-Barochia". deadline.com. September 28, 2018.
- ^ "Actor Anand Desai-Barochia attends the Premiere Of "The Tiger Hunter" in Santa Monica". gettyimages.co.uk. September 22, 2017.
- ^ "'The Outpost' Star Anand Desai-Barochia on Loyalty, "Oddball" Characters, and Fans". comicbook.com. July 31, 2018.
- ^ "The Featured Presentation – Anand Desai-Barochia". openthetrunk.com. October 17, 2019.
- ^ "'The Outpost' Renewed For 13 More Eps At The CW; Actor Anand Desai-Barochia Upped To Associate Producer". msn.com. October 7, 2020.