Siddharth Makkar, popularly known as Sid Makkar, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and English language films and television.
Career Sid began acting after studying at the University of Texas. He has worked in Indian, American, British and Australian films. His works include the very successful John Madden-directed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Dev Patel, the cult favourite Sense8 Season 2 (Netflix) by the Wachowski's and the Australian film 'Save your Legs'.
Sid has played leading parts in Indian series like 'Spotlight', 'Six', and films like Hacked, Turning 30 and Zoya Akhtar's first film Luck by Chance. He played the protagonist, a detective in the 1850s, Mughal-era series 'Dariba Diaries' and received much acclaim.
With his love for theatre, he has gravitated towards playing the titular role in the hit Bollywood musical Zangoora. He essayed the role of Gautama Buddha in Lushin Dubey's Buddha and worked on other dramatic plays like 'Where did I Leave my Purdah' directed by Lillete Dubey and "Art" directed by Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal and Kaizaad Kotwal.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes2006OffshoreAjay TiwariEnglish2009Luck by ChanceSameerHindiStraightRajatHindi2010Dus TolaRaviHindi2011Turning 30Rishabh PuriHindi2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelJayEnglishTalk to MeEnglishShort filmSave Your Legs!Tusshar RaiEnglishChaurahenEnglish2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelJayEnglish2017The Big Fat CityPuneetHindi2020HackedOm KapoorHindi2019377 AbNormalKeshavHindiZEE5 film2021Corvid's HeadHarmeshEnglish, Hindi2025SaiyaaraVinit RawalHindi
Web series YearTitleRolePlatformNotes2017Sense8AjayNetflixRainAbhayYouTubeSpotlightRomeshVIU2019Made in HeavenBilalAmazon VideoFacelessJioCinema2020State of Siege: 26/11Sontosh DuttaZEE52021SixKashish SuraDisney + Hotstar2022Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff2024 Raisinghani vs RaisinghaniAkshat MehraSonyLIV
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2006Ghar Ki Lakshmi BetiyaanSatyakam Kapadia2007-2008Mere ApneShankar2008Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki Arjuna2014-2015Dariba DiariesMirza Jaan Nawaz2015-2016LajwantiSunderlal Bharadwaj2016–2017Ye Hai MohabbateinVidyut2022Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii Nikhil Sardesai
Theatre YearTitleRole(s)2010ZangooraZangooraWhere did I Leave my PurdahVinay, Suhel and DushyantBuddhaPrince Siddhartha / Gautama BuddhaLift Kara DeGoldyArtSerge
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