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Prakash Raj
Actor

Prakash Raj

26 Mar 1965Born
61Age
424Credits
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaBirthplace

Biography

Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai on 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, director, producer, and politician who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam cinema. He made his film debut in the Kannada film *Mithileya Seetheyaru* (1988). He later worked in the Tamil and Telugu film industries.

Raj won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as politician Tamizhselvan in Mani Ratnam's Tamil political drama *Iruvar* (1997). He appeared in character and antagonist roles in films including *Antahpuram* (1998), *Badri* (2000), *Ghilli* (2004), and *Pokiri* (2006). He also played patriarchs in the family dramas *Bommarillu* (2006) and *Abhiyum Naanum* (2008).

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In 2008, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as a silk weaver in Priyadarshan's Tamil drama *Kanchivaram*.

Raj also appeared in Hindi films, including *Wanted* (2009), *Singham* (2011), and *Dabangg 2* (2012). As a producer, he received a National Film Award for the Kannada film *Puttakkana Highway* (2011). His later film roles include appearances in *O Kadhal Kanmani* (2015) and *Rangasthalam* (2018).

His recent film credits include Trivikram's *Guntur Kaaram*, Dhanush's *Raayan*, Koratala Siva's *Devara: Part 1*, Suriya's *Kanguva*, and Sukumar's *Pushpa 2: The Rule*. His other credits include S. Shankar's *Game Changer*, *They Call Him OG*, *Daaku Maharaaj*, Dhanush's *Idli Kadai*, *Dacoit: A Love Story*, and the Hindi thriller *Drishyam - The Conclusion*. He has received five National Film Awards.

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Filmography

The 80 most recent of 424 credits.

  1. TBADevara 2Film: Singappa
  2. TBAGoodachari 2Film: Tuti Shah
  3. TBAAgni SiragugalFilm
  4. TBAIsle of the Golden SwanFilm
  5. TBAThe GamblerFilm
  6. TBASuriya 48Film
  7. TBAFatherFilm
  8. 2028They Call Him OG 2Film: Sathya Dada
  9. 2027VāranāsiFilm
  10. 2027Golmaal 5Film: Vasu Reddy
  11. 2026Drishyam: The ConclusionFilm: Public Prosecutor Indrajith Shetty
  12. 2026Jagamae SangeethamSeries: Shastri (8 episodes)
  13. 2026Jana NayaganFilm: Roja Rangasamy
  14. 2026Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The MovieFilm: S. K. S. Moorthy
  15. 2026DacoitFilm: Solomon
  16. 2026Kaalidas 2Film: Advocate Natraj
  17. 2026S. SaraswathiFilm: Ramanujam
  18. 2026Seetha PayanamFilm
  19. 2025ChampionFilm: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  20. 2025Tere Ishk MeinFilm: Raghav (Shankar's Father)
  21. 2025BaltiFilm: Narrator
  22. 2025They Call Him OGFilm: Satya Dada
  23. 2025RetroFilm: Dharmendran
  24. 2025JackFilm: Manoj
  25. 2024BagheeraFilm: Guru
  26. 2024UtsavamFilm: Abhimanyu Narayana
  27. 2024Devara: Part 1Film: Singappa
  28. 2024RaayanFilm: R. Sargunam
  29. 2024PurushothamuduFilm: Raghuram
  30. 2024SatyabhamaFilm: Joseph Raj
  31. 2024JourneySeries (9 episodes)
  32. 2024Guntur KaaramFilm: Venkata Swamy
  33. 2023Kunjamminis HospitalFilm: Dr. Chacko
  34. 2023Music SchoolFilm
  35. 2023Ponniyin Selvan: Part IIFilm: Sundara Chozhar
  36. 2023ShaakuntalamFilm: Sarangi
  37. 2023RangamarthandaFilm: 'Ranga Marthanda' Raghava Rao
  38. 2023Waltair VeerayyaFilm: Michael 'Kaala' Ceaser
  39. 2023VarisuFilm: Jayaprakash 'JP'
  40. 2022Salaam VenkyFilm: Judge
  41. 2022Mukhbir: The Story of a SpySeries: SKS Moorthy (8 episodes)
  42. 2022TadkaFilm: Director
  43. 2022VaraalFilm: CM Achuthan Nair
  44. 2022Ponniyin Selvan: Part IFilm: Sundara Chozhar
  45. 2022ThiruchitrambalamFilm: Inspector Neelakandan
  46. 2022VirumanFilm: Muthupandi
  47. 2022Poikkal KuthiraiFilm: Kathiravan's Father
  48. 2022BimbisaraFilm: Viswanandan Varma
  49. 2022Sita RamamFilm: Brigadier Y.K. Joshi
  50. 2022Thank YouFilm: Consultant Rao
  51. 2022Rashtra Kavach OmFilm: Moorty Sahay
  52. 2022MajorFilm: Unnikrishnan
  53. 2022ShekarFilm
  54. 2022AnanthamSeries: Elder Venkatesan (8 episodes)
  55. 2022K.G.F: Chapter 2Film: Vijayendra Ingalgi
  56. 2022AttackFilm: Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam
  57. 2022ClapFilm
  58. 2022PadaFilm: N Rajasekharan IAS
  59. 2021AnnaattheFilm: Nattadurai
  60. 2021EnemyFilm: Paarirajan
  61. 2021Jai BhimFilm: Perumalsamy
  62. 2021Pelli SandaDFilm: Pattabhi Ramayya
  63. 2021Aaradugula BulletFilm: Nithyanand
  64. 2021NavarasaSeries: Sivaraman (1 episode)
  65. 2021NarappaFilm: Lawyer Venu Gopal
  66. 2021Vakeel SaabFilm: Nandaji
  67. 2021YuvarathnaaFilm: Gurudev Deshmukh
  68. 2021Alludu AdhursFilm: Jaypal Reddy
  69. 2020Shootout at AlairSeries: DSP Suryanarayana (8 episodes)
  70. 2020Paava KadhaigalSeries: Janakiraman (1 episode)
  71. 2020Special OpsSeries: Subramanyam (7 episodes)
  72. 2020Mayabazar 2016Film: ACP Ashok
  73. 2020Sarileru NeekevvaruFilm: Nagendra Reddy
  74. 2019RulerFilm: Veerandranath Tagore
  75. 2019Venky MamaFilm: Brigadier Vijay Prakash
  76. 2019Azhiyatha Kolangal 2Film
  77. 2019AsuranFilm: Venugopal Seshadri
  78. 20191st Rank RajuFilm
  79. 2019MaharshiFilm: Rishi's Father
  80. 2019AthiranFilm: Mooledatthu Kannan 'M.K.' Nair

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