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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ivan Rodrigues
| image = Ivan Rodrigues.jpg
| caption = Image of Ivan Rodrigues
| alt =
| birth_name = Ivan Rodrigues
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|11|23}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai, India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2011–present
| spouse = Andrea Rodrigues
| children = Jeremiah Rodrigues
}}

'''Ivan Rodrigues''' (born 23 November 1968) is a film and theatre actor based in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].

==Early life and education==
Ivan was born on 23 November 1968 in Mumbai to Robert and Nancy Rodrigues. His parents though were born and brought up in [[Mangalore]], Karnataka, before they moved to Mumbai.

Ivan was involved in school and parish plays. He made his debut in professional theatre with the musical ''[[Godspell]]'' directed by Joel Furtado and staged by St. Michael's Parish, Mahim. He completed his SSC from St. Michael's High School, [[Mahim]] in 1984 standing second in his school.

He graduated in commerce from [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics|Sydenham College]] in 1989 and then did his MBA in Marketing from [[S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research|S.P. Jain]] in 1991.

After working for 19 years as a senior marketing professional in the corporate world, he quit his job in 2009 to follow his passion for acting full-time.

==Career==
=== In Theatre ===

It was in his final year in [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics|Sydenham College]], where he won the awards for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor for the play ''[[The Chairs]]'' written by [[Eugène Ionesco]] at the prestigious Dr. S. K. Muranjan intra-college competition in 1989. It was at this competition that Mr. Dandavate, who was the then Chairman of the [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|NCPA]], invited Ivan to stage ''[[The Chairs]]'' at the Little Theatre, NCPA. The play received positive reviews in the press at that time.

Since then Ivan has acted in several professional productions and has performed at venues all over India. Some of these include:

[[File:Ivan and Ramu.jpg|thumb|Ivan Rodrigues and [[Ramu Ramanathan]] during a rehearsal of 'Krapp's Last Tape']]

''[[The Fantasticks]]'', a musical play (music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones) directed by Janak Toprani and Nandu Bhende, ''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]'' ([[Samuel Beckett]]) directed by [[Ramu Ramanathan]], ''In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer'' ([[Heinar Kipphardt]]) directed by Janak Toprani, ''The Public Eye'' ([[Peter Shaffer]]) directed by Janak Toprani, ''Final Solutions'', written and directed by [[Mahesh Dattani]], ''[[Animal Farm]]'' ([[George Orwell]]), a musical play directed by Arundhati Raja, ''Holy River'' (an Indo-British production), directed by Etienne Coutinho and The ''Big Fat city'',<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/reviews/28-the-big-fat-city-english-play-review-devina-dutt.asp|title=The Big Fat City play review, English play review - www.MumbaiTheatreGuide.com|website=mumbaitheatreguide.com}}</ref> written and directed by [[Mahesh Dattani]]. He has also written AGP World's ''The Scent of a Man''.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-ashvin-gidwani-s-the-scent-of-a-man-touches-sensitive-cords-of-long-term-relationships-in-lighter-notes-1914256|title=Ashvin Gidwani's 'The Scent of A Man' touches sensitive cords of long-term relationships in lighter notes|date=6 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=http://instantpublish.blogspot.com/2013/06/crossword-hosts-play-reading-of-ashvin.html|title=Crossword hosts a Play Reading of Ashvin Gidwani's 'The Big Fat City'}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/english/31-the-scent-of-a-man-english-play-preview.asp#|title=The Scent of a Man English Play/Drama - www.MumbaiTheatreGuide.com|website=mumbaitheatreguide.com}}</ref>

He has also worked with young directors on experimental plays – like Raul Valmiki in ''The Date(d)'' and Megha Burman in ''Do You, I Do''.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://insider.in/do-you-i-do-dec4/event|title=Do You? I Do!|website=insider.in}}</ref>

Over the years, his acting has been much appreciated by audiences and critics alike.

