Sugith Varughese

Sugith Varughese (born 25 April 1957) is an Indian-born Canadian actor, writer and director.

Early life and education Varughese was born in Cochin, Kerala, India, into a Syriac Saint Thomas Christian family. His family moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, when he was a child, when his neurosurgeon father obtained a professional appointment there.

Varughese began university studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon with a double major in pre-medicine and drama. He continued on to an undergraduate degree in drama at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a Master of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto.

Theatre Varughese's stage roles and venues include the following.

Estelle Singerman (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company) The Wrong Bashir (Crow's Theatre) The Men in White (Factory Theatre) Animal Farm (Soulpepper Theatre) Little Pretty and the Exceptional (Factory Theatre) for which he was nominated a Dora award for Outstanding Performance-male The Postman (Panamania) (also co-writer) The Container (Summerworks) The Post Office (Pleiades Theatre) Tideline (Factory Theatre) Bhopal (Cahoots Theatre) Indian Ink (CanStage / National Arts Centre).

Writer Theatre

Film and television

As scriptwriter he worked on animated shorts, Talespinners Collection 1, Talespinners Collection 2 (NFB); Short film, Tongue Tied; TV series The Blobheads (YTV, 1 episode); IMAX documentary Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance; TV series Blue Murder (Global TV, 2 episodes); TV series Groundling Marsh (YTV, 1 episode); TV series On My Mind (TVOntario, 1 episode); Short film Mela's Lunch (NFB); Short film Kumar and Mr. Jones (Canadian Film Centre); TV series Mount Royal (CTV, 1 episode); TV movie Best of Both Worlds (CBC); TV series Fraggle Rock (Jim Henson Company) (10 episodes);

Awards

Director

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1987 Blindside Two Tone 2019 Guest of Honor Indian Restaurant Manager 1984 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank Transcorp Reporter TV movie 1992 Counterstrike Terrorist Episode: "Prize Package" 1992 Quiet Killer Sara's Doorman TV movie 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Mr. Cyril 1 episode 1996 F/X: The Series Director 1 episode 1996 Toe Tags Dr. Kilami, the Coroner TV movie 1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Prabadth TV movie 1998 A Father for Brittany Doctor TV movie 1998 Defenders: Taking the First Dr Caster TV movie 1999 Freak City Dr. Rashdi TV movie 1999 Lethal Vows Dr. Singh TV movie 2001 Criminal Instinct: A Colder Kind of Death Paul Gupta TV movie 2002 Get a Clue Homeless Man / Gary Eicar TV movie 2002–2003 An American in Canada Aftab 6 episodes. AKA Frostbite (Australia) 2003 Veritas: The Quest Auctioneer 1 episode 2003, 2004 Degrassi: The Next Generation Dr. Moragoda 2 episodes 2004 72 Hours: True Crime Informant Episode: "Burning Obsession" 2004–2005 Metropia Palash 2005 Kevin Hill Judge Ames Stewart 1 episode 2006 Solar Attack Patel TV movie 2007 The Gathering Male Internist TV miniseries 2007–2011 Little Mosque on the Prairie Faisal 19 episodes 2015 The Strain Naren Gupta 4 episodes 2016 The Girlfriend Experience Tariq Barr 7 episodes (Season 1) 2016, 2018 Suits Judge Howard 2 episodes 2016–2021 Kim's Convenience Mr. Mehta 25 episodes 2018 Taken Edwin Brown 1 episode 2018 Imposters Dr. Robert John 1 episode 2020–2024 Transplant Aajay Singh 29 episodes 2021 The Expanse David Paster 3 episodes 2022 Scentsational Christmas Jamar TV movie 2025 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Lewis Jenkins 1 episode 2025 Late Bloomer Richard Matthias 1 episode