Farhad Zaiwala

Vitals

Gender
Male
Age Range
32 - 40
Ethnicity
Middle Eastern, Indian
Height
186cm
Base Location
Melbourne
Available In
Sydney
Skills
Actor
Hair
Black
Eye
Dark Brown
Memberships
M.E.A.A
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Agent

Acting Agent
Freelance Artist
Phone

Feature Photo
Farhad Zaiwala
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Credits

Commercial

Lead - Party Host
NETFLIX
Chalk and Cheese Films
Achoy
Lead - Father
DATSUN
Rabbit Hole Productions
Shujaat Saudagar
Supporting - News Reporter
TWITTER
Equinox Productions
Ram Madhvani

Short Film

Supporting - Sadeeq
RAIN DOG
IFSS
Bryan Coelho
Lead-Onur
TRENCH
Fluid Screen Media / Hurricane Pictures
Nathan Hunt

Theatre

Supporting - Jawid
SELLING KABUL
Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
Brett Cousins
Lead - Frank
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
The Actor's Craft
Raghav Aggarwal
Lead - Sorabji
PAPPA NI PAYING GUEST
United Theatre Company
Cyrus Dastoor
Supporting - Salim
THE BLIZZARD
Warrandyte Theatre Company
Alastair Rice
Supporting - Gary
SCARLETT O'HARA AT THE CRIMPSON PARROT
1812 Theatre Company
Chris Procter
Supporting - Jack
TUDO OU NADA
Warrandyte Theatre Company
Bill Connolly
Lead: Jamie Sandham
FATHER'S DAY
Warrandyte Theatre Company
Adrian Rice
Supporting - Bruce
IN TRANSIT
1812 Theatre Company
Caroline
Supporting - Bill
FUNNY MONEY
Mordialloc Theatre Company
Eric Heyes
Lead-Winston Smith
1984 UP LATE
Eagles Nest Theatre Company
James Adler
Supporting - The Villian
WRITER'S BLOCK
Warrandyte Theatre Company
Phil Swindley

Training

2024
16th Street Actors Studio
Polly Bennett Masterclass
Character Physicality and Movement
2023/24
Sydney Actors Collective
Chum Ehelepola Weekly Online
Scene Work, Self Taping, Auditioning
2023
StageMilk
Masterclasses + Monthly Self Tapes
Scene Work, Accents & Self-Taping
2023
16th Street Actors Studio
Miranda Harcourt Masterclass
Screen Acting Masterclass - Audit
2023
Katherine Beck
All American Voice
American Accent, Character Study
2022
16th Street Actors Studio
Julia Grace - Steppenwolf 6 Week Program
Scene work, Viewpoints
2022
The Hub Studio
Robert Maxwell - American Accent
General American Accent
2021
16th Street Actors Studio
Mel Churcher - The Emancipated Actor
Screen Acting
2021
The Hollywood Initiative
Ted Brunetti - Screen Acting and Self-Taping
Screen Acting, Auditioning and Self-Taping
2021
The Actor's Craft
Meisner Technique
Raghav Agarwal
2017
National Theatre of Drama School
Film/TV, Text Analysis, Voice
Lucy Honigman, Peter Blackburn, Tali Brash
2017
Brave Studios
Actors Workshop
Scene Study / Acting for Camera
2015
National Theatre of Drama
3 Months Part-time
Improvisation, Script Analysis, Devising Performance, Voicework
2013
16th Street Actors Studio
Alexander Technique - Penny Mcdonald
Embodying Character and Posture
2009/10
Actors Centre Australia
Acting in Film and Television
Script and Scene work
2008/09
Melbourne Acting Studio - Bruce Alexander
Acting For Camera - Film and Television
Scene Analysis, Distinct Character creation

Skills & Attributes

Shoe Size
10
Clothing Size
Male - M
Waist
81cm
Neck
39cm
Natural Accent
Australian
Accents
American Standard, Australian, Indian, Pakistani, Middle Eastern, Arabic
Languages
Hindi-Urdu, English
Hair Length
Short
Sport
Swimming, Cricket, Badminton, Rowing, Table Tennis, Cycling
Drivers Licences
Car
Professional Skills
Actor

Media

Public Media
2:20
Public Media
0:25
Public Media
0:28
Public Media
1:03

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Notes

Some reviews from Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre - 2023 Season Directed by Brett Cousins Sydney Morning Herald and The Age By Cameron Woodhead Zaiwala’s wonderfully modest, subtle, and introspective Jawid lends the interrogation of courage and cowardice a grave moral complexity Theatre Matters By Kris Weber Zaiwala, as the soft-spoken Jawid, is tremendous in a role where he has to be the voice of reason in desperate times. It’s a wonderfully nuanced performance because, like with Leyla, for large parts of the play we are unsure if his motivations are pure. The Blurb By Alex First The best of the performances was Farhad Zaiwala, who brought authenticity and restraint to his role as Afiya’s husband and Taroon’s brother-in-law. Stage Whispers By Michael Brindley Farhad Zaiwala’s Jawid has a quiet, dogged dignity and we do feel his bitter guilt at what he does to survive: making uniforms for the Taliban. It is Jawid who gives the play its title: he’s sold out. But then again, that puts food on the table and provides a haven for his wife’s brother, and maybe the new child. Melbourne Theatre Info By Tasha White Farhad’s performance intertwined the connections between all characters and was able to play the shades of each scene and keep the audience on the edge of their seats.