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Ivan Rodrigues, whose native place is Karnataka, India, is a polyglot film and theatre actor based in Mumbai, India.

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Ivan Rodrigues
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Born	Ivan Rodrigues (1968-11-23) 23 November 1968 (age 53) Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011 till present
Spouse	Andrea Rodrigues
Children	Jeremiah Rodrigues

Early life and education

Ivan was born on 23 November 1968 in Mumbai to Robert and Nancy Rodrigues. His parents though were born and brought up in Mangalore, Karnataka, before they moved to Mumbai.

Ivan was involved in school and parish plays. He made his debut in professional theatre with the musical Godspell directed by Joel Furtado and staged by St. Michael's Parish, Mahim. He completed his SSC from St. Michael's High School, Mahim in 1984 standing second in his school.

He graduated in Commerce from Sydenham College in 1989 and then did his MBA in Marketing from S.P. Jain in 1991.

After working for 19 years as a senior marketing professional in the corporate world, he quit his job in 2009 to follow his passion for acting full-time.

Career

In Theatre

It was in his final year in Sydenham College, where he won the awards for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor for the play The Chairs written by Eugène Ionesco at the prestigious Dr. S. K. Muranjan intra-college competition in 1989. It was at this competition that Mr. Dandavate, who was the then Chairman of the NCPA, invited Ivan to stage The Chairs at the Little Theatre, NCPA. The play received rave reviews in the press at that time.

"A difficult play to tackle even for professionals, much more so for students, Ivan Rodrigues who also directs, did well to keep the pace brisk and the action taut. So convincing was their portrayal of old age that for a moment it was a jolt to see them smiling and straightbacked offstage". – Meher Pestonji, Sunday Mid-Day, 2 April 1989.

"Only a brave person would have anything to do with THE CHAIRS. Over two decades ago Vijaya Mehta presented it and now Ivan Rodrigues has brought it back. He chose the play because he found it difficult to understand at the first reading. Many rehearsals later he has put up a commendable effort. Both the actors retain the arthritic image from start to finish, drawing the viewer into the vortex of their grey life". – Teresa Viju James, The Indian Post, 29 March 1989.

"The Chairs is a play which extracts that bit of extra energy and talent from the actor. Its success depends a great deal on this aspect. In Ivan Rodrigues and Nilufer Charna, Bombay theatre has discovered two young talented actors with great potential. Both Ivan and Nilufer excelled, their voices and facial expressions picking up the cues from where the other had left, to give us phases of poetry in theatre. It only goes to prove that nothing can replace genuine talent". – Suma Josson, The Sunday Observer, 2 to 8 April 1989.

Since then Ivan has acted in several professional productions and has performed at venues all over India. Some of these include:

The Fantasticks, a musical play (music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones) directed by Janak Toprani and Nandu Bhende, Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett) directed by Ramu Ramanathan, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Hinar Kipphardt) directed by Janak Toprani, The Public Eye (Peter Shaffer) directed by Janak Toprani, Final Solutions, written and directed by Mahesh Dattani, Animal Farm (George Orwell), a musical play directed by Arundhati Raja, Holy River (an Indo-British production), directed by Etienne Coutinho and The Big Fat city,[1] written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. He has also written AGP World's The Scent of a Man.[2][3][4]

He has also worked with young directors on experimental plays – like Raul Valmiki in The Date(d) and Megha Burman in Do You, I Do.[5]

Over the years, his acting has been much appreciated by audiences and critics alike. Some excerpts.

"Apart from the adaptation, the high point of the production is the sound effects, both on and off the stage. Offstage you hear a bottle corking, liquid poured, the clink of crockery and the wheezing of a man in a hurry to get his drink. Ivan Rodrigues makes an excellent elder Krapp with shuffling feet, sharp bark like cries and semi-silent chuckles, enslaved to the clanging alarm clock slung around his neck". Review of Krapp's Last Tape by Meher Pestonji in the Mid-Day dated 4 August 1989.

"The highlight of the evening was Ivan Rodrigues' remarkable performance as the old Krapp. Slow and deliberate, never letting his concentration slip, perfectly in character whether excited or vacant, he breathes life into the play". – Review of Krapp's Last Tape by Kamala Ramchandani in The Indian Post dated 22 November 1989.

"Krapp played by Ivan Rodrigues touches the heart. The director does not see him as a comical figure but a futuristic one; spools of tape hanging out of the innards of his tape deck, the floor strewn with debris, the lights low in this each-man-for-himself world. Rodrigues has all the decrepitude of Krapp, shuffling and enfeebled, body racked by paroxysms of pain brought on by recalling the past, yet not without an ability to laugh manically at himself". Review of Krapp's Last Tape by Nandini Bhaskaran in The Independent dated 17 November 1989.

