Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues
Ivan Rodrigues 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 in 1989 and then did his MBA in Marketing from 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, 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 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:
The Fantasticks, a musical play directed by Janak Toprani and Nandu Bhende, Krapp's Last Tape directed by Ramu Ramanathan, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer directed by Janak Toprani, The Public Eye directed by Janak Toprani, Final Solutions, written and directed by Mahesh Dattani, Animal Farm, a musical play directed by Arundhati Raja, Holy River, directed by Etienne Coutinho and The Big Fat city, written and directed by Mahesh Dattani. He has also written AGP World's The Scent of a Man.
He has also worked with young directors on experimental plays – like Raul Valmiki in The Date and Megha Burman in Do You, I Do.
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: Satyagraha directed by Prakash Jha, Shamitabh directed by R. Balki, Dil Dhadakne Do directed by Zoya Akhtar, Bharat, Tiger Zinda Hai and Sultan directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Dear Zindagi directed by Gauri Shinde, Commando 2 directed by Deven Bhojani, MOM directed by Ravi Udyawar, Jagga Jasoos directed by Anurag Basu, Hichki directed by Sidharth P. Malhotra, Love Per Square Foot directed by Anand Tiwari, Bioscopewala directed by Deb Medhekar, Gold directed by Reema Kagti, URI:The Surgical Strike directed by Aditya Dhar, Noblemen directed by Vandana Kataria, Upstarts directed by Udai Singh Pawar, Mumbai Saga directed by Sanjay Gupta, Dial 100 directed by 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, Alt Balaji, Disney+ Hotstar, ZEE5 Premium, 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 directed by Vijay Lalwani, Made in Heaven directed by Alankrita Srivastava, Abhay directed by Ken Ghosh, Medically Yourrs directed by Abhijit Das, The Verdict: State vs Nanavati directed by Shashant Shah, Minus One directed by Shubham Yogi, 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: The Harshad Mehta Story directed by Hansal Mehta, City of Dreams S2 directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Tryst Wth Destiny directed by Prashant Nair, Bestseller directed by Mukul Abhyankar and 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 Arré'' web sketches on YouTube.