=== In Films ===
Since 2013, he has acted in the following [[Bollywood]] films:<ref name=":32">{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm7265507/|title=Ivan Rodrigues|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> ''[[Satyagraha (film)|Satyagraha]]'' directed by [[Prakash Jha]], ''[[Shamitabh]]'' directed by [[R. Balki]], ''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]'' directed by [[Zoya Akhtar]], [[Bharat (film)|''Bharat'']], ''[[Tiger Zinda Hai]]'' and ''[[Sultan (2016 film)|Sultan]]'' directed by [[Ali Abbas Zafar]], ''[[Dear Zindagi]]'' directed by Gauri Shinde, ''[[Commando 2]]'' directed by Deven Bhojani, [[Mom (film)|''MOM'']] directed by Ravi Udyawar, ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]'' directed by [[Anurag Basu]], ''[[Hichki]]'' directed by Sidharth P. Malhotra, [[Love per Square Foot|''Love Per Square Foot'']] directed by [[Anand Tiwari]], ''[[Bioscopewala]]'' directed by Deb Medhekar, ''Gold'' directed by [[Reema Kagti]], [[Uri: The Surgical Strike|''URI:The Surgical Strike'']] directed by Aditya Dhar, [[Noblemen (film)|''Noblemen'']] directed by Vandana Kataria, ''[[Upstarts (film)|Upstarts]]'' directed by Udai Singh Pawar, ''[[Mumbai Saga]]'' directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]], ''[[Dial 100 (2021 film)|Dial 100]]'' directed by [[Rensil D'Silva|Rensil D'silva]] and ''[[Ek Villain Returns]]'' directed by [[Mohit Suri]].

===In Web Series===

He has acted in the following TV and web series on [[Netflix]], [[Amazon Prime]], [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]], [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]], [[Disney+ Hotstar]], [[ZEE5]] Premium, [[SonyLIV|Sony Liv]] and [[YouTube]]: ''What The Folks S1'' directed by Ruchir Arun, ''[[The Good Karma Hospital]]'' S2 directed by Alex Winckler, ''Official CEOgiri'' directed by Samar Sheikh, ''What's Your Status'' directed by Madhur Agarwal, ''[[The Final Call (TV series)|The Final Call]]'' directed by Vijay Lalwani, ''[[Made in Heaven (TV series)|Made in Heaven]]'' directed by Alankrita Srivastava, ''Abhay'' directed by Ken Ghosh, ''[[Medically Yourrs]]'' directed by Abhijit Das, ''[[The Verdict - State vs Nanavati|The Verdict: State vs Nanavati]]'' directed by Shashant Shah, ''Minus One'' directed by Shubham Yogi, ''[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|The Family Man]]'' directed by Raj Nidhimoru and Krishna D.K., ''[[Broken But Beautiful]]'' ''S2'' directed by Harsh Dedhia, ''Brochara'' directed by Simarpreet Singh, ''It Happened in Calcutta'' directed by Ken Ghosh, ''[[Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain]] S3'' directed by Abhijit Das, ''[[Scam 1992|SCAM 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story]]'' directed by Hansal Mehta, ''[[City of Dreams (TV series)|City of Dreams]] S2'' directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, ''Tryst Wth Destiny'' directed by Prashant Nair, ''[[Bestsellers (web series)|Bestseller]]'' directed by Mukul Abhyankar and ''[[Trial by Fire (TV series)|Trial By Fire]]'' directed by Prashant Nair.

Over the years, Ivan has gained popularity amongst the youth for featuring in several ''Filter Copy'', ''Dice Media and [[Arre (brand)|Arré]]'' web sketches on [[YouTube]].

=== Voice acting ===

Ivan is a professional Voice Over Actor and has lent his voice to several TVCs and Corporate AVs. He has also voiced for the character of ''Feroze Modi'' in Amazon [[Audible (store)|audibles]] ''Spot Dada'' directed by Riya Mukherjee and as ''Mr. Shah'' in ''Pitching Pyaar'' directed by Saad Khan

===Interviewing===

Ivan is a professional interviewer and has interviewed many top CXOs and Business Leaders as part of the ''[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]] Cutting Chai Stories'' as also ''The Brand Story''. These interviews are available on [[YouTube]].

===Hosting===

[[File:Ivan Compere01.jpg|thumb|Ivan Rodrigues compering a Dun and Bradstreet event]]

He has been a compere and MC for corporate events organized by conference producers such as [[The Times Group|Times Conferences]] ([[The Economic Times|ET Edge]]), [[Dun & Bradstreet]], [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]], NRAI, [[UBM plc|UBM]] and [[EC-Council|EC Council]].

===TEDx speaker===
Ivan delivered his first TED Talk at TEDx MSRIT in Bangalore titled, "You Are Never Too Old To Pursue Your Dreams".

