Chacko Vadaketh

Chacko is a lawyer turned actor, voice-over artist, writer, trainer and host based in Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles. Recent credits include Guest Star in the 2019 Season of Cinemax/Sky One series "Strike Back", Series Regular for Malaysian horror series on Tonton, "Ghaib" released December 2018 and narrator for the History Channel Asia/Nat Geo series Road to Nationhood, host for the Royal Gala for The Prince of Wales, Coach Tharman in Anak Merdeka (Astro), King Bimbisara in Amrapali in Singapore, Marty-Lou in Thicker than Water, developed for the Public Theater, NYC. He is producing his screenplay on a poignant inter-racial Malaysian love story and is in shooting the Malaysian version of hit thriller series The Bridge. Chacko was Sabo Singh in Singapore sitcom Mr Kiasu: nominated for Best Comedy, Asian Television Awards. US credits include: Rules of Engagement, In Plain Sight, The Bold & The Beautiful. UK Credits include: Our Girl, Indian Summers and Strike Back. Stage credits: King Arthur (Camelot), Prospero (The Tempest), Mahatma Gandhi (Steve Allan Theatre, Hollywood) Film credits: Princess of Mars, 1957 The Heart of Malaya, Ice Age 2012. He trains using acting skills in the corporate world with clients like Unilever, Petronas and PWC. He has a degree in Law and Archaeology & Anthropology from Cambridge University and is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn, London. He studied acting at the New School, New York and Carter Thor Studios, Los Angeles. He was a litigator with prestigious law firm Shearn Delamore and chaired the Malaysian AIDS Council's Law & Ethics Committee before going into the arts full time.