Shaan Sharma is a working actor, SAG-AFTRA union leader, acting educator, writer, and former top casting session director. Shaan is on the international hit TV show "The Chosen" playing Shmuel (thechosen.tv), Founder of The Storytellers Conservatory, an on-camera acting studio, Guest Lecturer for the University of Southern California, and an Adjunct Professor for PACE University's School of Drama, a proud founding-member of Solidarity, a grassroots SAG-AFTRA education group (solidarity.us), and spent more than a decade working as a casting session director with over 45 of the top commercial casting directors in Los Angeles. Shaan is also a Backstage Expert Contributing writer with over 50 published advice articles for performers and the author of the book and audio book, "Commercial Acting in LA: A Session Director's Guide."