Jim Sarbh’s Biography | Birth | Education | Theatre Plays | Debut Film | Shows

By Ishwi Singh  |  First Published Sep 1, 2023, 4:37 PM IST

Jim Sarbh is an Indian actor and a theatre artist. He worked in several theatre plays in Atlanta, USA. His first Bollywood film was ‘Neerja’; it was released in 2016. Jim gained popularity for his appearance in the song ‘Cold/Mess’.

Jim Sarbh is an Indian actor, theatre artist and a director. He was born on 27 August 1987 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His sun sign is Zodiac. He completed his schooling from American School of Bombay and earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Amory University, Atlanta, USA. 

His father is a Master Mariner and has also been the Regional Director of P&O Ports South and Middle East Asia. His mother is a physiotherapist. 

Jim’s favourites 

Jim’s favourite colours are black and white. 

His favourite actors are Irrfan Khan, Radhika Apte, Kalki Koechlin and Nawazuddin Siddique. 

Jim’s favourite directors are Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Sujoy Ghosh, Patrick Graham, Dariya Ghai, and Rajkumar Hirani. 

His favourite film is ‘Titli’.

Interesting facts about Jim Sarbh

Jim was born in a Parsi family.

He moved to Australia with his family at the age of 3 and returned to Mumbai at the age of 8.

After college, he worked for a year as a literary intern at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre and then performed in several shows around Atlanta such as The Show!, The Breakup, Tennis in Nablus, and Ice Glen etc.

He was awarded with the ‘Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Award’ for his theatre performance.

Jim’s debut film

His commercially debut film was ‘Neerja’, directed by Ram Madhvani, starring Sonam Kapoor. 

Jim Sarbh is rumoured to be in a relationship with Zoya Hussain. 

In the year 2015, he was included in Forbes India's list of ‘30 under 30’ for significant contribution to Indian theatre.

In 2018, Jim Sarbh was seen in a music video of Prateek Kuhad’s song ‘Cold/Mess’. His popularity increased after that and he gained a lot of fans from all over the world.

Jim Sarbh’s filmography

Some of Jim’s movies are Padmaavat (2018), Sanju (2018), Raabta (2017), The Wedding Guest (2018), Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), A Death in the Gunj (2016) and Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway (2023).

Jim has worked in several web series namely, Rocket Boys (2022), Four More Shots Please (2019) and Made in Heaven (2019).

Season 2 of ‘Made in Heaven’ was released in August 2023.

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