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.
as Singappa
as Tuti Shah
as Sathya Dada
as Vasu Reddy
as Public Prosecutor Indrajith Shetty
as Shastri(8 eps)
as Roja Rangasamy
as S. K. S. Moorthy
as Solomon
as Advocate Natraj
as Ramanujam
as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
as Raghav Gurrukkal
as Narrator
as Satya Dada
as Dharmendran
as Manoj
as Guru
as Abhimanyu Narayana
as Singappa
as R. Sargunam
as Raghuram
as Joseph Raj
as Venkata Swamy
as Dr. Chacko
as Sundara Chozhar
as Sarangi
as 'Ranga Marthanda' Raghava Rao
as Michael 'Kaala' Ceaser
as Jayaprakash 'JP'
as Judge
as SKS Moorthy(8 eps)
as CM Achuthan Nair
as Sundara Chozhar
as Inspector Neelakandan
as Muthupandi
as Kathiravan's Father
as Viswanandan Varma
as Brigadier Y.K. Joshi
as Consultant Rao
as Moorty Sahay
as Unnikrishnan
as Elder Venkatesan(8 eps)
as Vijayendra Ingalgi
as Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam
as N Rajasekharan IAS
as Nattadurai
as Paarirajan
as Perumalsamy
as Pattabhi Ramayya
as Nithyanand
as Sivaraman(1 ep)
as Lawyer Venu Gopal
as Nandaji
as Gurudev Deshmukh
as Jaypal Reddy
as DSP Suryanarayana(8 eps)
as Janakiraman(1 ep)
as Subramanyam(7 eps)
as ACP Ashok
as Nagendra Reddy
as Veerandranath Tagore
as Brigadier Vijay Prakash
as Venugopal Seshadri
as Rishi's Father
as Mooledatthu Kannan 'M.K.' Nair
as Ramalingam
as Dr. Inayat Ali Khan
as Dora Swamy Naidu
as Nagi Reddy
as Ravunni Menon
as ACP Suryanarayana
as Viswanath
as Senapathi 'Sena'
as Govindharaj
as Sathya
as Narrator
as Police Officer
as Aluri Chakrapani
as Varadarajulu
as Dakshina Murthy
as Master
as Soundararajan
as Kasi
as Sagayam
as Vasu Reddy
as SP Prakash
as Parasuramaiah
as Rajasekhar
as Commissioner Karthikeyan
as Jagannath
as Sagayam
as Raghavaraju
as Krishnamurthy
as Manimara
as Bhujangiah
as Sathya's Father
as Sirish's Dad
as Yogeeswaran
as Adhiseshan
as Guru Raj
as Prasad
as Veerabhrappa
as Francis
as Moorthi
as Size Zero Satyanand
as Vital Rao
as Prime Minister Siva Devayya
as Prathap Kale
as Sharat Chandra
as Ganapathy Iyer
as Satyamurthy
as Waltair Vasu
as Jaya Prakash
as Balaraju
as A. K. Mishra
as Guest Appearance
as Karan Singh Johari
as Himself(2 eps)
as Narasimha / Bhai (Dual role)
as Kalidasan
as Chowdhary
as narrator
as Bheem Prakash
as Bhoodev Singh
as Govind Hande
as Teja
as Army Officer
as Nagori Subramaniyam
as Nanaji
as Singam
as Sivagurunathan
as Pasupathy
as Gautham Krishna
as Adikeshavulu
as Shetty
as Relangi Mavayya
as Voice of one of the sons
as Bachcha Bhaiya
as Sambhayya
as Rana Prathap Naidu
as Prakash Raj
as Boopathi
as Subramaniam
as Varadarajula Naidu
as Jaidev Ghanapuleti
as Raghupathi Naidu
as Ajju Bhai
as Shankar Narayana
as IG Ranjith
as Shiva's Grandfather
as Jaikant Shikre
as Rajalingam
as Kabir
as Guru Bheeshma Narayana
as Cameo Appearance
as Rahim
as Chief Minister Yogeswaran
as Maggi's Father
as Munna Bhai
as Manthiappan
as Vishwanath
as Narasimha
as Kittu Bhai
as Abhishek Verma
as Abraham / Issac
as Moses
as Gautham
as DIG Stalin Manimaran IPS
as Bhanu Prasad
as Gopala "G.K." Krishnan
as Mayil Vaaganam
as Uthappa
as Anbalazhagan
as Circle Inspector
as Shamshuddin Asgar Gani / Gani Bhai
as Bhadri Narayanan
as Principal
as Essaki
as Tamizharasan
as Prakash Verma
as J.D.
