| Edward Sonnenblick | |
| Birth Date: | 1980 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Actor • Host |
| Yearsactive: | 2008–present |
| Spouse: | Sonal Mehta (m. 2009) |
| Children: | 1 |
Edward Sonnenblick (born 27 June 1980) is an American actor known for his works in Indian cinema and television.[1] [2] He has starred in works such as Firangi (2017), Veere Di Wedding (2018), (2019), Kesari (2019), and RRR (2022).[3] [4] He appeared in television series such as Jhansi Ki Rani, and The Kapil Sharma Show.[5]
Edward Sonnenblick was born in Southern California and grew up in San Francisco, United States.[6] He graduated from Humboldt State University with a BS in botany. Later, he worked as a natural foods chef in Northern California for 15 years.[7]
Edward learnt Hindi and moved to Mumbai to seek his fortune as an actor. Edward was inspired by the 2001 Hindi film Lagaan.[8] He visited India in 2005 for a two-week course at the Vipassana International Academy in Igatpuri, Nashik. He went on to play the double role of evil British twin brothers in Jhansi Ki Rani.[9] Edward was the host of the serial Indipedia on Epic channel in 2017.[10] [11] He has worked in films like , Veere Di Wedding, and RRR.
Edward is married to Sonal Mehta, a freelance creative director in June 2009,[12] whom he met a year back. The couple have a son.[13]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dostana | Magazine Editor | ||
| 2010 | Badmaash Company | Stock Broker | ||
| Anjaana Anjaani | Emmanuel | |||
| 2011 | Yamla Pagla Deewana | Bobji | ||
| Game | Forensic Pathologist | |||
| Dum Maaro Dum | Shooter at Fleamarket | |||
| Eric | Marathi film | |||
| Rajanna | Governor Curzon | Telugu film | ||
| 2012 | Shirdi Sai | Collector | Telugu film | |
| Chittagong | Col. Tait | |||
| 2016 | Neerja | Captain Jack Snipes | ||
| Kapoor & Sons | Dan | |||
| 2017 | Rangoon | Officer | ||
| Raag Desh | Lt. Col Kitson | |||
| Firangi | Mark Daniels | |||
| 2018 | Veere Di Wedding | John Stinson | ||
| Sandhya Chaya | Richard | TV film | ||
| 2019 | Captain Gordon | |||
| Kesari | Lt. Lawrence | |||
| 2020 | Saving Chintu | Oliver | Short Film | |
| Papoo Photowalah | Peter | |||
| 2022 | RRR | Edward | Telugu film[14] | |
| 2023 | Tiger 3 | Dr. Hoffman | ||
| Sam Bahadur | Lord Mountbatten | |||
| Bell | Telugu film | |||
| 2024 | Captain Miller | General Andrew Wandy | Tamil film | |
| Maharaj | Justice Sausse | Hindi | ||
| 2025 | Aghathiyaa | TBA | Post-production; Tamil film[15] |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jhanshi ki Rani | Captain Manson | unknown episodes | |
| 2012 | Fear Files | Dr. Morris | 1 episodes | |
| 2015 | Stories by Rabindranath Tagore | Unknown Character | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Inside Edge | Hamish McCall | 10 episodes | |
| 2017 | Stanley Allen | 9 episodes | ||
| 2017 | Indipedia | Self | 15 episodes | |
| 2019 | The Insiders | Chandika's Brother | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Robert Paswan | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | Jubilee | Vladimir Sayadyants | Amazon Prime Video |