He has appeared on stage in London's West End and the Royal Shakespeare Company, on television in Doctor Who, Luther and Hustle, and film in Damascus Cover, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Skyfall in which he was a member of the stunts cast.

[3][4][5] Selva Rasalingam was born in Tottenham in North London to a Tamil father and English mother.

[7] 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.

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).