as Ravanan
as Raghuraman
as Balu's Father
as Shyam's Doctor
as Masanam
as Viswanathan
as Subramaniam
as Neelakanta
as Arnold/ Kadavul
as Subramaniam
as Rammohan Reddy
as Vengadam
as Kannaiah / Dileep
as Chinna
as Kasi
as Kakha
as Kasi Viswanathan
as Vijaya Kumar / Viji
as Buthiran
as Ali Bhai
as Judge (Guest Appearance)
as Guru
as Muddu Krishnayya
as Commissioner of Police
as Zamindar
as Mondi Nani
as Easwara Pandian
as Ilakiyan
as Arokiya Raj
as Siddhu's Father
as Father of Ashok
as DGP
as Santhosh
as ACP Gopinath
as Ilampirai
as Vijay
as Ali Bhai
as Mayilravanan
as Soundarapandi
as Aathi's father
as PC 'Nethiadi' Nandakumar
as Udhayapaa
as Venkata Ratnam
as Pandu
as Guru
as Anjaneya Prasad IPS
as Pandi Durai
as DCP Prabhakar
as Veerendra "Eeru Babu"
as Adhi Narayanan
as Somaraju
as Peddi Reddy
as Karuppusamy
as Prakash
as Ram's father
as Durga prasad
as Eshwar
as Bala Nayakar
as Dr. Vishwanathan
as Nandu
as Prakash
as Aravind
as Anji's father
as Pasupathi Naidu
as Muthupandi
as Johnykutty
as Prakash Rao
as Additional Commissioner of Police Shrikant Naidu
as Ranga Rao
as Suryaprakash
as Sundara Murthy
as Dattu
as Suryam
as Irfan Khan
as Dr Ashok
as ACP Raja Narendra
as Raghuveer
as Chithambaram
as Neelakantam Naidu
as Obul Reddy
as Sundharam
as Amjad
as Siddharth
as Simbu's Father
as Yadagiri
as Vishwanath
as Sharpshooter
as Vipra Narayana
as Terrorist
as Governor Chenna Kesava Reddy
as Harold Wickramsinghe
as Prakash
as Srinivasa Murthy
as Neelakanda Brahmachari
as Anjali's father, train driver
as Kaala Bhairavan (Kala Bhairav)
as Rudre Gowda
as Guest Appearance as Jamindar
as Policeman
as Chidhambaram
as 'Paisa Paisa' song cameo
as Prakash
as Inspector Salim
as Paramahamsa
as Sabesan
as Nanda
as Maharani
as Constable Nukaraju
as Jagan
as Doctor
as Venkata Narayana
as Narasimha
as Dhanunjay
as Police Officer
as Guru
as Peddabbayi
as Narasimha
as Ganga Prasad
as Guru Moorthi / Mahendra Boopathi
as Muthu Manikkam
as D. K. Bose
as Mahendra
as Vishwa's Father
as Akash
as Neelakandan
as Kandaswamy
as Prakash
as Santhosh's brother (Guest Appearance)
as Rolex
as Satya
as Rama Ganapathy
as Tamil Selvam
as Jaipal
as Prakash
as Ashok
as Prakash
as Arumugasamy
as Mohan George
as Surya
as Dharma
as Major Madhavan
as Gaddapalugu Chenchu Ramayya
as Kumar
as Sirpy
as Inspector
as Anti-terrorist Commando Suresh
as David
as Shreenivas(13 eps)