Prakash Raj

Acting

Born Mar 26, 1965 (age 61) · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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). 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag2013
as ⁨Army Officer⁩
Jai Bhim2021
as ⁨Perumalsamy⁩
K.G.F: Chapter 22022
as ⁨Vijayendra Ingalgi⁩
Devara: Part 12024
as ⁨Singappa⁩
Attack2022
as ⁨Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam⁩
Singham2011
as ⁨Jaikant Shikre⁩
Wanted2009
as ⁨Shamshuddin Asgar Gani / Gani Bhai⁩
as ⁨Bachcha Bhaiya⁩
as ⁨DCP Prabhakar⁩
as ⁨Brigadier Y.K. Joshi⁩
as ⁨Vasu Reddy⁩
as ⁨Venugopal Seshadri⁩
as ⁨Sundara Chozhar⁩
as ⁨Dakshina Murthy⁩
as ⁨Kumar⁩
as ⁨Additional Commissioner of Police Shrikant Naidu⁩
as ⁨Anjaneya Prasad IPS⁩
as ⁨Ali Bhai⁩
as ⁨Mayil Vaaganam⁩
as ⁨Varadarajulu⁩
as ⁨Karan Singh Johari⁩
as ⁨Muthupandi⁩
as ⁨Inspector Neelakandan⁩
as ⁨Bheem Prakash⁩
as ⁨Ganapathy Iyer⁩
as ⁨Chowdhary⁩
as ⁨Gopala "G.K." Krishnan⁩
as ⁨Satyamurthy⁩
as ⁨Aluri Chakrapani⁩
as ⁨Ali Bhai⁩
as ⁨Jaidev Ghanapuleti⁩
as ⁨Jayaprakash 'JP'⁩
as ⁨Nagendra Reddy⁩
as ⁨Police Officer⁩
as ⁨Sundara Chozhar⁩
as ⁨Chief Minister Yogeswaran⁩
as ⁨Shankar Narayana⁩
as ⁨Tamil Selvam⁩
as ⁨Prasad⁩
as ⁨Senapathi 'Sena'⁩
as ⁨Sathya⁩
as ⁨Unnikrishnan⁩
as ⁨Harold Wickramsinghe⁩
as ⁨Obul Reddy⁩
as ⁨Dharmendran⁩
as ⁨Arokiya Raj⁩
as ⁨Vasu Reddy⁩
Out Fri, Jan 8
as ⁨Sathya Dada⁩
Out Thu, Sep 21
Out Wed, Apr 7

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag2013
as ⁨Army Officer⁩
Jai Bhim2021
as ⁨Perumalsamy⁩
K.G.F: Chapter 22022
as ⁨Vijayendra Ingalgi⁩
Devara: Part 12024
as ⁨Singappa⁩
Attack2022
as ⁨Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam⁩
Singham2011
as ⁨Jaikant Shikre⁩
Wanted2009
as ⁨Shamshuddin Asgar Gani / Gani Bhai⁩
as ⁨Bachcha Bhaiya⁩
as ⁨DCP Prabhakar⁩
as ⁨Brigadier Y.K. Joshi⁩
as ⁨Vasu Reddy⁩
as ⁨Venugopal Seshadri⁩
as ⁨Sundara Chozhar⁩
as ⁨Dakshina Murthy⁩
as ⁨Kumar⁩
as ⁨Additional Commissioner of Police Shrikant Naidu⁩
as ⁨Anjaneya Prasad IPS⁩
as ⁨Ali Bhai⁩
as ⁨Mayil Vaaganam⁩
as ⁨Varadarajulu⁩
as ⁨Karan Singh Johari⁩
as ⁨Muthupandi⁩
as ⁨Inspector Neelakandan⁩
as ⁨Bheem Prakash⁩
as ⁨Ganapathy Iyer⁩
as ⁨Chowdhary⁩
as ⁨Gopala "G.K." Krishnan⁩
as ⁨Satyamurthy⁩
as ⁨Aluri Chakrapani⁩
as ⁨Ali Bhai⁩
as ⁨Jaidev Ghanapuleti⁩
as ⁨Jayaprakash 'JP'⁩
as ⁨Nagendra Reddy⁩
as ⁨Police Officer⁩
as ⁨Sundara Chozhar⁩
as ⁨Chief Minister Yogeswaran⁩
as ⁨Shankar Narayana⁩
as ⁨Tamil Selvam⁩
as ⁨Prasad⁩
as ⁨Senapathi 'Sena'⁩
as ⁨Sathya⁩
as ⁨Unnikrishnan⁩
as ⁨Harold Wickramsinghe⁩
as ⁨Obul Reddy⁩
as ⁨Dharmendran⁩
as ⁨Arokiya Raj⁩
as ⁨Vasu Reddy⁩
Out Fri, Jan 8
as ⁨Sathya Dada⁩
Out Thu, Sep 21
Out Wed, Apr 7