Kumar Muniandy

Kumar Muniandy

DCH Management (Main agency)
Darren Chadwick-Hussein
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darren@dchmanagement.co.uk
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About me

Kumar Muniandy is a second-generation Tamil Malaysian who was born in Malaysia. His parents were Tamil Malaysians of the first generation. His grandparents were originally from Tamil Nadu in South India. The British took them as coolies to Malaysia for colonial work in the 1930s. Kumar can communicate in street Tamil, Malay, basic conversational Cantonese, and intermediate B1 German. He moved to London to become an actor in 2003, and in 2019, I expanded his profile to Berlin, which is his primary residence.

After fourteen years of auditioning as a South Asian actor in London and Berlin-90% of the time for terrorist, problematic Indian, and Muslim roles due to his ethnicity and rich-melanin skin-Kumar decided it was time to produce and create his own work in order to finally write the type of stories and narratives I always wanted to play, while also supporting and promoting other marginalized artists and communities.

In 2022, Kumar wrote, directed, and performed his solo play, ''Second Class Queer,'' at the English Theatre Berlin for three years in a row, from 2022 until 2024. The turnout and feedback from the audience were incredible. Kumar will be performing the play again on Friday, October 25, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at Ernst Deutsch Theatre, Hamburg as part of the fluctoplasma Festival 2025.

Kumar is currently looking for a producer to write a TV script based on the play, as well as theatre producers and venues in the United Kingdom for performances.

Information

Acting age
31-41 years
Year of birth
1979 (44 years)
Place of birth
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height (cm)
177
Weight (in kg)
68
Eye color
black
Hair color
black
Hair length
Short
Stature
athletic / training, slim
Place of residence
Berlin (DE), Greater London (GB)
Housing options
London (GB), Kuala Lumpur (MY), Berlin (DE)
Nationality
British, Indian, Malaysian
Languages
Tamil(native-language)EnglishMalayGermanCantonese
Dialects
English-Standard(native dialect)Indian-EnglishLondon
Accents
EnglishIndian
Sport
Yoga
Dance
PerformanceStandard
Main profession
Actor
Pitch
Tenor

Credits

Primary professional training

2008
Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London)

Film

Machines of Loving Grace (Short film)
Dion (SR) Viktor Schimpf Distribution: HFF München
BLINDE FLECKEN (Short film)
Tonmann (SR) Luis Schubert Distribution: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb)
Plattform (Short film)
Ramesh (MR) Steffen Köhn & Johannes Büttner, Producer: Tara Afsah
LIEBE (DFFB) (Short film)
Barat (SR) Timo Bénit Producer: Grischa Sautter Distribution: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb)
Sunny Boy
Kumar Muniandy (MR) Sara Moralo Producer: Sara Moralo & Kumar Muniandy
Sauna The Dead
Aseem (MR) Tom Frederic Distribution: Red Deer Production

Television

AKTENZEICHEN XY....UNGELÖST 'SPANIEN TREFFER', (TV show)
Tanu (Ot) Raoul Heimrich Producer: Securitel Film + Fernsehproduktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Station: ZDF Casting Director: Gilla Pallmann
New Blood
Doctor (SR) Anthony Philipson Station: BBC

Theater

Second Class Queer (Drama)
Krishna (MR) Kumar Muniandy Producer: Hundertpro Vol.6 Festival Theater: Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Theatre, Mülheim an der Ruhr Written by: Kumar Muniandy
Second Class Queer (Wiederaufnahme) (Drama)
Krishna (MR) Kumar Muniandy Producer: Kumar Muniandy Theater: English Theatre Berlin Written by: Kumar Muniandy
Then Why Am I Telling You This Story? (Drama)
Ramesh (MR) Ming Poon Producer: Ming Poon & Fredericka Tsai Theater: Berliner Ringtheatre
DUSTS
Ramesh (SR) Paloma Oakenfold Theater: Lyric Hammersmith, London

Other

Satyagraha
Ensemble Skills (SR) Phelim McDermont Producer: Nick Sweeting
Satyagraha
Ensemble Skills (SR) Phelim McDermont Producer: Nick Sweeting

Commercial

Ramesh