Rishi Shukla

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Rishi Shukla is an actor represented by Look Talent, currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been well received by the critics: The San Francisco Chronicle called one of his performances “well articulated”. The SF Bay Guardian called him “sharp” and the SF Weekly exclaimed, “Rishi Shukla is potent”.

Rishi’s client list includes: Levi’s, Longs Drugstores, Cadence, Washington Hospital, Oracle, Comcast, Mercury Interactive, Kaiser Permanente and Cisco Systems. His theatre credits include performances at Theatreworks, TheatreFirst, Theatre Artaud and Broadway by the Bay. Rishi has also appeared in national print ads for Robert Half Technology and McAfee.

Rishi holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts and has studied at The Voice Factory, Full Circle Productions and with Nancy Berwid (First Take). He is also an accomplished singer who has appeared with Tony award winner Joanna Gleason, Dom Deluise and the legendary Carol Channing.

You can view/download Rishi’s headshots, resume or song samples inside this site. For booking information, please visit the Contact page.

"…well articulated performances by Rishi Shukla…" - San Francsico Chronicle

"…Shah gives as sharp a portrait of a rebellious teenage daughter as Rishi Shukla does of a spoiled and selfish son." - SF Bay Guardian

"Rishi Shukla is potent as Prem the piping Indian boy who turns into a rather thickheaded London git and as the Asian Elder, a robed man complaining about Eastern children losing their heritage in the West." - SF Weekly

"…and Rishi Shukla as Bibi's brother Prem both portray their characters at several different ages and their thinly veiled sibling warfare is well played. Prem goes from being merely irritating as the priveleged son to surly and uncertain as a grown man: Shukla handles the transition well, especially near the end, when Prem makes a revelation about his mother." - East Bay Express