SHAAN SHARMA
ACTING
Shaan Sharma is a working commercial and theatrical SAG-AFTRA Actor, booking over 30 top network TV shows and films, and 20 national commercials in the last 4 years, a top Casting Session Director for 45 L.A.
Casting Directors over 9 years, casting 400+ projects, a Backstage Expert Contributing Writer with 50+ published advice articles for actors, author of acclaimed book, “Commercial Acting in L.A.: A Session Director’s Guide.” Available at Samuel French and everywhere online, on-camera acting teacher and private coach at two studios in Los Angeles: Shaan Sharma On-Camera Acting Studio, and Westside On-Camera Acting Studio, co-Founded and in partnership with veteran Casting Director Gabrielle Schary, lead educator for SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Member Education, SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory Committee Member - head of commercial programming, and a guest lecturer for the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts.
Shaan started acting in his home state of Minnesota, where he booked over one hundred on-camera projects and four national commercials before relocating to Los Angeles in 2007.
- The Chosen 2019
- 9-1-1: Lone Star 2020
- Young & Hungry 2014
- Stitchers 2015
- Friends with Benefits 2011
- The Mindy Project 2012
- A Kid Called Mayonnaise 2017
- Rosewood 2015
- Greenleaf 2016
- Lucifer 2016
- Scandal 2012
- Life in Pieces 2015
- Grey's Anatomy 2005
- NCIS 2003
- black-ish 2014
- Bones 2005
- SEAL Team 2017
- 1600 Penn 2012
- Growing Up Fisher 2014