{{short description|Indian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Sudipto Balav | image = | birth_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1999{{ndash}}present }} '''Sudipto Balav''' is an Indian actor who is known for his negative roles. He is known for his works primarily in Malayalam, Hindi, and Bengali-language films.

== Career == In 1999, Sudipto Balav started acting in Kolkata and worked on several television shows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/extraction-actor-sudipto-balav-content-is-key-to-survival|title='Extraction' actor Sudipto Balav: Content is key to survival|website=Telangana Today}}</ref><ref name="A">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/still-in-a-state-of-shock-says-sudipto-balav-on-former-co-actor-irrfans-demise/articleshow/75451830.cms|title='Still in a state of shock,' says Sudipto Balav on former co-actor Irrfan's demise - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He also worked as a host for MTV Bakra before making his debut as an antagonist with the Malayalam film ''2 Harihar Nagar'' (2009).<ref name="B">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-baddie-you-love-to-hate/article2924032.ece|title=The baddie you love to hate|first=Anasuya|last=Menon|date=23 February 2012|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He learned Malayalam to prepare for his role.<ref name="B"/> He portrayed a ISI agent in ''Tere Bin Laden'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Sudipto-Balav-goes-outdoorsy/articleshow/8911665.cms|title=Sudipto Balav goes outdoorsy - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He worked on an English film titled ''Meridian Lines''; however, the film remains unreleased.<ref name="A"/> He has since starred in thirty films in various Indian languages and starred in the Hollywood film ''Extraction'' in the role of a henchman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sudipto-balav-on-playing-a-hench-man-in-sam-hargraves-extraction/article31763816.ece|title='Shadek is obnoxious; he is tough': Sudipto Balav on 'Extraction'|first=Anasuya|last=Menon|date=6 June 2020|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language |- | 2007 || ''Gandhi, My Father'' || || Hindi |- | 2008 || ''Bidhatar Lekha'' || || Bengali |- | 2009 || ''2 Harihar Nagar'' || Freddy Honai || Malayalam |- | 2010 || ''Tere Bin Laden'' || ISI agent || Hindi |- | 2013 || ''Action 3D'' || || Telugu |- | rowspan="3"|2014 || ''Powder'' || Latif Lala || Marathi |- | ''Game'' || Shantilal || Bengali |- | ''Force'' || || Bengali |- | 2015 || ''Lavender'' || Sunny Tharakan || rowspan="2"|Malayalam |- | 2017 || ''Tiyaan'' || R.C. Shukla |- | 2020 || ''Extraction'' || Shadek || English |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Balav, Sudipto}} Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Indian male film actors Category:21st-century Indian male actors