Sacha Dhawan (born 1 May 1984 in Bramhall, England) is an English actor. His credits include Akthar in The History Boys (both the play and its film adaptation), Paul Jatri in Last Tango in Halifax, Manish Prasad in Line of Duty, Gryff Whitehill in Game of Thrones (Telltale), and Davos in Iron Fist. Dhawan is known to Doctor Who fans as an incarnation of the Doctor's nemesis the Master and is the first British-Indian actor to be cast in the role. He had previously appeared in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time as Doctor Who's first director Waris Hussein.
Selected works:
- The Last Train (1999) as Leo Nixon
- Weirdsister College (2001-02) as Azmat Madari
- The History Boys (2006) as Akthar
- Chuggington (2008-2015, 2021-present) as Eddie (voice)
- Outsourced (2010-11) as Manmeet
- Last Tango in Halifax (2012) as Paul Jatri
- An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) as Waris Hussein
- 24: Live Another Day (2014) as Naveed Shabazz
- Line of Duty (2014) as Manish Prasad
- Game of Thrones (Telltale) (2014) as Gryff Whitehill (voice)
- Mr Selfridge (2014) as Jimmy Dillon
- Iron Fist (2017) as Davos
- Mass Effect: Andromeda as Various Characters (voice)
- Lego Marvel Superheroes 2 as Steel Serpent (voice)
- Doctor Who (2020-22) as The Master
- Dracula (2020) as Dr Sharma
- The Great (2020-21) as Count Orlo
- The Prince (2021) as Teddy/Dinesh (voice)
You let that trope fester!
- Bishōnen: Some of his roles are pure Bishōnen material. He's also like that in real life.
- Large Ham: He's not afraid to go nuts on his roles, as with the case of Gryff and the Master.
- Mr. Fanservice: Aside from being attractive himself, some of his roles feature him shirtless or wearing provocative clothing.
