Waleed Understudy
For Theatre Aquarius: Debut
Other Theatre (selected): Kainchee Lagaa + Jhooti (Buddies in Bad Times); Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical, Romeo & Juliet (Canadian Stage); Behind the Moon (Touchstone Theatre); Someone Like You (Arts Club Theatre); Hamlet (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan); Heist (Vertigo Theatre), Iceland (Theatre Calgary), Coriolanus (Bard on the Beach).
Film/TV: Skymed (Paramount Plus); Alleigance (CBC); Nancy Drew (CW); Motherland: Fort Salem (Disney/Hulu); October Faction (Netflix)
Training: Chemical Engineering at McGill University (and many, many wonderful acting teachers and directors who took me under their wings and helped me learn this craft, I am forever grateful to you all)
ETC.: Jessie Award Winner, ACTRA Toronto Nominee, Leo Award Nominee. Praneet is also a film/tv producer with his production company Akilla Express, focusing on telling unique, genre-bending stories from a Third Culture Global Majority perspective. He is currently developing a film adaptation of the celebrated Canadian novel Junie.
Instagram: @praneetakilla