Jason Shah (born 14 December 1987) is a British-Indian actor and fitness model. He has participated in the 10th season of the reality show ''Bigg Boss'' as a wildcard entrant, and played Captain Hugh Ross in ''Jhansi Ki Rani'' on

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. He also played the role of Sir John Greenwood in ''

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''.

Early life and career

Shah was born to a British mother and an American father. His mother remarried an Indian man of

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origin. He attended

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and graduated from the

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. He was featured in the 2007 film ''

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'', played the groom of

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in the "Dupatta Tera Nau Rang Da" music video, and starred in an ad for Van Heusen. He made his

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debut in the 2016 film ''

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'', which featured

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and

in the lead roles. Shah participated in the Indian reality show ''Bigg Boss 10'' as a wild card entrant. He faced criticism in the news for alleging that his

career was cut short by

, telling fellow contestants that it was Kaif's fault that he went unnoticed in ''Fitoor'', stating that his cameo was cut short as a result of Kaif wanting to re-shoot her opening scenes in the movie. He will next feature in ''

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,'' starring alongside

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. He currently resides in

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Filmography

*''

'' (2016) * ''Bigg Boss 10'' as Himself/Wild Card Contestant (2016) *''

'' as Officer Burt Jackson (2016) *''

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'' as Philip (2017) * ''Chandrashekhar'' (TV series) as

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(2018) *''

Thugs of Hindostan ''Thugs of Hindostan'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language period action-adventure film written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, ...

'' as

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Officer (2018) * ''Jhansi Ki Rani'' (2019 TV series) as

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(2019) *''

'' as Officer Sir John Greenwood (2020) *''State of Siege: 26/11'' web series released digitally on

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Platform (2020) *Dev DD 2 web series was released digitally on

Platform (2021) *

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as Vasco Da Gama

References

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