Sunkrish Bala

Sunkrish Balasubramanian was born in Mumbai, India, and is of Tamil descent. However, he moved with his family to San Jose, California, as a child, where he grew up.^[1] He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California in 2002 and from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television 2006.^[1][2] Even before graduating from university, he landed guest roles in the series Will & Grace and Grey's Anatomy, despite skipping theatre classes to film and having no experience acting in television series.^[1] Also, while still a student, he landed his first leading role in the small series Nine Months. The series lasted only one season.

From 2007–2008, Bala was a series regular on the ABC comedy Notes from the Underbelly portraying the role of Eric.^[3] Bala was also a series regular on the MTV series I Just Want My Pants Back in the role of Bobby.^[4] The show was cancelled after one season. Bala had recurring roles as Dr. Caleb Subramanian on The Walking Dead^[5] and Vikram Singh on Castle.^[6][7]