JacobRajan
- Actor
- Writer
Jacob Rajan’s solo play Krishnan’s Diary was a breakout success in 1997. Through company Indian Ink, the Malaysian-born, Kiwi-raised Rajan has since co-created and starred in a series of plays with a run of sellout performances, plus awards in Edinburgh and a renowned American agent. On-screen, he has acted on Outrageous Fortune, Shortland Street, and in award-winning teleplay Fish Skin Suit.
Biography
Since bringing his first play Krishnan’s Diary to the stage in 1997, Jacob Rajan has starred in and co-created a run of hit theatre productions.
Born in Malaysia to parents from southern India, Rajan moved down under with his family at the age of four. While doing a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at Otago University, he began ducking lectures to join the film club, and watched many student plays. After graduating with a C- science degree, he returned to Wellington and "exploded" into creativity, taking on piano, painting, and joining a drama club. To ease his parent's worries., he also got a primary school diploma.
Screenography
Awards
2013 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
For services to theatre
2002 Arts Foundation Laureate
“It just snowballed.”