Suraj Sharma
Acting
Born: Mar 21, 1993
From: New Delhi, India
Credits: 27 titles
Biography
Suraj Sharma is an Indian actor from New Delhi, who made his debut with the title role in the 2012 film Life of Pi. Suraj Sharma was born in New Delhi, India. His parents are Malayalis, they hail from Kerala. Suraj is a student of philosophy at St Stephen's college in New Delhi. He has completed schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, where he was described as a popular student. Before the role, he had no acting experience, and auditioned only because he was there with his younger brother Shriharsh Sharma who requested he come along. He was one of the 3,000 actors to audition for the role of Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi). Sharma went through several rounds of auditions before winning the part. Director Ang Lee has stated that he selected Sharma primarily based on his expressive eyes and innocent appearance. According to him, Sharma had not only the emotion, but also the "look" of Pi. His "medium complexion" and "average build" were deemed perfect for the role. Since filming Life of Pi, Sharma has returned to studying philosophy at St. Stephen's College, Delhi of Delhi University, and intends to continue working in filmmaking in some capacity.[6] The movie has …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulmohar | Aditya Batra | 2023 | 6.308 |
| The Night Agent TV | Jay Batra | 2023 | 7.707 |
| Wedding Season | Ravishankar Shah | 2022 | 6.2 |
| How I Met Your Father TV | Sid | 2022 | 6.5 |
| Pantheon TV | IT Officer (voice) | 2022 | 8.082 |
| The Illegal | Hassan | 2021 | 10.0 |
| Star Wars: Visions TV | Charuk (voice) | 2021 | 7.088 |
| Little America TV | Kabir | 2020 | 6.618 |
| Killerman | Fedex | 2019 | 6.2 |
| Happy Death Day 2U | Samar Ghosh | 2019 | 6.323 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show TV | Self | 2019 | 6.4 |
| Ek Je Chhilo Raja | 2018 | 7.3 | |
| God Friended Me TV | Rakesh Singh | 2018 | 7.727 |
| Phillauri | Kanan | 2017 | 6.23 |
| The Hungry | Ankur Joshi | 2017 | 5.8 |
| The Lost | Dev Mukherjee | 2017 | — |
| Burn Your Maps | Ismail | 2016 | 7.1 |
| The Kapil Sharma Show TV | Self | 2016 | 7.038 |
| Umrika | Ramakant | 2015 | 6.039 |
| Million Dollar Arm | Rinku | 2014 | 6.712 |
| Life of Pi: A Filmmaker's Epic Journey | Self | 2013 | — |
| Life of Pi | Pi Patel | 2012 | 7.408 |
| Sweets | Oliver | 2011 | 8.7 |
| Homeland TV | Aayan Ibrahim | 2011 | 7.587 |
| This Tempting Madness | — | ||
| Strobe | — | ||
| Days with Dandekar | — | ||
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 27 |
| Born | 1993 |
| From | New Delhi, India |