Actor

Rao Ramesh

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Acting credits

161

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.9

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Movies: 160Series: 1

TMDB ID: 586629

IMDb ID: nm3559559

Known for: Acting

Born: April 21, 1968

Age: 58

Place of birth: Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2026

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.19

Wikidata: Q7293689

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Biography

Rao Ramesh (born April 21, 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema, alongside appearances in Tamil and Kannada films. After working in theatre and television, he gained wider recognition in Telugu films with *Gamyam* (2008), *Kotha Bangaru Lokam* (2008), *Avakai Biryani* (2008), and *Magadheera* (2009). Over the following decade, he established an extensive filmography as a character actor, appearing in *Leader* (2010), *Maryada Ramanna* (2010), *Julai* (2012), *Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu* (2013), and *Attarintiki Daredi* (2013). For his performance in *Mukunda* (2014), he received a SIIMA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu. His subsequent credits included *S/O Satyamurthy* (2015), *A Aa* (2016)—earning a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu—*Duvvada Jagannadham* (2017), *Rangasthalam* (2018), *Bharat Ane Nenu* (2018), and *Jersey* (2019). In the 2020s, Ramesh expanded his presence across multi-industry productions, appearing in *Pushpa: The Rise* (2021), the legal drama *Jai Bhim* (2021), and the Kannada feature *K.G.F: Chapter 2* (2022). He later appeared in *Dhamaka* (2022), *Guntur Kaaram* (2024), played the titular lead in the comedy drama *Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam* (2024), and featured in the Tamil film *Vettaiyan* (2024) and *Pushpa 2: The Rule* (2024).