Selva rasalingam biography for kids
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Selva Rasalingam is known for Playing roles in Hollywood blockbusters, The Mummy, Skyfall and Prince of persia: The sands of time amongst others. The British Sri Lankan reveals his life as a multifaceted actor with a wry sense of humour.
Words: Tina Edward Gunawardhana
Photographs: Alice Luker
Location: UK
As the credits of the hit BBC brott drama Luther rolled on the screen one name leapt out and caught my attention. That name was Selva Rasalingam. A frenzied search on Google yielded that Selva Rasalingam a British actor born in Tottenham, North London to a Sri Lankan father and an English mother, had appeared in a bred range of plays and Hollywood blockbusters. Having just passed his 50th birthday, Selva reflects on his wide ranging acting career that has seen him appear in a skala of roles on TV, film, theatre and radio ranging from Dr Who and Eastenders to Midnight’s Children and The Riots. Selva confesses that like all youngsters he wan
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Selva Rasalingam
British film actor (born )
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.[2] He played the role of Jesus in the version of The Gospel of John.[3][4][5]
Life
[edit]Selva Rasalingam was born in Tottenham in North London to a Tamil father and English mother.[6] He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (–91), London.[7]
Career
[edit]Rasalingam portrayed Jesus in The Gospel of John and the other three Gospels produced by the Lumo Project,[8] 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 filmi
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Bio : From London originally, Selva appears in Marie Antoinette (BBC TV), and radio epics Fall of the Shah and Midnight’s Children. He is unique in portraying Christ on film in all four Gospels (Lumo), and has played leading roles in acclaimed stage productions The Riots and Guantanamo in London and the West End. Other theatre includes: Midnight’s Children (RSC); The Captive Queen (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe). Video games: Baldurs Gate III; Final Fantasy XVI; Watch Dogs: Legion. Trailers/commercials include: CNN, Al Jazeera, Claudie Pierlot. Audio books Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi; Everything That Makes Us Human by Jay Jayamohan. Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Experience: Theatre, Commercial, Promo, Voiceover, Video Game, Motion Capture, ADR
Type: Voiceover, Actor, Male
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Description : Deep, rich, soulful timbre with plenty of gravitas. Fanta