Varun Saranga

Varun Saranga
Saranga at the Canadian Film Centre Annual Garden Party in 2016
Born
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Varun Saranga is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted for his regular role as Jeremy Chetri in the television series Wynonna Earp.[1]

He began his career as a child actor, most notably with a regular role as Indie's older brother A.J. in the teen sitcom How to Be Indie.[2] In 2014 he had a supporting role in the television miniseries The Best Laid Plans.[1]

In 2017, he appeared in the horror television film Neverknock as the love interest of Kiana Madeira's lead character.[3] In 2019 he joined the cast of Burden of Truth in a regular role as Noah Achari.[4]

In 2023, he had a recurring role as Alvin Canada in the television sitcom Shelved[5] and was also the lead of the new holiday romantic comedy series on The Roku Channel called The Holiday Shift.[6]

He is an alumnus of the Actors Conservatory program at the Canadian Film Centre,[7] and has also directed a number of short films.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Russet Season Will Short Film[8]
2018 eHero Wayne Levin
Softcore Corey Short Film[9]
Amityville Witch Activity Varun Short Film[10]
Appiness Raj
2022 Daniel's Gotta Die Carter
The Baker Mani
2023 Fingernails Garth
2024 Don't Forget Grant Short Film
2024 A Thousand Cuts Lex

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009–2011 How to Be Indie AJ Mehta 27 episodes
2009 Cra$h & Burn Amar Bhutta Episode: "Trust"
2010 Unnatural History Daveed Episode: "Public School Enemies"
2011 Mudpit Kid Customer Episode: "Muzika's Most Wanted"
2012 Bunks Sanjay Television film
2013 Lucky 7 Malik Recurring
2014 The Best Laid Plans Pete 2 6 episodes
2015 Young Drunk Punk Naseef Episode: "Sound Judgement"
2017 Save Me Sohail Episode: "H.B.D."
Orphan Black Neal Episode: "Let the Children and Childbearers Toil"
Odd Squad Over Easy Episode: "The Breakfast Club/Dr. O: Party Time, Excellent"
People of Earth Kevin, Motel clerk Episode: "Gerry's Return"
Dark Haven High Mr. Zing Episode: "The Lizard of Ooze"
Neverknock Gavin Television film
2017–2018 Schitt's Creek Gary 2 episodes
Workin' Moms Chad 8 episodes
2017–2021 Wynonna Earp Jeremy Chetri 35 episodes
2018 Killer High Ronnie Television film
2018–2019 Carter Vijay Gill 7 episodes
Go Away, Unicorn! Ollie Voice role, 42 episodes
2019 Adventures in Casting Camera operator 3 episodes
Burden of Truth Noah Achari 5 episodes
2020 Nurses Dev Sikka 3 episodes
2021 Hudson & Rex Levi Gill / Armie Modi Episode: "The Secret Life of Levi"
Endlings Noah Fossey 9 episodes
2021–2022 Strays Ravi 5 episodes
2022 The Kids in the Hall Intern 1 episode
Coroner Rohan Arjune Episode: "True Crime"
2022–2023 Sort Of Ismail 9 episodes
2023 Shelved Alvin Canada 7 episodes
The Holiday Shift Sam 5 episodes
SurrealEstate Zayan Wali Episode: "Dearly Departed"
2023–2024 Total Drama Island (2023) Raj Voice role, 22 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Parker, "The Wild Summer of Wynonna Earp’s Varun Saranga". TheGATE.ca, July 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Brian Gorman, "Smiling through the generation gap". Sudbury Star, October 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Clarkson's Kiana Madeira gets bloody in new horror film Neverknock". Mississauga News, October 16, 2017.
  4. ^ Jill Wilson, "Nothing but the Truth". Winnipeg Free Press, January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Shelved brings Abbott Elementary’s sharp comedy to Toronto’s public libraries". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Emlyn Travis, Teri Hatcher is a writer searching for her merry meet-cute in How to Fall in Love by the Holidays trailer. Entertainment Weekly, October 31st, 2023.
  7. ^ Jordan Pinto, "CFC names Actors Conservatory participants". Playback, August 5, 2015.
  8. ^ "Russet Season". Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Inside Out 2018 Program Guide" (PDF). Inside Out. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Amityville Witch Activity". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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