In Films

Since 2013, he has acted in the following Bollywood films:[6] Satyagraha directed by Prakash Jha, Shamitabh directed by R. Balki, Dil Dhadakne Do directed by Zoya Akhtar, Bharat, Tiger Zinda Hai & Sultan directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Dear Zindagi directed by Gauri Shinde, Commando 2 directed by Deven Bhojani, MOM directed by Ravi Udyawar, Jagga Jasoos directed by Anurag Basu, Hichki directed by Sidharth P. Malhotra, Love Per Square Foot directed by Anand Tiwari, Bioscopewala directed by Deb Medhekar, Gold directed by Reema Kagti, URI:The Surgical Strike directed by Aditya Dhar, Noblemen directed by Vandana Kataria, Upstarts directed by Udai Singh Pawar, Mumbai Saga directed by Sanjay Gupta and Dial 100 directed by Rensil D'silva.

In Web Series

He has acted in the following TV and web series on Netflix, Amazon Prime, ITV, Alt Balaji, Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5 Premium, Sony Liv and You Tube: What The Folks S1 directed by Ruchir Arun, The Good Karma Hospital S2 directed by Alex Winckler, Official CEOgiri directed by Samar Sheikh, What's Your Status directed by Madhur Agarwal, The Final Call directed by Vijay Lalwani, Made in Heaven directed by Alankrita Srivastava, Abhay directed by Ken Ghosh, Medically Yourrs directed by Abhijit Das, The Verdict: State vs Nanavati directed by Shashant Shah, Minus One directed by Shubham Yogi, The Family Man directed by Raj Nidhimoru and Krishna D.K., Broken But Beautiful S2 directed by Harsh Dedhia, Brochara directed by Simarpreet Singh, It Happened in Calcutta directed by Ken Ghosh, Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain S3 directed by Abhijit Das, SCAM 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story directed by Hansal Mehta, City of Dreams S2 directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Tryst Wth Destiny directed by Prashant Nair and Bestseller directed by Mukul Abhyankar.

Over the years, Ivan has gained popularity amongst the youth for featuring in several Filter Copy, Dice Media and Arré web sketches on You Tube.

In Voice Acting / VOs

Ivan is a professional Voice Over Actor and has lent his voice to several TVCs and Corporate AVs. He has also voiced for the character of Feroze Modi in Amazon audiblesSpot Dada directed by Riya Mukherjee and as Mr. Shah in Pitching Pyaar directed by Saad Khan

As Interviewer

Ivan is a professional interviewer and has interviewed many top CXOs and Business Leaders as part of the Economic Times Cutting Chai Stories. These interviews are available on You Tube.

As Compere

Ivan's background as a senior management professional helps bring insight into the pulse of the audience and the profiled speakers and dignitaries. He has the ability to keep proceedings on track and to time, as well as keep things light. He has been a Compere and MC for corporate events organized by conference producers such as Times Conferences (ET Edge), Dun & Bradstreet, Bloomberg, NRAI, UBM & EC Council.

Speech and Drama Workshops

Ivan regularly conducts speech and drama workshops for school children and corporates.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2013	Satyagraha	Channel Head	Prakash Jha
2015	Shamitabh	Anay Verma	R.Balki
2015	Kuch Kuch Locha Hai	Mac Mundra	Devang Dholakia
2015	Dil Dhadakne Do	Dharmapala Sr.	Zoya Akhtar
2016	Sultan	Mr. Patel	Ali Abbas Zafar
2016	Dear Zindagi	VP Hotel	Gauri Shinde
2017	Commando 2	Mr. Kamath	Deven Bhojani
2017	MOM	Principal	Ravi Udyawar
2017	Jagga Jasoos	Mr. Ahuja	Anurag Basu
2017	Tiger Zinda Hai	India's Ambassador to Iraq	Ali Abbas Zafar
2018	Hichki	Principal	Sidharth P. Malhotra
2018	Love Per Square Foot	Noel Misquita	Anand Tiwari	Platform Netflix
2018	Armed	Dr. Murthy	Satishsrinivas Parankusam	Short Film
2018	Bioscopewala	Airline Spokesperson	Deb Medhekar
2018	Gold	Sports Official	Reema Kagti
2019	Uri: The Surgical Strike	Brian D'souza	Aditya Dhar
2019	377 Ab Normal	Lawyer Anand Grewal	Faruk Kabir	Platform Zee5
2019	Bharat	Gupta	Ali Abbas Zafar
2019	Noblemen	Deputy Headmaster	Vandana Kataria	Platform Netflix
2019	Upstarts	Investor 3	Udai Singh Mathur	Platform Netflix
2020	Unmothered (Short Film)	Ankur	Urvashi Pathania
2021	Mumbai Saga	Journalist Sanjay Kumar Pandey	Sanjay Gupta
2021	Dial 100	Gautam Mehra	Rensil D'silva	Platform Zee5
2021	Dybbuk	Milind Sanghvi	Jay Krishnan	Platform Amazon Prime
2022	Ek Villain Returns	Thapar	Mohit Suri
TBA	3 Monkeys		Abbas-Mustan

