Suraj Sharma

Suraj Sharma: Biography in Details

Who is Suraj Sharma?

Suraj Sharma is a rising actor in the entertainment industry. He is popular for portraying the character of Pi Patel in Life of Pi.

Currently, Sharma is appearing as Rakesh on the CBS’s TV series, God Friended Me.  Last, in 2019, he featured the slasher movie, Happy Death Day 2U.

How many siblings does Suraj Sharma have?

Suraj Sharma was born and brought up in the New Delhi of India. His birthday is on the 21st of March 1993.

His father, Gokul Churai happens be to a software engineer by profession. Whereas his mother, Shailaja Sharma is an economist. They are originally from Kerala and come to New Delhi for better living.

He is the eldest among his two siblings including a brother, Sriharsh, and a sister, Dhruvatara. They are of Far-East-Asian ethnicity with Malayali roots.

Suraj Sharma: Education & Career

Talking about his educational background, Suraj Sharma completed his secondary education from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya secondary school in Delhi. Later, he joined the St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University to study Philosophy.

While attending college, he went to the audition of the movie, Life of Pi insisted by his younger brother. Among 3000 people, the director Ang Lee chose him for the role of Pi Patel due to his expressive eyes and innocent appearance. After completing the shoot, he completed his education and earned a bachelor’s degree with Honors in Philosophy.

After a huge success for his debut movie, he gave back to back hit movies like Million Dollar Arm, Umrika, Burn Your Maps, and The Hungry. In the year, 2019, he featured movies like Happy Death Day 2U and Killerman.

Apart from movies, he is also popular in TV series too. In 2014, he made his TV debut with the series, Homeland. In the series, he appeared as Aayan Ibrahim.

Moving forwards, in 2018, he made his appearance in the series, God Friended Me as Rakesh. As of 2020, he is continuing the character.

Awards, Nominations

• 2013- MTV Movie Awards for Life of Pi.
• 2013- Saturn Awards for Life of Pie.
• 2012- Nominated for British Academy Awards.

What is Suraj Sharma’s net worth?

As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of $2 million. As an actor, his earnings are in the range of $20k to $214k.

Box Office Collection

His net worth is attributed to the box office collection of his movies. Some of the box office collection of his movies are-

Suraj Sharma- Controversy & Rumours

Till the date, he has not been through any sort of controversy and scandals that created headlines in the media. Similarly, there are rumors related to him.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Suraj Sharma has dark brown eyes with black hair. He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 65 kg. Also, his chest size is 38 inches and his waist size is 30 inches.

Is Suraj Sharma active on social media?

Suraj is active on Twitter with the handle, @ImSurajSharma with 31.2k followers. He is not active on Facebook and Instagram.

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