Mahesh Jadu


Mahesh Jadu is an Australian actor of Mauritian ancestry. 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 and Vilgefortz in The Witcher.

Early life

Mahesh Jadunundun was born in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. His family is from Mauritius and he has Indian heritage, from Gorakhpur and Kashmir. He was raised in Canning Vale which is a suburb south of Perth in 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".
In 2019 he played Vilgefortz of Roggeveen in the Netflix's TV series The Witcher. He was earlier cast in Netflix's Marco Polo as Ahmad Fanakati.

Filmography