Varun Saranga

Varun Saranga
Saranga at the Canadian Film Centre Annual Garden Party in 2016
Born
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 recurring 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.

  1. ^ a b 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.