Sunkrish Bala

Sunkrish Bala
Born
Sunkrish Balasubramanian

(1984-05-24) 24 May 1984
Mumbai, India
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

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

Early life and Career

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]

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 [8]
Chee and T Chee [9]
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 [10]
2024 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Sai Modi [11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hunter, M. R. (February 20, 2008). "Sunkrish Bala: An Actor of Much "Note"". LA's The Place | Los Angeles, Magazine. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
  2. ^ VibeThemes. "ActorKlass - Built for Actors by an Actor". www.actorklass.com. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  3. ^ Kale, Arun. "Life of a Bala". niralimagazine.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Tsering, Lisa. "Sunkrish Bala Costars in New MTV Comedy". India West. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  5. ^ "15 Minutes with The Walking Dead's Sunkrish Bala - The Aerogram". The Aerogram. October 25, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (July 15, 2015). "Sunkrish Bala Joins ABC's 'Castle'; Anabelle Acosta Recruited For 'Quantico'". Deadline. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "'Castle': Sunkrish Bala is Beckett's secretive 'ghost from the past'". Zap2It. September 22, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sunkrish Bala on 'Killing Poe,' Typecasting, and Wanting To Star In 'The Amazing Race' | GALO Magazine". www.galomagazine.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Interview with Sunkrish Bala and Tanuj Chopra for 'CHEE AND T'". LRM Online. January 27, 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Bethesda Game Studios Austin (November 14, 2018). Fallout 76. Bethesda Softworks. Scene: Credits: Voice & Music - Cast.
  11. ^ "Sunkrish Bala". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information).