Ivan Rodrigues (born 23 November 1968) is a film and theatre actor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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 positive reviews in the press at that time.
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 (Heinar 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, written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. He has also written AGP World's The Scent of a Man.
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.
Over the years, his acting has been much appreciated by audiences and critics alike.
In Films Since 2013, he has acted in the following Bollywood films: Satyagraha directed by Prakash Jha, Shamitabh directed by R. Balki, Dil Dhadakne Do directed by Zoya Akhtar, Bharat, Tiger Zinda Hai and 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, Dial 100 directed by Rensil D'silva and Ek Villain Returns directed by Mohit Suri.
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 YouTube: 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, Bestseller directed by Mukul Abhyankar and Trial By Fire directed by Prashant Nair.
Over the years, Ivan has gained popularity amongst the youth for featuring in several Filter Copy, Dice Media and Arré web sketches on YouTube.
Voice acting
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 audibles Spot Dada directed by Riya Mukherjee and as Mr. Shah in Pitching Pyaar directed by Saad Khan
Interviewing
Ivan is a professional interviewer and has interviewed many top CXOs and Business Leaders as part of the Economic Times Cutting Chai Stories as also The Brand Story. These interviews are available on YouTube.
Hosting
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 and EC Council.
TEDx speaker Ivan delivered his first TED Talk at TEDx MSRIT in Bangalore titled, "You Are Never Too Old To Pursue Your Dreams".
Filmography
Films, Year Title Role Notes 2013Satyagraha Channel Head 2015Shamitabh Anay Verma Kuch Kuch Locha Hai Mac Mundra Dil Dhadakne Do Dharmapala Sr. 2016Sultan Mr. Patel Dear Zindagi VP Hotel 2017Commando 2: The Black Money Trail Mr. Kamath MOMPrincipal Jagga JasoosMr. AhujaTiger Zinda HaiIndia's Ambassador to Iraq2018HichkiPrincipalLove Per Square FootNoel MisquitaPlatform NetflixArmedDr. MurthyShort FilmBioscopewalaAirline SpokespersonGoldSports Official2019Uri: The Surgical StrikeBrian D'souza377 Ab NormalLawyer Anand GrewalPlatform Zee5BharatGuptaNoblemenDeputy HeadmasterPlatform NetflixUpstartsInvestor 3Platform Netflix2020Unmothered (Short Film)Ankur2021Mumbai SagaJournalist Sanjay Kumar Pandey Dial 100Gautam MehraPlatform Zee5DybbukMilind Sanghvi Platform Amazon Prime2022Ek Villain ReturnsThapar2023GumraahAdvocate Bijou2024CrewDivya's Father2026IkkaDr GalvankarPlatform NetflixTBA3 MonkeysAbbas-Mustan film
Web series / TV series Year Title Role Notes 2014 Samvidhaan – The Making of the Indian Constitution P. Subbarayan 2017 The Big Fat City Kailash Hindi Cineplay on Netflix2017What The Folks - Season 1Sunil2018The Good Karma Hospital - Season 2Davinder BakshiEnglish series2018Official CEOgiri - Season 2Vijay TalsaniaPlatform Arré2018What's Your StatusBharat's Father2018Better Life Foundation - Season 2Rajiv2019The Final CallThakurPlatform Zee52019Made in Heaven - Season 1PriestPlatform Amazon Prime Video2019Abhay - Season 1Channel Head Platform Zee52019Medically YourrsDean Dr. Komudhi BanerjeePlatform Alt Balaji2019Minus OneSubhash2019The Family Man - Season 1CEO of INITEKPlatform Amazon Prime Video2019The Verdict - State vs NanavatiAdmiral KatariPlatform Alt Balaji2019Broken But Beautiful - Season 2Ahaan's DadPlatform Alt Balaji and ZEE52019Brochaara - Season 1Boss 2020It Happened In CalcuttaDr. DasguptaPlatform Alt Balaji and ZEE52020Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain - Season 3ParitoshPlatform Alt Balaji2020SCAM 1992 - The Harshad Mehta StoryFortune India EditorPlatform SonyLIV2020Lockdown RishteyDoctor2020Lips Don't LieReporter2021City of Dreams - S2NambiarPlatform Disney Hotstar2021Tryst with DestinyGalava's LawyerSonyLIV2022BestsellerDCP MehrotraAmazon Prime2023Trial By FireAbhishekPlatform Netflix
Amazon Audibles YearFilmDirectorRole2019Spot DadaRiya MukherjeeFeroz Modi2022Pitching PyarSaad KhanMr. Shah
Films / Web series / TV series - Awaiting release / Post production / Shooting for Year Film Director Role 2026IkkaSiddharth P. MalhotraDr. Galvankar20263 MonkeysAbbas MustanRavindra Jacob2026Colour BlackAnand SinghIvan2026Culture VultureSudhish KamathPai - Boss2026Covid StoriesAbhishek AcharyaDr. D'silva
Plays No.TitlePlaywrightRoleNotes1The ChairsEugène IonescoActor and Director2Stale NewsBadal SircarActor and Director3Krapp's Last TapeSamuel BeckettActor4The FantasticksHarvey SchmidtActor5ProcessionBadal SircarActor6In The Matter Of J. Robert OppenheimerHeinar KipphardtActor7The Public EyePeter ShafferActor8Holy RiverEtienne CoutinhoActor9Animal Farm (George Orwell)Arundhati RajaActor10The Big Fat CityMahesh DattaniActor11The Scent Of A ManIvan Rodrigues (self)Writer12Date(d)Actor13Do You, I DoActor
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