Rudi Dharmalingam

Rudi Dharmalingam (born c. 1981)^[1] is an English actor of stage and screen.

Early life and education

Dharmalingam was born in Maidstone, Kent, of Indo-Trinidadian and Sri Lankan heritage.^[2] After joining the National Youth Theatre in 1998, he obtained a BA in performing arts at the University of Salford in 2002.^[3]^[4]

His notable television portrayals include Tariq Mistry in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2010), James Cutler in the BBC One legal drama The Split (2018–2022), Nik Katira in the Australian psychological mystery Wakefield (2021).^[5]^[6]^[7]^[1] He has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including Broadway's The History Boys (2006) and West End's Hamlet (2015).^[8]^[9]^[10] Dharmalingam's minor TV roles include programmes such as The Bill, New Tricks, Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctor Who, Rellik, Electric Dreams and Our Girl.^[11]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Guildenstern
2016	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Ranjit	Uncredited
2019	In the Shadow of the Moon	Naveen Rao
2020	National Theatre Live: Dara	Murad / Danishmand	Direct-to-video
2024	Role Play	Rajendra 'Raj' Bakshi
TBA	The Valley of Yellow Flowers	Captain Kadian	Post-production
TBA	Control	TBA	Filming

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003–2004	Cutting It	Barman	2 episodes
2007	The Bill	Sabal Chaudhari	Episode: "Match Day Violence"
2007	Britz	Returned Fighter	Television film
2010	Casualty	Khalid Koser	Episode: "Only the Lonely"
	Hollyoaks	Tariq	5 episodes
	New Tricks	Arun Kumar	Episode: "Dark Chocolate"
2011	Coronation Street	Faz	2 episodes
2012	Doctor Who	ISA Worker	Episode: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
2014	Casualty	Amil Reddy	Episode: "The Dying Game"
2017	Rellik	Alex	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Electric Dreams	Bob Paine	Episode: "The Commuter"
	Our Girl	Milan	3 episodes
2018–2022	The Split	James Cutler	13 episodes
2019	Strike Back: Revolution	Gopan	2 episodes
2019	Dark Money	Dominic Nadesan	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2020	Tin Star	Jyotiranjan 'Joe' Clarke	3 episodes
2020	On the Edge	Rev	Episode: "For You"
2021	Wakefield	Nik Katira	8 episodes
2022–2023	The Lazarus Project	Shiv Reddy	11 episodes
2023	The Cleaner	Him	Episode: "The Dead End"
2023	Great Expectations	John Wemmick	6 episodes
TBA	Missing You	TBA	In production

^ ^a ^b Lewis, B C (31 March 2021). "ABC Wakefield actor Rudi Dharmalingam recalls time in 'best country in the world'". The Blue Mountain Gazette. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Farooq, Aisha (2 October 2015). "Rudi Dharmalingam uncovers Theatre and Hamlet". DESIblitz. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Dharmalingam, Rudi". Interticket. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "Blog: Rudi Dharmalingam". Big Issue North. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "Interview with Rudi Dharmalingam". BBC. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Knox, David (31 March 2021). "Wakefield calling Rudi". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Dye, Josh (31 March 2021). "New ABC drama Wakefield takes viewers to the edge of sanity". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "Rudi Dharmalingam". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Sutton-Williams, Natasha. "Mary Stuart – Interview with Rudi Dharmalingam". Culture Calling. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy (8 December 2016). "5 minutes with: Rudi Dharmalingam – 'We are rehearsing two versions of Mary Stuart'". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ Bley Griffiths, Eleanor (9 April 2019). "Meet the cast of BBC divorce drama The Split". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

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