Jason Shah

Jason Shah
Born (1987-12-14) 14 December 1987 (age 37)
Ireland
Occupation(s)Actor, model

Jason Shah (born 14 December 1987[1]) is a British actor and fitness model. He has participated in the 10th season of the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss as a wildcard entrant, and played Captain Hugh Ross in Jhansi Ki Rani on Colors TV. He also played the role of Sir John Greenwood in Barrister Babu.[2][3][4] Recently was featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed Netflix series Heeramandi. [5]

Early life and career

Shah was born to a British mother and an American father. His mother remarried an Indian man of Gujarati origin. He attended New York Film Academy and graduated from the University of Memphis.[1] He was featured in the 2007 film Partner, played the groom of Katrina Kaif in the "Dupatta Tera Nau Rang Da" music video,[6] and starred in an ad for Van Heusen.[1] He made his Bollywood debut in the 2016 film Fitoor, which featured Aditya Roy Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles.

Shah participated in the Indian reality show Bigg Boss 10 as a wild card entrant.[7] He faced criticism in the news for alleging that his Bollywood career was cut short by Katrina Kaif, telling fellow contestants that it was Kaif's fault that he went unnoticed in Fitoor, stating that his cameo was cut short as a result of Kaif wanting to re-shoot her opening scenes in the movie.[8]

He currently[when?] resides in Mumbai, India.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Language Notes
2016 Fitoor Uncredited Role Hindi Film Debut
2018 Thugs of Hindostan East India Company Officer
2023 August 16 1947 Justin Tamil
Conjuring Kannappan Soldier William
Salaar Consignment owner Telugu
2024 Mission: Chapter 1 Supervising Officer Neil Johnson Tamil

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Bigg Boss 10 Wild Card Contestant 13th place
2018 Chandrashekhar John Nott-Bower
2019 Jhansi Ki Rani Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
2020 Barrister Babu Officer Sir John Greenwood
2022 Swaraj Vasco Da Gama
2024 Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar Alastair Cartwright

Web series

Year 2024 Title Role Notes
2017 Dev DD Philip
2020 State of Siege: 26/11[9][10]
2021 Dev DD 2[11]
2024 Heeramandi Cartwright

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jason Shah Biography, Wiki, Age, Height, Girlfriend & Images [BB10 Wild Card] | Bigg Boss 10". Bigg Boss 10. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Q&A with Jason Shah". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Jason Shah makes his Tamil debut as British officer's son in '1947'". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Jason Shah To Tamil Debut With Movie '1947'". 11 May 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Jason Shah on Sharmin Segal's performance in Heeramandi: Sanjay Leela Bhansali kept telling her to act from the heart". Hindustan Times. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Bigg Boss 10 contestant Jason Shah has shared screen space with Salman Khan in this film". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Bigg Boss 10: Wild card entry Jason Shah featured in this Bollywood film". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Bigg Boss 10: Jason Shah makes a shocking revelation about Katrina Kaif!". 6 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Arjan Bajwa: State Of Siege: 26/11 took the best out of me". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ZEE5's State of Siege: 26/11 uncovers the untold stories during the dreadful Mumbai attacks". The Digital Hash. 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  11. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Jason Shah roped in for ALTBalaji's Dev DD season 2". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.