Sunkrish Bala

Sunkrish Balasubramanian (born May 21, 1984), known professionally as Sunkrish Bala, is an American actor.

Sunkrish Bala
Bala at the 12th Satellite Awards
Born	Sunkrish Balasubramanian (1984-05-21) May 21, 1984 (age 40) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Early life

Bala was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and is of Tamil ancestry.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in 2002 and from the school of Theater, Film, & Television at UCLA in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Career

From 2007–2008, Bala was a series regular on the ABC comedy Notes from the Underbelly portraying the role of Eric.^[1] Bala was also a series regular on the MTV series I Just Want My Pants Back in the role of Bobby.^[2] The show was cancelled after one season. Bala had recurring roles as Dr. Caleb Subramanian on The Walking Dead^[3] and Vikram Singh on Castle.^[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Cab Driver	Driver	Short
	The Origin of Om	Arjun
2006	American Blend	Brijesh
2008	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control	Upside Down Guy
	Desi Karate Kid	Jimmy Streets	Short
2009	Albino Farm	Sanjay
	Indian Gangster	Amit	Short
2010	Starstruck	Dr. Sanjay Lad	TV movie
	Another Harvest Moon	Paul
2011	Big Mike	Naveen Patel	TV movie
2012	The Secret Lives of Wives	Clay	TV movie
2014	Hollows Grove	Roger Rafkin
	Meet the Patels	Himself
2016	Killing Poe	Ashbir Brathwaite	[6]
	Chee and T	Chee	[7]
	The Thinning	Dr. Patel
2024	When Billie Met Lisa	band members	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	CSI: NY	Alex	1 episode
	Barbershop	Bashir	Recurring role, 4 episodes: "Get Your Hand Out of My Womb" (season 1: episode 1) "Madonna Is a Ho" (season 1: episode 3) "What's Good for the Cos..." (season 1: episode 5) "The Politics of Money" (season 1: episode 9)
	Criminal Minds	Jordan	1 episode
	Will & Grace	Gerald	1 episode
	Grey's Anatomy	Steve Murphy	2 episodes: "Thanks for the Memories" (season 2: episode 9) "Much Too Much" (season 2: episode 10)
2005, 2007	My Name Is Earl	Doctor	2 episodes: "Teacher Earl" (season 1: episode 5) "Two Balls, Two Strikes" (season 2: episode 20)
2006	Huff	Student #2	1 episode
	Vanished	Ballistics Tech	1 episode
	Damages		Completed
2007-08	Notes from the Underbelly	Eric	Season 1-2 (series regular; 23 episodes)
2009	Body Politic	Zeke	Unaired Pilot
	Bones	Buddy Shirazi	1 episode
	Lie to Me	Arun Ashraf	1 episode
2010	Brothers & Sisters	Lewis	1 episode
	Day One	Jamil	1 episode
2011	Harry's Law	Dr. Max Richards	1 episode
2011-12	Awkward	Dr. Mishra	Recurring role, 4 episodes: "Pilot" (season 1: episode 1) "The Scarlet Eye" (season 1: episode 4) "Fateful" (season 1: episode 12) "Homewrecker Hamilton" (season 2: episode 9)
	I Just Want My Pants Back	Bobby	Season 1 (series regular; 12 episodes)
2013	Shameless	Andy	3 episodes: "Where There's a Will" (season 3: episode 8) "Frank the Plumber" (season 3: episode 9) "Order Room Service" (season 3: episode 11)
	Mistresses	Hamid	1 episode
	Body of Proof	Sanjit Singh	1 episode
	Austin & Ally	Roger Dunlap	1 episode
	The Walking Dead	Dr. Caleb Subramanian	4 episodes
2014	Modern Family	Daryl	Episode: "Haley's 21st Birthday"
	Switched at Birth	Mr. Z	Episode: "Girl on the Cliff"
2015	Scorpion	Jim	Episode: "Cliffhanger"
2015-16	Castle	Vikram Singh	9 episodes
2023-present	Beavis and Butt-Head	Doctor, Aggro Dude and Aggro Dude's friend (voice)	2 episodes
	Unicorn: Warriors Eternal	Rakshasa (voice)	2 episodes

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Transistor	Royce
2018	Fallout 76	Marcus Taylor, Niraj Singh, Garry Wilkins, Additional Voices	[8]

References

1. Kale, Arun. "Life of a Bala". niralimagazine.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. Tsering, Lisa. "Sunkrish Bala Costars in New MTV Comedy". India West. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
3. "15 Minutes with The Walking Dead's Sunkrish Bala - The Aerogram". The Aerogram. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
4. Petski, Denise (15 July 2015). "Sunkrish Bala Joins ABC's 'Castle'; Anabelle Acosta Recruited For 'Quantico'". Deadline. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. "'Castle': Sunkrish Bala is Beckett's secretive 'ghost from the past'". Zap2It. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
6. "Sunkrish Bala on 'Killing Poe,' Typecasting, and Wanting To Star In 'The Amazing Race' | GALO Magazine". www.galomagazine.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
7. "Interview with Sunkrish Bala and Tanuj Chopra for 'CHEE AND T'". LRM Online. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
8. Bethesda Game Studios Austin (November 14, 2018). Fallout 76. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Credits: Voice & Music - Cast.

External links

• Sunkrish Bala at IMDb
• Reel at ReelAccess.com
• Life of a Bala, Nirali Magazine, December 2006
• Profile at ABCmedianet.com
• AArisings A-Profiler Interview Published December 8, 2007