Web series / TV series

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2014	Samvidhaan – The Making of the Indian Constitution	P. Subbarayan	Shyam Benegal
2017	The Big Fat City	Kailash	Mahesh Dattani	Hindi Cineplay on Netflix
2017	What The Folks - Season 1	Sunil	Ruchir Arun
2018	The Good Karma Hospital - Season 2	Davinder Bakshi	Alex Winckler
2018	Official CEOgiri - Season 2	Vijay Talsania	Samar Shaikh	Platform Arré
2018	What's Your Status	Bharat's Father	Madhur Agarwal
2018	Better Life Foundation - Season 2	Rajiv	Debbie Rao
2019	The Final Call	Thakur	Vijay Lalwani	Platform Zee5
2019	Made in Heaven - Season 1	Priest	Alankrita Srivastava	Platform Amazon Prime Video
2019	Abhay - Season 1	Channel Head	Ken Ghosh	Platform Zee5
2019	Medically Yourrs	Dean Dr. Komudhi Banerjee	Abhijit Das	Platform Alt Balaji
2019	Minus One	Subhash	Shubham Yogi
2019	The Family Man - Season 1	CEO of INITEK	Raj Nidimoru & Krishna D.K.	Platform Amazon Prime Video
2019	The Verdict - State vs Nanavati	Admiral Katari	Shashant Shah	Platform Alt Balaji
2019	Broken But Beautiful - Season 2	Ahaan's Dad	Harsh Dedhia	Platform Alt Balaji and ZEE5
2019	Brochaara - Season 1	Boss	Simarpreet Singh
2020	It Happened In Calcutta	Dr. Dasgupta	Ken Ghosh	Platform Alt Balaji and ZEE5[7]
2020	Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain - Season 3	Paritosh	Abhijit Das	Platform Alt Balaji
2020	SCAM 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story	Fortune India Editor	Hansal Mehta	Platform SonyLIV
2020	Lockdown Rishtey	Doctor	Abhijit Das
2020	Lips Don't Lie	Reporter	Madhur Agarwal
2021	City of Dreams - S2	Nambiar	Nagesh Kukunoor	Platform Disney Hotstar
2021	Tryst With Destiny	Galava's Lawyer	Prashant Nair	SonyLIV
2022	Bestseller	DCP Mehrotra	Mukul Abhyankar	Amazon Prime

Amazon Audibles

Year	Film	Director	Role
2019	Spot Dada	Riya Mukherjee	Feroz Modi
2022	Pitching Pyar	Saad Khan	Mr. Shah

Films / Web series / TV series - Awaiting release / Post production / Shooting for

Year	Film	Director	Role
2022	3 Monkeys	Abbas Mustan	Ravindra Jacob
2022	Gumrah	Vardhan Ketkar	Advocate Bijou
2022	Trial By Fire	Prashant Nair	Abhishek
2023	Colour Black	Anand Singh	Ivan
2023	Culture Vulture	Sudhish Kamath	Pai - Boss

Plays

No.	Title	Playwright	Role	Notes
1	The Chairs	Eugène Ionesco	Actor and Director
2	Stale News	Badal Sircar	Actor and Director
3	Krapp's Last Tape	Samuel Beckett	Actor
4	The Fantasticks	Harvey Schmidt	Actor
5	Procession	Badal Sircar	Actor
6	In The Matter Of J. Robert Oppenheimer	Heinar Kipphardt	Actor
7	The Public Eye	Peter Shaffer	Actor
8	Holy River	Etienne Coutinho	Actor
9	Animal Farm (George Orwell)	Arundhati Raja	Actor
10	The Big Fat City	Mahesh Dattani	Actor	[8][9]
11	The Scent Of A Man	Ivan Rodrigues (self)	Writer	[10][11]
12	Date(d)		Actor
13	Do You, I Do		Actor

References

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