Anand Desai-Barochia
British actor
Anand Desai-Barochia (born 3 July) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Janzo in the CW fantasy series The Outpost (2018–2021) and Bridgerton (2020). Desai-Barochia and Priyanka Chopra's joint campaign with Bumble India premiered in August 2018. The print campaign subsequently aired shortly after.
Early life
Anand Desai-Barochia was born in Nunthorpe, a village in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, to a mother who was a neuroradiologist and a father in the hotel industry. He is of Indian descent.
Desai-Barochia was introduced to acting through school, where a teacher gave him the lead role in the graduating play. Desai-Barochia also learned to play the piano to a reasonable standard.
At sixteen, after completing his education at Nunthorpe School, Desai-Barochia auditioned and won a full scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. After graduating, he studied at the Lee Strasburg Theatre & Film Institute in Los Angeles in 2010.
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