==Filmography==

[[File:Shamitabh01.jpg|thumb|[[Akshara Haasan|Akshara Hassan]] and Ivan Rodrigues in [[Shamitabh]]]]

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2013
|[[Satyagraha (film)|''Satyagraha'']]|| Channel Head ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
|''[[Shamitabh]]''|| Anay Verma ||
|-
|''[[Kuch Kuch Locha Hai]]''|| Mac Mundra||
|-
|''[[Dil Dhadakne Do]]''|| Dharmapala Sr.||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
|[[Sultan (2016 film)|''Sultan'']]|| Mr. Patel ||
|-
|''[[Dear Zindagi]]''|| VP Hotel||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2017
|''[[Commando 2: The Black Money Trail]]'' || Mr. Kamath ||
|-
|[[Mom (film)|''MOM'']]
|Principal ||
|-
|''[[Jagga Jasoos]]''
|Mr. Ahuja||
|-
|''[[Tiger Zinda Hai]]''
|India's Ambassador to Iraq||
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018
|''[[Hichki]]''
|Principal||
|-
|''[[Love Per Square Foot]]''
|Noel Misquita
|Platform [[Netflix]]
|-
|''Armed''
|Dr. Murthy
|Short Film
|-
|''[[Bioscopewala]]''
|Airline Spokesperson
|
|-
|[[Gold (2018 film)|''Gold'']]
|Sports Official
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2019
|''[[Uri: The Surgical Strike]]''
|Brian D'souza
|
|-
|''377 Ab Normal''
|Lawyer Anand Grewal
|Platform [[ZEE5|Zee5]]
|-
|[[Bharat (film)|''Bharat'']]
|Gupta
|
|-
|[[Noblemen (film)|''Noblemen'']]
|Deputy Headmaster
|Platform [[Netflix]]
|-
|''Upstarts''
|Investor 3
|Platform [[Netflix]]
|-
|2020
|''Unmothered (Short Film)''
|Ankur
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
|''[[Mumbai Saga]]''
|Journalist Sanjay Kumar Pandey
|
|-
|''[[Dial 100 (2021 film)|Dial 100]]''
|Gautam Mehra
|Platform [[ZEE5|Zee5]]
|-
|''[[Dybbuk (film)|Dybbuk]]''
|Milind Sanghvi ||Platform [[Amazon Prime]]
|-
|2022
|''[[Ek Villain Returns]]''
|Thapar
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Gumraah (2023 film)|Gumraah]]''
|Advocate Bijou
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Crew (film)|Crew]]''
|Divya's Father
|
|-
|TBA
|[[3 Monkeys (upcoming film)|''3 Monkeys'']]
|
|[[Abbas–Mustan|Abbas-Mustan]] film
|}

