Jojo Cyriac George
, who has been working predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally featured in Australian films, made his debut in Tamil wit the little-seen film
Day Knight
, which released earlier this July. He played the antagonist in that film which was directed NK Kandi, who had directed Simbu in the stalled
Kettavan
.
Jojo, who splits his time between Australia and India, started his career in the Australian telecommunications company Telstra Corporation and started doing commercials as a part-time model. He has represented brands like Energy Australia, West Pac Bank, and woolworth among others.
He started his movie career by doing a cameo appearance in the 2012 movie My Fan Ramu, which also happened to be scripted by his friend and actor Saiju Kurup. In 2013, he acted in Mammootty's Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus, penned by acclaimed script writer Benny P Nayarambalam. Jojo says he considers Nayarambalam as his mentor in movies.
He has starred in a few films as the main villain, supporting artiste and done guest appearances in several more. Some of the movies of which he was part of as an actor, like Aedan and Bhayanakam, went on to win several awards at the state and national levels.
Jojo is now all set to make his Hollywood debut. "I'm playing a cruel prison guard named Sam in the upcoming movie
Escape From Blackwater
. The movie is in post-production now," he informs.
Start a Conversation
Post comment