Selva Rasalingam

Selva Rasalingam is a British actor. He has appeared on stage in London's West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has made many appearances in UK television series including Doctor Who, Luther and Hustle, and on film including 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 2014 version of The Gospel of John.[3][4][5]

Selva Rasalingam
Selva Rasalingam as Jesus in The Gospel of Luke (2016)
Born1968 (age 54–55)[1]
Tottenham, London, England, U.K.
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

Life

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 (1988–91), London.[7]

Career

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 filming spanned five years.

His 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, as Ayatollah Khomeini
  • The Bethlehem Murders, BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2018, as Jihad Awdeh
  • Tommies: 11 November 1917 (S8E2), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017, as Ibrahim Habachi
  • Tommies: 10 November 1917 (S8E1), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017, as Ibrahim Habachi
  • Midnight's Children, BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2017, as Zagallo / Brigadier Iskander
  • Tommies: 2 December 1916 (S5E4), BBC Radio 4 Drama, 2016, as Hassan Chaoush

Other

References
  1. Rasalingam at findmypast.co.uk
  2. Edward Gunawardhana, Tina (11 April 2019). "A Thespian's Life". Hi Online. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. Peter T, Chattaway (26 November 2014). "New film based on John's gospel comes to Netflix next week". Patheos.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. "Jesus in words and pictures". King's College London. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. 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."
  6. "Selva Rasalingam". University of Warwick. British Black and Asian Shakespeare Performance Database. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  7. Francis, Martin (12 December 2014). "Gospel films stick strictly to the text". Church Times. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. Jesse, Carey (26 January 2015). "Hollywood Jesuses: The Definitive Ranking". Relevant. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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