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Indian-British actor

Rudi Dharmalingam (born c. 1981) 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. After joining the National Youth Theatre in 1998, he obtained a BA in performing arts at the University of Salford in 2002.

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). He has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including Broadway's The History Boys (2006) and West End's Hamlet (2015). Dharmalingam's minor TV roles include programmes such as The Bill, New Tricks, Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctor Who, Rellik, Electric Dreams and Our Girl.

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
2025	Missing You	Rishi Magari	5 episodes
2025	Playing Gracie Darling	Jay	In production

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