Shiv Palekar

Shiv Palekar was born in India, raised in Hong Kong and is now based in Sydney, Australia.

Since graduating from NIDA, Shiv has appeared in Counting and Cracking (Belvoir); The Tempest, The Real Thing, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and Disgraced (Sydney Theatre Company); The Sound Inside (Melbourne Theatre Company); The Almighty Sometimes (Griffin Theatre Company); and has toured nationally twice in The Merchant of Venice and The Players (Bell Shakespeare).

Shiv made his feature film debut in the feature film The Greenhouse. He has also starred in the short film Among Men. Shiv’s most recent television credits include his ongoing appearance in Amazon Studios’ Daytime-Emmy nominated remount of Neighbours, as well as Apple TV/Paramount’s Shantaram.

For his work in the Beauty Queen of Leenane and Counting and Cracking, he received two Sydney Theatre Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actor respectively. For his work in The Sound Inside he received a nomination for Outstanding Performance at Melbourne’s Green Room Awards.

Shiv is about to reprise his role in Counting and Cracking at the Public Theater, New York for a limited run in September.