Mahesh Jadu

Mahesh Jadu (born 26 October 1982 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian actor. He is best known for the role of Dr. Doug Harris in the soap opera Neighbours and the role of Ahmad in Netflix original series Marco Polo. He also portrayed the supporting role of Shanmugum in the miniseries Better Man.

Early life

Jadu's family is from Mauritius and he has Indian heritage, from Gorakhpur and Kashmir. He was raised in Perth, Western Australia.

Career

He started off as a composer for an Australian show, "Byte Me". He auditioned for a small role in an Indian film, Sorry Bhai! and was subsequently cast. He was later cast in one of Australia's longest running soaps, Neighbours as Doug Harris. He played poker to cover rent and living expenses until he was called for an audition by the casting director, Lou Mitchell.

In 2011, he was cast in an Australian drama, Taj which was presented at the 16th Busan International Film Festival.

He then worked on "The Three Ages of Sasha". He got his big break when he was cast in Roland Joffé's periodic drama, Singularity, which was later renamed The Lovers. The film was delayed for 2 years. He then auditioned multiple times for I, Frankenstein in which he plays the Gargoyle "Ophir". He was later cast in Netflix's, Marco Polo as Ahmad Fanakati.

Filmography