Kumar Muniandy

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News
Press reviews and audience reactions: Second Class Queer
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Awards and Nomination from UK and European Tour 2025
★ Outstanding Male Performer - Highly Commended by Asian Arts Award for Edinb...
I'm Coming For You Anyway
I’m Coming For You Anyway is a solo performance that examines the legacy of m...
Second Class Queer goes to INDIA, Bangalore in January 2025.
Second Class Queer heads to India!  BLR Hubba - Bangalore's Art Festival Two ...

Kumar Muniandy

DCH Management
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I am a Tamil-Malaysian actor, theatremaker, and writer. I trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and work across the UK and Europe, moving between theatre, film, and live performance.

A lot of my work comes from lived experience. I’m interested in identity, migration, masculinity, queerness, and care, and I often explore these through solo performance and original writing alongside acting work. My solo show Second Class Queer has toured internationally, including performances in Berlin, Hamburg, Brighton, Zagreb, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

More recently, I premiered I’m Coming For You Anyway at TD Theatre Berlin as part of the Monologfestival, supported by the Berlin Senate. Alongside theatre, I’ve worked on film and television projects in Germany and the UK, collaborating with institutions such as the English Theatre Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. My screen work includes projects with DFFB Berlin, HFF Munich, and ZDF.

I care about telling stories with honesty and specificity, especially stories that don’t often get space on European stages and screens. I’m drawn to work that values presence, nuance, and complexity, and I’m always interested in collaborations that allow the work to breathe and evolve.


DCH Management
Darren Chadwick-Hussein
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open agency on Filmmakers
46 yearsBerlin (DE), Greater London (GB)
Gendermale
Year of birth1979 (46 years)
Acting age36-46 years
Place of birthKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NationalityBritish, Indian, Malaysian
Main professionActor
Working permitsUnited Kingdom, Germany, India, Malaysia
Housing optionsLondon (GB), Kuala Lumpur (MY), Berlin (DE), Bengaluru (IN)
AssociationsEquity (British trade union)
Eye colorblack
Hair colorblack
Height (cm)177
Weight (in kg)68
Ethnicity and heritageSouth Asian or Central Asian, Malaysian, Tamil, Malaysian born Tamil
Statureathletic / fit, slim
LanguagesTamil(native)EnglishMalayGermanCantonese
DialectsLondonStandard British English(native dialect)Indian English
AccentsEnglishIndian
SportYoga
DancePerformanceStandard
PitchTenor
Training
Primary professional training
Film
2023
Unfortunately_Wonderful_Difficult picture © Jo Laidler
Unfortunately_Wonderful_Difficult (Short film)
O (LR)
Madaline Zaharia & Kumar Muniandy Madalina Zaharia Madalina Zaharia & Kumar Muniandy
2021
Machines of Loving Grace (Short film)
Dion (SUP)
Viktor Schimpf HFF München
2020
BLINDE FLECKEN (Short film)
Tonmann (SUP)
Luis Schubert Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb)
2020
Plattform (Short film)
Ramesh (LR)
Steffen Köhn & Johannes Büttner, Tara Afsah
2019
LIEBE (DFFB) (Short film)
Barat (SUP)
Timo Bénit Grischa Sautter Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb)
2016 – 2019
Sunny Boy
Kumar Muniandy (LR)
Sara Moralo Sara Moralo & Kumar Muniandy
2016
Sauna The Dead
Aseem (LR)
Tom Frederic Red Deer Production
Television
2020
AKTENZEICHEN XY....UNGELÖST 'SPANIEN TREFFER', (TV show)
Tanu (OTH)
Raoul Heimrich Securitel Film + Fernsehproduktions- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH ZDF Gilla Pallmann
2016
New Blood
Doctor (SUP)
Anthony Philipson BBC
Theater
2023
White Talcum Powder picture
White Talcum Powder (Drama) In development
Self (LR)
Kumar Muniandy Kaum Festival, Wandering Salon (PLAYS ON BORDERS (Part 2/3) Uferstudios Berlin Kumar Muniandy
2025
I'm Coming For You Anyway picture © Raphael Howein
I'm Coming For You Anyway (Drama)
Leading Role
Kumar Muniandy TD Theatre & Monologfestival TD Theatre Kumar Muniandy
2025
Second Class Queer picture © Faki Festival
Second Class Queer (Drama)
Krishna (LR)
Kumar Muniandy Ernst Deutsch Theater Kumar Muniandy
2022 – 2024
Second Class Queer (Wiederaufnahme) picture © Sara Moralo
Second Class Queer (Wiederaufnahme) (Drama)
Krishna (LR)
Kumar Muniandy Kumar Muniandy English Theatre Berlin Kumar Muniandy
2020
Then Why Am I Telling You This Story? (Drama)
Ramesh (LR)
Ming Poon Ming Poon & Fredericka Tsai Berliner Ringtheatre
2017
DUSTS
Ramesh (SUP)
Paloma Oakenfold Lyric Hammersmith, London
Other
2018
Satyagraha
Ensemble Skills (SUP)
Phelim McDermont Nick Sweeting
2018
Satyagraha
Ensemble Skills (SUP)
Phelim McDermont Nick Sweeting
Commercial
2017
Ramesh