Saurabh Sachdeva is an Indian actor and acting coach who works predominantly in Hindi films. He started his film career in Maroon, which was released in 2016. He received critical acclaim for his character Suleiman Isa in the Netflix series Sacred Games in 2018. 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, Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Asha Negi, Shakti Mohan, Rithvik Dhanjani, Abhishek Chauhan, and Mandana Karimi. Richa Chadha, Kunal kapoor, Kubra , Fatima Shekh, karan Mehra, Ali Zafar. In 2016, he directed a short film Gul which raises a question of priorities and showed at the Kerala International Film Festival. In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute, The Actors Truth, and theatre group Antarang in Mumbai.
Early life 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 Year Title Role Notes2017 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 film2025 Badass Ravi Kumar Awasthi ThammuduAgarwalTelugu filmMaalik Chandrashekhar Dhadak 2 Shankar Baaghi 4 Paulo Eko KuriachanMalayalam film2026SatlujSatnam SinghRamayana: Part 1Maricha
Television +YearTitleRoleNetwork2018Sacred GamesSuleiman IsaNetflix2023KaalaColonel Himmat Singh MaanDisney+ HotstarBambai Meri JaanSuleiman "Haji" MaqboolAmazon Prime Video2025Bad CopDCP Aarif KhanDisney+ Hotstar
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