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).
as Bhumireddy Siddappa Naidu
as Subhadra Rao
as Chief Justice Uma Maheswar
as Pedapalem Bhupathi Raju
as Simhadri
as Bhooma's Father
as Dr. Marcus
as Gopalam
as Nageswara Rao
as Venkata Ramana
as Bhumireddy Siddappa Naidu
as Siva Gurunathan
as DGP D. Shrinivas
as Subramanyam
as Ramesh Rao
as Narayana
as Somu
as The Watchman / Seetharam(6 eps)
as Guruji
as Diwakar
as Home Minister Mudi Reddy
as Sanjay's Paternal Uncle
as Pranavi’s father
as Purushotham
as Max
as Nageswara Rao
as Central Minister Giridhar
as Venkatrao, Bala's father
as Vivek
as Kanneganti Raghavan
as Nagaraju
as Sarpanch Ramesh
as Bhumireddy Siddappa Naidu
as Ram Mohan
as Vashistha's father
as Gooni Babji
as Sarpanch
as Devudu Babu
as Raghav
as Anand Rao
as MLA Pasupathi
as Attharu Pushparaju
as Shekar "Nani"
as Professor
as Lawyer
as Rama Chandra Rao
as K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao
as Satya Prasad
as Doctor
as Krishna Reddy
as Dr. Bharadwaj
as Vishwanath, Indhu's Father
as Anji
as Surya’s Godfather
as Vasumathi’s Father
as Ramesh
as Varma
as Amurtha's father
as Murali Krishna
as Royyala Naidu
as Krishnamoorthy
as Narsappa
as Minister Krishna Rao
as Govindarajulu
as bride's father
as Raghava Rao
as Krishna's Father
as The Minister
as Anu's father
as Pallam Venkanna, Nagavalli’s father
as Pranitha's Father
as Ramesh Talwar
as Inspector Rajamanickam
as Ramachandrappa
as Prardhana's father
as Sweety's Father
as B.M. Bujji
as Somnath Chaterjee
as Doctor
as Karthik's Father
as Chandu's Father
as Pallavi's father
as Doctor
as Seshagiri
as Municipal Chairman
as Sarvesh Anand Rao
as Prudhviraj
as Rajendra
as Commissioner of Police
as Ramesh Rao
as Venky's Uncle
as Chandramohan "Chandu"
as Psychiatrist
as Sarweshwar, Alekhya's father
as CBI Officer Avinash
as Shekhar
as Anil's Father
as Akanksha's Father
as Geetha's father
as ADGP Raja Manikyam IPS
as Minister Pradeep Kumar
as "Military" Rajanna
as Ramachandra’s brother
as Neethirajan
as Tantrik
as Broker
as ACP Umesh Gupta IPS
as Inspector Ali
as Mavayya
as Colnel Lakshmipati
as Ghora
as Varun
as Guruji
as Naxalite Sheshu
as A Man searching for Bombay Blood Bank