===Web series / TV series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Samvidhaan]] – The Making of the Indian Constitution''|| P. Subbarayan ||
|-
|2017
| ''The Big Fat City''|| Kailash || Hindi Cineplay on [[Netflix]]
|-
|2017
|''What The Folks - Season 1''
|Sunil
|
|-
|2018
|''[[The Good Karma Hospital]] - Season 2''
|Davinder Bakshi
|English series
|-
|2018
|''Official CEOgiri - Season 2''
|Vijay Talsania
|Platform Arré
|-
|2018
|''What's Your Status''
|Bharat's Father
|
|-
|2018
|''Better Life Foundation - Season 2''
|Rajiv
|
|-
|2019
|[[The Final Call (TV series)|''The Final Call'']]
|Thakur
|Platform [[ZEE5|Zee5]]
|-
|2019
|''[[Made in Heaven (TV series)|Made in Heaven]] - Season 1''
|Priest
|Platform [[Amazon Prime Video]]
|-
|2019
|''[[Abhay (TV series)|Abhay]] - Season 1''
|Channel Head
|Platform [[ZEE5|Zee5]]
|-
|2019
|''[[Medically Yourrs]]''
|Dean Dr. Komudhi Banerjee
|Platform [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]]
|-
|2019
|''Minus One''
|Subhash
|
|-
|2019
|''[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|The Family Man]] - Season 1''
|CEO of INITEK
|Platform [[Amazon Prime Video]]
|-
|2019
|''[[The Verdict - State vs Nanavati]]''
|Admiral Katari
|Platform [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]]
|-
|2019
|[[Broken But Beautiful|''Broken But Beautiful - Season 2'']]
|Ahaan's Dad
|Platform [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]] and [[List of ZEE5 original web series|ZEE5]]
|-
|2019
|''Brochaara - Season 1''
|Boss
|
|-
|2020
|''It Happened In Calcutta''
|Dr. Dasgupta
|Platform [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]] and ZEE5<ref>{{Cite web|title=It Happened in Calcutta (Zee5 and ALTBalaji): A love saga from the golden age|url=https://theenvoyweb.com/news/it-happened-in-calcutt-zee5-love-saga-from-the-golden-age/|access-date=2021-07-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain|''Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain - Season 3'']]
|Paritosh
|Platform [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]]
|-
|2020
|[[Scam 1992|''SCAM 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story'']]
|Fortune India Editor
|Platform [[SonyLIV]]
|-
|2020
|''Lockdown Rishtey''
|Doctor
|
|-
|2020
|''Lips Don't Lie''
|Reporter
|
|-
|2021
|''[[City of Dreams (TV series)|City of Dreams]] - S2''
|Nambiar
|Platform [[Disney Hotstar]]
|-
|2021
|''Tryst With Destiny''
|Galava's Lawyer
|[[SonyLIV]]
|-
|2022
|Bestseller
|DCP Mehrotra
|[[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]]
|-
|2023
|''[[Trial By Fire (Indian web series)|Trial By Fire]]''
|Abhishek
|Platform [[Netflix]]
|}

=== Amazon Audibles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Role
|-
|2019
|''Spot Dada''
|Riya Mukherjee
|Feroz Modi
|-
|2022
|''Pitching Pyar''
|[[Saad Khan]]
|Mr. Shah
|}

===Films / Web series / TV series - Awaiting release / Post production / Shooting for===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film !! Director !! Role
|-
|2025
|Ikka
|[[Siddharth P. Malhotra]]
|Dr. Galvankar
|-
|2025
|''3 Monkeys''
|[[Abbas–Mustan|Abbas Mustan]]
|Ravindra Jacob
|-
|2025
|''Colour Black''
|Anand Singh
|Ivan
|-
|2025
|''Culture Vulture''
|[[Sudhish Kamath]]
|Pai - Boss
|-
|2025
|''Covid Stories''
|Abhishek Acharya
|Dr. D'silva
|-
|}

==Plays==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Title
!Playwright
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1
|''[[The Chairs]]''
|[[Eugène Ionesco]]
|Actor and Director
|
|-
|2
|''Stale News''
|[[Badal Sarkar|Badal Sircar]]
|Actor and Director
|
|-
|3
|''[[Krapp's Last Tape]]''
|[[Samuel Beckett]]
|Actor
|
|-
|4
|''[[The Fantasticks]]''
|Harvey Schmidt
|Actor
|
|-
|5
|''Procession''
|[[Badal Sarkar|Badal Sircar]]
|Actor
|
|-
|6
|''In The Matter Of J. Robert Oppenheimer''
|Heinar Kipphardt
|Actor
|
|-
|7
|''The Public Eye''
|[[Peter Shaffer]]
|Actor
|
|-
|8
|''Holy River''
|Etienne Coutinho
|Actor
|
|-
|9
|''[[Animal Farm]]'' ([[George Orwell]])
|Arundhati Raja
|Actor
|
|-
|10
|''The Big Fat City''
|[[Mahesh Dattani]]
|Actor
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=India's First Black Comedy to be staged in Mumbai - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/Indias-First-Black-Comedy-to-be-staged-in-Mumbai/articleshow/20604400.cms|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='The Big Fat City' is about subtle dark humour - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-Big-Fat-City-is-about-subtle-dark-humour/articleshow/21101807.cms|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|11
|''The Scent Of A Man''
|Ivan Rodrigues (self)
|Writer
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lust and lies can be fun - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/The-Scent-Of-A-Man-to-be-staged-in-Bangalore/articleshow/28637011.cms|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Theatre review: The Scent Of A Man - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/Theatre-review-The-Scent-Of-A-Man/articleshow/29250555.cms|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|12
|''Date(d)''
|
|Actor
|
|-
|13
|''Do You, I Do''
|
|Actor
|
|}

==References==
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