Mahesh Jadu

Mahesh Jadu is an Australian actor who began as a composer for the show Byte Me before moving into acting. Born in Carlton, Victoria, and raised in Canning Vale, south of Perth, he auditioned for a small role in the Indian film Sorry Bhai! and was cast. He played Doug Harris in the long-running soap Neighbours, and in 2011 was cast in the drama Taj, which screened at the 16th Busan International Film Festival. After working on The Three Ages of Sasha, his break came with Roland Joffé's period drama Singularity, later renamed The Lovers. He was cast as Ahmad Fanakati in the Netflix series Marco Polo in 2015 and appeared in I, Frankenstein (2014). In 2019 he played Vilgefortz of Roggeveen in The Witcher, and he also played Shanmugum in the miniseries Better Man. He set up the production company Ākaasha Media alongside producer Nikit Doshi and has been developing his work as a filmmaker.