Sunkrish Bala

Birth Name:

Sunkrish Balasubramanian

Birth Place:

Bombay, India

Profession

Actor, Producer

Co-founded A'shore Productions, an Indian-American theatre company in the Bay Area
Graduated from San Jose's Bellarmine College Preparatory in 2002, followed by UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television, where he earned his bachelor's degree in theatre in 2006
Began as a child actor in community productions, leading to theatre productions while training at UCLA before his onscreen debut in "CSI: NY" in 2005
Quote: "My identity is independent of my ethnicity, which is generally a very difficult thing to come by as an actor-of-color․"
Quote: "(His words to aspiring actors/actresses) "I guess my advice would be to come for the right reasons․ Don't get into this line of work with the hope of becoming a huge star․ I never hoped that, and I don't hope for it now․ Do it because you love the work․""
Quote: "I don’t have a problem with playing Indian and I’ve done it before․ The problem I have is, it just seems so tired playing on ethnicity as a punch line․ That seems to be happening less and less but it’s definitely still out there․"
Actor whose work includes TV's "Shameless," "Awkward․," "I Just Want My Pants Back" and "Notes from the Underbelly․"

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