Biography
Edward Sonnenblick is an American actor, voice artist, host, and comedian based in Mumbai and active primarily in the Indian entertainment industry since 2008. While the global phenomenon of RRR introduced him to global audiences he was already well known in India, especially for his roles as British colonial characters in period films and series, where he often speaks in fluent Hindi. In 2017 he starred opposite Rajkummar Rao in the hit series, Bose Dead or Alive, and opposite Kapil Sharma in the comedy, Firangi. The same year also saw him as a troubled Cricketer in Amazon Prime's hit series, Inside Edge, and surprising audiences as the Hindi speaking host of Epic Channel's travel and culture show Indipedia. In 2019 films we saw him in both Manikarnika with Kangana Ranaut and in Kesari with Akshay Kumar.
Then he was back on the small screen as a cast member of the Kapil Sharma Show's second season. As the pandemic began receding and filming resumed in 2021 he completed filming his major role in S.S. Rajamouli's RRR and two Yash Raj Films productions, Maharaj, and Tiger 3, as well as Vikramaditya Motwane's acclaimed series, Jubilee.
2023 finds him wrapping up work as Lord Mountbatten opposite Kay Kay Menon in the Jio Studios series, Union, and as the main antagonists in he Tamil films, Captain Miller with Dhanush, and Scary House with Jiiva and Arjun Sarja. The Telugu film industry has also brought him back in Kalyan Ram's film Devil.
Edward grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stirred by the spiritual, culinary, cultural, and cinematic (yes, Bollywood) traditions of the subcontinent, Edward taught himself Hindi and moved to Mumbai in 2008 to seek his fortune as an actor in India. He soon found himself playing a double role of evil British twin brothers in the hit historical TV series, "Jhansi ki Rani," which got him nominated as the best villain for Zee TV that year. His Bollywood dream has continued to unfold over a decade and a half in the Indian entertainment business, north and south, and also includes his rise as a leading voice artist in the industry. He lives in Mumbai with his Indian wife and their 11 year old son.
