Sachin Joab

Sachin Joab is an Australian actor. He took an interest in acting during primary school and attended various acting schools and workshops. Since graduating from the National Theatre, Joab has appeared in several films and television, including City Homicide, Rush, My Year Without Sex, 10 Terrorists, and Conspiracy 365. In 2011, Joab successfully auditioned for the recurring role of Ajay Kapoor in the soap opera Neighbours. He was later promoted to the main cast. Joab left the show in May 2013. The actor has since appeared in SBS miniseries Better Man, feature films Lion and Hotel Mumbai (2018), and television series Pine Gap, The Hunting, Upright, and Jack Irish.

Early life Joab was born in Melbourne, Victoria. His parents divorced when he was five years old. Joab had to put on an Indian accent for the part. 2011 saw Joab cast in Big Mamma's Boy and Winston Furlong's Taj, alongside his future Neighbours co-star Coco Cherian. Joab was also cast as Judge Miki Miraj in Dee McLachlan's black comedy 10 Terrorists.

Joab joined the cast of Neighbours as Ajay Kapoor in 2011 following a successful audition. On 7 December 2011, it was announced that Joab had been promoted to the regular cast and his on-screen family were being introduced. Following the announcement, several racist posts left on the Neighbours website had to be removed. Speaking to Paul Tatnell from the Herald Sun, Joab blamed the racism on a "lack of education". He elaborated "There is various pockets that will say it is un-Australian to have an Indian or an Indian family on Ramsay St. Those Aussies who are saying it is un-Australian will be the same ones who pretty much supported the White Australia policy back in the day, you are never going to get away from that kind of stuff."

In 2021, when actress Shareena Clanton revealed she had faced racism on the set of Neighbours, Joab, Remy Hii and Sharon Johal also made allegations about racism while they appeared on the show, which resulted in the production company launching an official investigation. In 2022, the investigation was closed and the findings were not made public. Joab revealed his displeasure at how the Kapoor family were written out and how they were subjected to the public's racism.

Joab starred in the twelve-part series Conspiracy 365 as Bruno in 2012. That same year, he filmed a role in the 2014 film The Legend Maker. He was also cast in the drama film Lion, alongside Rooney Mara and Dev Patel. In April 2016, Joab spoke out about having to put on an Indian accent when he attends auditions in Australia.

Joab starred in the 2018 political thriller series Pine Gap, which was broadcast on Netflix and ABC. That same year, he guested in Romper Stomper, and had a supporting role on Jack Irish. He also appeared in the feature films Upgrade directed by Leigh Whannell, and Hotel Mumbai, alongside his Lion co-star Dev Patel. He also appeared in Tim Minchin's Upright. In 2021, Joab guested in the ABC TV anthology series Fires, and the Paramount+ comedy Spreadsheet. He went on to appear in Irreverent and Safe Home. In 2024, Joab was named as part of the cast of the upcoming Australian series Population 11. Joab was also named as part of the extended cast of the Channel 9 drama Human Error.

Filmography +Television performances Year Title Role Notes 2008 City Homicide Raj Episode: "Examination Day" 2009 Rush Kaushal Episode: "2.11" 2011–2013 Neighbours Ajay Kapoor Series regular 2012 Conspiracy 365 Bruno Recurring role 2013 Better Man Inspector Ramesh Episode: "Twin Dragons" 2014 Fat Tony & Co. Jesse Franco Episode: "The Mexican Job" 2014 Perception Ravi Singh Episode: "Bolero" 2015 Childhood's End NBC Reporter Episode: "The Overlords" 2017 Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween Randall Randallini Television film 2017 Sisters Rik Episode: "#1.1" 2018 Romper Stomper Sharif Episode: "The Dark Heart of Things" 2018 Jack Irish Ajeet Agarwal Recurring role 2018 The Cry Kris Episode: "#1.2" 2018 Pine Gap Simon Penny Miniseries 2019 Harrow Robert Chaudhari Episode: "Aegri Somnia" 2019 Reef Break Duke Kalama Episode: "The Green Tide" 2019 The Hunting Sandeep SBS TV mini-series 2019 Upright Dr. Kashani Episode: "Day Two" 2021 Wentworth Dr. Vince Ghosh Episode: "Judas Kiss" 2021 Fires Saikat Biswas Episode: "#1.3" 2021 Spreadsheet Brett Episode: Three Shags and Call Me Christ 2022 Irreverent Sergeant Rahane Recurring role 2023 Safe Home Luke Episodes: "#1.2", "1.4" 2024 Population 11 Petey P Episodes 5-8, 10-12Human Error Mike SimpsonTV series

+Film performances Year Title Role Notes 2008 Tala Vupen Short film 2009 My Year Without Sex Rohit 2011 Everyone's Children Tony Short film 2011 Taj Harish 2011 Big Mamma's Boy Bolly 2012 10 Terrorists Judge Miki Miraj 2014 In Between Juan Short film 2014 The Legend Maker 2015 Reversion James Treloar 2015 Road Hard George 2016 Lion Bharat 2016 You Deserve Everything Doctor Edwards Short film 2018 Upgrade Dr. Bhatia 2018 Hotel Mumbai Vijay