Varun Saranga
Born
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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 regular 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
2012 Garage Sale Javier
2016 Russet Season Will
2018 eHero Wayne Levin
Softcore Corey
Amityville Witch Activity Varun
Appiness Raj
Roomies Varun
2019 A Very Important Announcement Mailman
2020 Thinly Veiled Kashif
2022 Daniel's Gotta Die Carter
The Baker Mani
2023 Fingernails Garth

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 Six episodes
2015 Young Drunk Punk Naseef Episode: "Sound Judgement"
2017 Save Me Sohail One episode
Orphan Black Neal One episode
Odd Squad Over Easy One episode
People of Earth Neal Motel clerk
Dark Haven High Mr. Zing One episode
Neverknock Gavin Television film
2017-2018 Schitt's Creek Gary Two episodes
Workin' Moms Chad Eight episodes
2017-2021 Wynonna Earp Jeremy Chetri 35 episodes
2018 Killer High Ronnie Television film
2018-2019 Carter Vijay Gill Seven episodes
Go Away, Unicorn! Ollie Voice role, 42 episodes
2019 Adventures in Casting Camera operator Three episodes
Burden of Truth Noah Achari Five Episodes
2020 Nurses Dev Sikka Three episodes
2021 Hudson & Rex Levi Gill One episode
Endlings Noah Fossey Nine episodes
2021-2022 Strays Ravi Five episodes
2022 The Kids in the Hall Intern One episode
Coroner Rohan Arjune One episode
2022-2023 Sort Of Ismail Nine episodes
2023 Shelved Alvin Canada Seven episodes
Total Drama Island Raj Voice role, nine episodes
The Holiday Shift Sam Five episodes

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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