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Selva Rasalingam

{{short description|British film actor (born 1968)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Selva Rasalingam

| image = Selva Rasalingam as Jesus in the The Gospel of Luke (2016).jpg

| caption = Selva Rasalingam as Jesus in The Gospel of Luke (2016)

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records/and_births-and-baptisms?firstname=selva%20&firstname_variants=true&lastname=rasalingam Rasalingam] at findmypast.co.uk

| birth_place = Tottenham, London, England, U.K.

| years_active = 1991–present

| alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama

| occupation = Actor

}}

Selva Rasalingam is a British actor. He has appeared on stage in London's West End and the Royal Shakespeare Company, on television in Doctor Who, Luther and Hustle, and film in Damascus Cover, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Skyfall in which he was a member of the stunts cast.{{cite web|last1=Edward Gunawardhana|first1=Tina|title=A Thespian's Life|url=http://www.hi.lk/cover_story/A-Thespian-s-Life/39-5226|website=Hi Online|accessdate=28 March 2020|date=11 Apr 2019}} He played the role of Jesus in the 2014 version of The Gospel of John.{{cite web|last1=Peter T|first1=Chattaway|title=New film based on John's gospel comes to Netflix next week|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2014/11/new-film-based-on-johns-gospel-comes-to-netflix-next-week.html|website=Patheos.com|accessdate=21 September 2016|date=26 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Jesus in words and pictures|url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/trs/eventrecords/2015/Jesus-in-Words-and-Pictures.aspx|website=King's College London|accessdate=21 September 2016|date=12 March 2015}}Edward N. McNulty Jesus Christ, Movie Star 2015 "Gospel of John (2014). With little fanfare, the Lumo Project released this second version of the fourth Gospel late in 2014 (to be followed by films of the other three Gospels in 2015). The director of the newest Jesus film is the noted TV producer David Batty. The text of John is read by Brian Cox (KJV) and David Harewood (NIV) as the actors act out the story ... The cast looks more ethnic than in other Jesus films, with the portrayal of Christ by Shakespearan actor Selva Rasalingam."

Life

Selva Rasalingam was born in Tottenham in North London to a Tamil father and English mother.{{cite web|title=Selva Rasalingam|url=https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/people/selva-rasalingam|website=University of Warwick|publisher=British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database|accessdate=13 June 2017}} He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1988–91), London.{{cite news|last1=Francis|first1=Martin|title=Gospel films stick strictly to the text|url=http://test.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2014/12-december/news/uk/gospel-films-stick-strictly-to-the-text|accessdate=13 June 2017|work=Church Times|date=12 December 2014}}

Career

Rasalingam portrayed Jesus in The Gospel of John and the other three Gospels produced by the Lumo Project,{{cite web|last1=Jesse|first1=Carey|title=Hollywood Jesuses: The Definitive Ranking|url=https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/hollywood-jesuses-definitive-ranking|website=Relevant|accessdate=13 June 2017|date=26 January 2015}} which was well received as dramatisation and academically for its Biblically accurate depiction. He studied diverse historical and academic sources in preparation for the role, and filming spanned five years.

Other stage appearances include An Adventure by Vinay Patel (The Bush Theatre) Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom in the West End, the award-winning The Riots (Tricycle Theatre), and Amir in Pulitzer-Prize winning play Disgraced (The English Theatre Frankfurt).

Performances

= Filmography =

= Television =

= Theatre =

= Radio =

  • Fall of the Shah, BBC Radio Drama, 2019
  • The Bethlehem Murders, BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2018
  • Tommies: 11 November 1917 (S8E2), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017
  • Tommies: 10 November 1917 (S8E1), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017
  • Midnight's Children, BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017
  • Tommies: 2 December 1916 (S5E4), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2016

= Other =

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0864900|Selva Rasalingam}}
  • [https://harveyvoices.co.uk/voice/selva-rasalingam/ Voice agent]

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Category:Living people

Category:English people of Tamil descent

Category:Actors from the London Borough of Haringey

Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Category:21st-century British male actors

Category:1968 births

Category:Male actors from London

Category:People from Tottenham