Sugith Varughese


Sugith Varughese is an Indian actor, writer and director.
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Early life and education

Varughese was born in Cochin, Kerala, India, into a Syriac Saint Thomas Christian family. His family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, when he was a child, when his neurosurgeon father obtained a professional appointment there.
Varughese began university studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon with a double major in pre-medicine and drama. He continued on to an undergraduate degree in drama at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a Master of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto. He went on to write, act in and direct film and television productions in Canada and the United States, and was accepted to attend the Canadian Film Centre as a writer-director. As a director, he has been nominated for and won several Canadian film and television and international film festival awards. He also holds a black belt in karate.

Career

Actor

;Television
Varughese made his screen debut on television in 1983, and was nominated for an ACTRA Award for his first role in the CBC-TV movie, Best of Both Worlds. Some of his other television movie roles include the Transcorp Reporter in Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, and Patal in Solar Attack.
In television series, Varughese was a regular as Aftab in the CBC-TV comedy An American in Canada for which he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Ensemble Performance. Other recurring roles include Palash on OMNI TV's nighttime soap opera Metropia, Faisal on Little Mosque on the Prairie, Tariq Barr on the Starz series The Girlfriend Experience, Mr. Mehta on Kim's Convenience, David Paster for three episodes of The Expanse, and Aajay Singh on the CTV series Transplant. His television guest appearances include the crime-fighting series Counterstrike, the action/crime drama Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, the film-based thriller F/X: The Series, the adventure series Veritas: The Quest, and a role as the informant on 72 Hours: True Crime.
;Film
Some of his theatrical film appearances include the psychological slasher Orphan, and the science fiction film Mission to Mars.
;Theatre
Varughese's stage roles and venues include the following.Estelle Singerman The Wrong Bashir The Men in White Animal Farm Little Pretty and the Exceptional for which he was nominated a Dora award for Outstanding Performance-maleThe Postman The Container The Post Office Tideline Bhopal Indian Ink.

Writer

;Theatre
;Film and television
As scriptwriter he worked on animated shorts, Talespinners Collection 1, Talespinners Collection 2 ; Short film, Tongue Tied; TV series The Blobheads ; IMAX documentary Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance; TV series Blue Murder ; TV series Groundling Marsh ; TV series On My Mind ; Short film Mela's Lunch ; Short film Kumar and Mr. Jones ; TV series Mount Royal ; TV movie Best of Both Worlds ; TV series Fraggle Rock ; TV series The Phoenix Team ; radio drama In the Mountains based on Rohinton Mistry's novel A Fine Balance; radio drama Entry Denied which was Canada's entry in the Worldplay Festival and broadcast worldwide.
;Awards

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987BlindsideTwo Tone
2000Mission to Mars2nd Capcom
2009OrphanICU Doctor
2016RememberHotel Clerk
2018The Joke ThiefJerry the Uber Driver
2018Red RoverGopi
2019Guest of HonorIndian Restaurant Manager
2022AshgroveFrank
2022Mistletoe Time MachinePeter
2022A Gingerbread ChristmasTed
2023Flipping for ChristmasMayor Kumar
2024Super IcycloneMonty

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983Best of Both WorldsAnilTV movie
1984Overdrawn at the Memory BankTranscorp ReporterTV movie
1992CounterstrikeTerroristEpisode: "Prize Package"
1992Quiet KillerSara's DoormanTV movie
1993Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesMr. Cyril1 episode
1996F/X: The SeriesDirector1 episode
1996Toe TagsDr. Kilami, the CoronerTV movie
1997PSI Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalIan Vethamany1 episode
1997Too Close to HomeHenry SingTV movie
1997Major CrimeJimmy ChaddhaTV movie
1997Earth: Final ConflictDr. Basi Episode: "Scorpions Dream"
1998Naked City: Justice with a BulletPrabadthTV movie
1998A Father for BrittanyDoctorTV movie
1998 Defenders: Taking the FirstDr CasterTV movie
1999Freak CityDr. RashdiTV movie
1999Lethal VowsDr. SinghTV movie
2001Criminal Instinct: A Colder Kind of DeathPaul GuptaTV movie
2002Get a ClueHomeless Man / Gary EicarTV movie
2002–2003An American in CanadaAftab6 episodes. AKA Frostbite
2003Veritas: The QuestAuctioneer1 episode
2003, 2004Degrassi: The Next GenerationDr. Moragoda2 episodes
200472 Hours: True CrimeInformantEpisode: "Burning Obsession"
2004–2005MetropiaPalash
2005Kevin HillJudge Ames Stewart1 episode
2006Solar AttackPatelTV movie
2007The GatheringMale InternistTV miniseries
2007–2011Little Mosque on the PrairieFaisal19 episodes
2015The StrainNaren Gupta4 episodes
2016The Girlfriend ExperienceTariq Barr7 episodes
2016, 2018SuitsJudge Howard2 episodes
2016–2021Kim's ConvenienceMr. Mehta25 episodes
2018TakenEdwin Brown1 episode
2018ImpostersDr. Robert John1 episode
2020–2024TransplantAajay Singh29 episodes
2021The ExpanseDavid Paster3 episodes
2022Scentsational ChristmasJamarTV movie
2025Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentLewis Jenkins1 episode
2025Late BloomerRichard Matthias1 episode