Varun Saranga

Varun Saranga was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, where he attended Woburn Collegiate Institute. He became interested in acting through filmmaking, directing and starring in two student films Nerdman and Small Fry. Both films were praised at the Toronto Youth Film Festival, especially for his performance. Varun was inspired to pursue an acting career professionally and landed his first major role playing the geeky but lovable AJ Mehta on the hit YTV show How to Be Indie. Other roles soon followed on Cartoon Network's Unnatural History, Showcase's Cra$h and Burn, and CBC's Schitt's Creek, CBC's Working Mom's, and CityTV's Young Drunk Punk He plays Jeremy Chetri, the Black Badge lab assistant on Wynonna Earp. He also plays Vijay Gill on AXN/Bravo Canada's Carter starring Jerry O'Connell. Varun will appear on CBC/CW on 'Burden of Truth' this January playing Noah Achari, Joanna's (Kristin Kreuks) new client. Varun is a member of ACTRA and is represented by Ryan Goldhar at The