Anand Desai-Barochia

Anand Desai-Barochia is a British actor known for his role as Janzo in the fantasy-adventure drama television series The Outpost.

Anand Desai-Barochia
Anand Desai-Barochia attends Arts For India charity held at BAFTA, London in 2018
Born
Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Early life and career

Anand Desai-Barochia was born in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, to a mother who was a neuroradiologist and a father in the hotel industry. [1]

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] He secured a larger role as Vikram in the movie The Tiger Hunter in 2016,[5] which premiered at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, California in 2017 [6] 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 [7]in 36 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,[8] with a third series filmed in Serbia in late 2020. [1][4]

The CW announced that series 3 of The Outpost will be extended by a further 13 episodes in 2020, and that Desai-Barochia had been promoted to Associate Producer.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
2011 A Holiday Heist Alfred
2013 Bollywood Invasion (Short) Rahul
2013 Cavemen Giuseppe
2016 The Tiger Hunter Vikram
2019 Foster Boy Sanjay
2020 Lake Mead Sashi

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Skins Choir boy 1 episode – Thomas
2011 The Fresh Beat Band Frank 1 episode – Bollywood Beats
2011–2013 Days of Our Lives Ryan / Actor 3 episodes
2016 Tyrant Male Weapons Maker (Inam) 1 episode – Ask for the Earth
2017–2018 Emmerdale Sunil Batth 3 episodes
2020 Bridgerton Lord Hardy Episode #1.3
2018–2020 The Outpost Janzo 36 episodes

References
  1. "Success for Teessider Anand Desai-Barochia in LA". gazettelive.co.uk. May 13, 2013.
  2. "Anand Desai-Barochia on the Outpost and doing things his own way". cliche-magazine. October 2018.
  3. "Anand Desai-Barochia: The Outpost". lapalmemagazine.com. October 2018.
  4. "Anand Desai-Barochia Talks "The Outpost"". Build series on youtube.com. August 3, 2018.
  5. "Luber Roklin Management Signs 'The Outpost's Anand Desai-Barochia". deadline.com. September 28, 2018.
  6. "Actor Anand Desai-Barochia attends the Premiere Of "The Tiger Hunter" in Santa Monica". gettyimages.co.uk. September 22, 2017.
  7. "'The Outpost' Star Anand Desai-Barochia on Loyalty, "Oddball" Characters, and Fans". comicbook.com. July 31, 2018.
  8. "The Featured Presentation – Anand Desai-Barochia". openthetrunk.com. October 17, 2019.
  9. "'The Outpost' Renewed For 13 More Eps At The CW; Actor Anand Desai-Barochia Upped To Associate Producer". msn.com. October 7, 2020.
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