Rudi Dharmalingam

Rudi 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]

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).^[4][5][6][1] He has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including Broadway's The History Boys (2006) and West End's Hamlet (2015).^{[7][8][9][10]} Dharmalingam's minor TV roles include programs such as The Bill, New Tricks, Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctor Who, Rellik, Electric Dreams and Our Girl.^[11][12]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref,
2015	National Theatre Live: Hamlet	Guildenstern
2016	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Ranjit	Uncredited	[13]
2019	In the Shadow of the Moon	Naveen Rao		[14]
2020	National Theatre Live: Dara	Murad / Danishmand	Direct-to-video
2024	Role Play	Rajendra 'Raj' Bakshi		[15]
TBA	The Collaborator	Captain Kadian	Post-production	[16]
Control	TBA	Filming	[17]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Cutting It	Barman	2 episodes
2007	The Bill	Sabal Chaudhari	Episode: "Match Day Violence"	[18]
	Britz	Returned Fighter	Television film	[19]
2010	Casualty	Khalid Koser	Episode: "Only the Lonely"	[20]
	Hollyoaks	Tariq	5 episodes	[21]
	New Tricks	Arun Kumar	Episode: "Dark Chocolate"	[22]
2011	Coronation Street	Faz	2 episodes	[23]
2012	Doctor Who	ISA Worker	Episode: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"	[24]
2014	Casualty	Amil Reddy	Episode: "The Dying Game"	[25]
2017	Rellik	Alex	Miniseries; 2 episodes	[26]
	Electric Dreams	Bob Paine	Episode: "The Commuter"	[27]
	Our Girl	Milan	3 episodes	[28]
2018	The Split	James Cutler	13 episodes	[29]
2019	Strike Back: Revolution	Gopan	2 episodes	[30]
	Dark Money	Dominic Nadesan	Miniseries; 4 episodes	[31]
2020	Tin Star	Jyotiranjan 'Joe' Clarke	3 episodes	[32]
	On the Edge	Rev	Episode: "For You"
2021	Wakefield	Nik Katira	8 episodes	[33]
2022	The Lazarus Project	Shiv Reddy	11 episodes	[34]
2023	The Cleaner	Him	Episode: "The Dead End"	[35]
	Great Expectations	John Wemmick	6 episodes	[36]
2025	Missing You	Rishi Magari	5 episodes	[37]
2025	Playing Gracie Darling	Jay	6 episodes	[38]
TBA	Hunting Alice Bell	Nick	Mini series	[39]

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