Jack Gaud was an Indian actor known mostly for portrayal of negative roles in Hindi cinema. He entered cinema after leaving the Indian Navy. Jack Gaud was born in Shimla Village, Khetri in Rajasthan in 1958. He joined Indian Navy in 1977. He always wanted to become an actor. He joined film industry in the year 1984 after he left Indian Navy. Gaud did bit roles, especially as a criminal or the main villain's henchman in several Hindi films. He is remembered for his roles as Shamsher Singh in the film Karan Arjun and as Fracture Bandya in the film Vaastav. After a successful career in film industry, Jack Gaud died of heart attack at the very early age 42 on 8 June 2000 in his Mumbai house. He was succeeded by his wife and his two sons one of whom, Amit Jack Gaud is also an actor.