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. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California in 2002 and from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television 2006. 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. 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. Bala was also a series regular on the MTV series I Just Want My Pants Back in the role of Bobby. The show was cancelled after one season. Bala had recurring roles as Dr. Caleb Subramanian on The Walking Dead and Vikram Singh on Castle.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2005 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 Short2009 Albino Farm Sanjay Indian Gangster Amit Short2010 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 movie2014 Hollows Grove Roger Rafkin Meet the Patels Himself 2016 Killing Poe Ashbir Brathwaite Chee and T Chee The Thinning Dr. Patel 2024 When Billie Met Lisa band members Short
Television Year Title Role Notes2005 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 2007–2008 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 episode2010 Brothers & Sisters Lewis 1 episode Day One Jamil 1 episode 2011 Harry's Law Dr. Max Richards 1 episode2011–2012 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 episodes2014 Modern Family Daryl Episode: "Haley's 21st Birthday" Switched at Birth Mr. Z Episode: "Girl on the Cliff" 2015 Scorpion Jim Episode: "Cliffhanger" 2015–2016 Castle Vikram Singh 9 episodes2023–present Beavis and Butt-Head Doctor, Aggro Dude and Aggro Dude's friend (voice) 2 episodes Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Rakshasa (voice) 2 episodes2025 Creature Commandos Hallway Jerk #2, Police Officer #2 (voice) Episode: "A Very Funny Monster" Devil May Cry King (voice)
Video games Year Title Role Notes2014 Transistor Royce 2018 Fallout 76 Marcus Taylor, Niraj Singh, Garry Wilkins, Additional Voices 2024 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Sai Modi
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External links
Reel at ReelAccess.com Life of a Bala, Nirali Magazine, December 2006 AArisings A-Profiler Interview Published December 8, 2007