--- name: "Rudi Dharmalingam" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rudi-dharmalingam" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 May 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T16:37:19.619426+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Rudi Dharmalingam Actor. Born 11 May 1981 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 May 1981, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK - **Also known as:** 魯迪·德爾默林格姆 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Dharmalingam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7376926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1454287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1809540 ## Fi1m on Rudi Dharmalingam > Rudi Dharmalingam makes difficult television material sound believable without advertising the effort. We rate his precision and steadiness, especially in an ensemble, while wanting the writing to give him more to do. In *The Lazarus Project* (2022), Rudi Dharmalingam helps make an organisation dealing in time resets seem capable of getting through a working day. His Shiv Reddy gives the stranger material conviction, alongside Anjli Mohindra’s Archie and Paapa Essiedu’s lead. We enjoyed their steadiness when the espionage business became familiar, because the performances kept us interested. Dharmalingam is good at this sort of ensemble work: he supplies enough substance for a supporting character to belong there, without making a bid to take over the programme. The earlier stage work, including understudy and touring duties in *The History Boys* (2006), helps explain the precision. His theatre collaborators include Robert Icke, and that background has carried into screen work without making it feel theatrical. The more prominent television parts included James Cutler in *The Split* (2018), followed by the lead, Nik Katira, in *Wakefield* (2021). The latter gave him a complex, introspective character to sustain, a useful indication that the reliable ensemble player could also carry a drama. There is care behind Shiv, too: Dharmalingam has described keeping himself apart in preparation for a character he understood as solitary. We need not treat the preparation as an achievement in itself; what matters is that he makes the role credible. The limit is the writing around him. George, Essiedu’s character, remains more involving than the organisation, and Dharmalingam cannot make all its action-thriller business interesting simply by taking it seriously. *Wakefield* offers a reason to seek him out beyond that ensemble, with its complex, introspective lead role. We would like more parts that give his characters’ private doubts as much attention as their place in the plot. There is still plenty of use for his credibility in a complicated genre programme, provided it gives him something to play. Start with *The Lazarus Project* if science fiction is your territory, with Essiedu at its centre and Dharmalingam helping it hold together. ## Biography Rudi Dharmalingam is an English actor. Born on 11 May 1981 in Maidstone, Kent, he joined the National Youth Theatre in 1998 and obtained a BA in Performing Arts from the University of Salford in 2002. His early theatre work included the original production of *The History Boys*, understudying Dominic Cooper in 2004, followed by the Broadway transfer in 2006. He has appeared in other stage productions including the West End *Hamlet* in 2015. On screen, Dharmalingam is known for the role of Shiv Reddy in the series *The Lazarus Project* (2022). Other credits include *Tin Star* (2017), *The Split* (2018–2022), *Wakefield* (2021), *The Cleaner* (2021), *Role Play* (2023) and *Missing You* (2025), as well as uncredited work in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* (2016) and a role in *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Lazarus Project* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Shiv Reddy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md) ## Complete filmography (20) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Playing Gracie Darling* (2025), series, as Jay Rajeswaran - *Missing You* (2025), series, as Rishi Magari - *Line Of Control* (2024), as Captain Kadian - *Role Play* (2023), as Raj - *The Lazarus Project* (2022), series, as Shiv Reddy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lazarus-project.md) - *The Cleaner* (2021), series, as Him - *Wakefield* (2021), series, as Nik Katira - *National Theatre Live: Dara* (2020), as Danishmand / Murad - *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019), as Naveen Rao - *Dark Money* (2019), series, as Dominic Nadesan - *On the Edge* (2018), series, as Rev - *The Split* (2018), series, as James - *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, as Bob Paine - *Tin Star* (2017), series, as Jyotiranjan 'Joe' Clarke - *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* (2016), as Ranjit (uncredited) - *National Theatre Live: Hamlet* (2015), as Guildenstern - *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as ISA worker - *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Arun Kumar - *Cutting It* (2002), series, as Barman - *Control*, Acting --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/rudi-dharmalingam