Sampath Raj

Sampath Raj
Sampath Raj
Born	25 December 1968 (age 56); Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sampath Kumar
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Last updated September 19, 2025

Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films.^[3]

He is best known for his appearances in director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, which includes Chennai 600028 , Saroja , and Goa . In addition to these films, he has played supporting roles in various other projects, often portraying negative characters.^[4] He won the Nandi Award for Best Villain for his performance in Mirchi (2013). After a sabbatical, he returned to Kannada cinema with Shourya (2010).^[1]

Early life and career

Sampath was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and spent his childhood in various places like Punjab, Bangalore and Delhi.^[5] His father was a military doctor from Nellore, while his mother hails from Srirangam.^[6] Sampath who had interest in acting joined theatre and appeared in various stage plays. He started his career in Kannada cinema with Preethi Prema Pranaya and Bimba.^[7] He made his debut in Tamil with Neranja Manasu portraying a negative role.

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya	Prasad	Kannada
2004	Bimba	Arvind	Kannada
2004	Neranja Manasu	Sivanandi	Tamil
2006	Thirupathi	Dr. Varadhan
	Perarasu	ACP Chidambaranathan
	Azhagiya Asura	Mohan
	Bharati		Telugu
2007	Thaamirabharani	Kaarmegam	Tamil
	Pori	Nama Shivayam
	Paruthiveeran	Marudhu
	Chennai 600028	Guna
2008	Pidichirukku	Mariadas
	Bheemaa	Periyavar's son
	Thotta	Murugavel
	Velli Thirai	Mythili's brother
	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Raana
	Saroja	A. Sampath Kumar		Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Villain
	Kadhalil Vizhunthen	Anbu Chelvan
	Seval	Periyavar
2009	Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded	Rosario	Malayalam
	Mariyadhai	Sampath	Tamil
	Yavarum Nalam	Ramachandran	Tamil
	13B	Ram Charan	Hindi
	Vaamanan	Anbu	Tamil
	Ainthaam Padai	Periyasamy
	Kandhakottai	Singam Perumal
2010	Porkkalam	Dhronam Raju
	Goa	Daniel		Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Aasal	Sam
	Neeyum Naanum	Sampath
	Kanagavel Kaaka	Thirunavukkarasu
	Kattradhu Kalavu	Ramanathan
	Anwar	Basheer	Malayalam
	Magizhchi	Sevatha Perumal	Tamil
	The Thriller	Martin Dinakar	Malayalam
	Shourya	Vijayendra Varma	Kannada
	Jackie	CID Officer	Kannada
2011	Bhavani	Surya	Tamil
	Aanmai Thavarael	Charles Antony
	Eththan	Assistant Commissioner of Police		Guest appearance
	Aaranya Kaandam	Pasupathy		Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Villain
	Yuvan Yuvathi	Sevatha Perumal
	Varnam	Durai
	Panjaa	Sampath	Telugu
2012	Dammu	Chandravanshi King's elder son	Telugu
	Aarohanam	Dr. Bala Krishnan	Tamil
	Drama	D'Souza	Kannada
2013	Samar	Muthumaran	Tamil
	Mirchi	Uma	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Villain SIIMA Award for Best Villain
	Kili Poyi	Rana	Malayalam
	Vatthikuchi	Benny	Tamil
	Om 3D	Bhavani	Telugu
	Brindavana	Bhoomi's father	Kannada	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Biriyani	Riyaz Ahmed	Tamil
2014	Jilla	Aadhi Kesavan
	Amara	Sakthivel I.P.S
	Amma Ammamma	Sampath
	Run Raja Run	Police Commissioner Dileep Kumar	Telugu
	Burma	Guna	Tamil
	Power	Ganguly Bhai	Telugu
	Loukyam	Babji
2015	S/O Satyamurthy	Veerasamy Naidu
	Pandaga Chesko	Bhupathi
	Srimanthudu	Sashi		Nominated: SIIMA Award for Best Villain
	Bruce Lee	Jayaraj
	Sankarabharanam	Lal / Krishna
	Thoongaa Vanam / Cheekati Rajyam	Pedha Babu	Tamil / Telugu
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana	Sampath	Telugu
	Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha	ACP Srikanth	Telugu
	Aadupuliyattam	Aadhishwaran	Malayalam	IIFA Utsavam for Performance in a Negative Role
	Kasaba	Parameshwaran Nambiar	Malayalam
	Babu Bangaram	Mallesh Yadav	Telugu
	Jaguar	Sreekar Prasad	Kannada / Telugu
2017	Om Namo Venkatesaya	Raja Giridhara Raaya	Telugu
	Gunturodu	Criminal Lawyer Seshu
	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham	Adi
	Raja The Great	IG Viswaraj
	Sakka Podu Podu Raja	Bhavani	Tamil
2018	Agnyaathavaasi	Sherlock Sampath	Telugu
	Kaathadi	Kathiresan	Tamil
	Kaala	Vishnu Bhai	Tamil
	Nela Ticket	ACP Sampath Reddy	Telugu
	Pantham	Naayak	Telugu
	Ghajinikanth	Sathyamoorthy	Tamil
	Padi Padi Leche Manasu	Vivek Ravipati	Telugu
	Adanga Maru	J.C.P Sarangan	Tamil
2019	Anukta		Kannada
	The Gambinos	Jose	Malayalam
	Londonalli Lambodhara	Challa (Ekadantha)	Kannada
	Jersey	Coach Ramappa Gowda	Telugu
	Voter	Minister Bhanu Shankar	Telugu
	RK Nagar	Lottai aka Vishwanathan	Tamil
2020	Bheeshma	ACP Deva	Telugu
2020	Krishna and His Leela	Krishna's father
2021	Red	C. I. Nagendra
	Pogaru	JB	Kannada
	Check	SP Rathnam	Telugu
	Kasada Thapara	Ayyodhi Vedha	Tamil
	Aranmanai 3	Rajashekar	Tamil
	Drushyam 2	Gowtham Sahu IPS	Telugu
2022	Bangarraju	Sampath	Telugu
	F3	Commissioner Dileep Chandra
	Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam	District Collector
	Yashoda	Detective Vasudev
2023	Kranti	Vaman Rao	Kannada
	Ravanasura	Vijay Talwar	Telugu
	Agent	Prithviraj	Telugu
	Custody	CBI Officer George	Telugu
	Custody	CBI Officer George	Tamil
	Extraordinary Man	Selvamani	Telugu
2024	Operation Valentine	Air Commodore Mayank Mhatre	Telugu / Hindi
2024	Rangasamudra	Money Lender	Kannada
2025	Gana	Money Lender	Kannada	^[8]
	Brahma Anandam	Samarla Manohar	Telugu
	Vaamana	Papanna	Kannada	^[9]
	Bhairavam	CI	Telugu
	Phoenix	MLA Karikalan	Tamil	^[10]

Television


Year	Title	Role	Language	Network	Notes
2006	Malgudi Days	Ekambharam	Hindi	Doordarshan	Only two episodes
2022	Anantham	Ananth	Tamil	ZEE5	Web series
2023	Vyavastha	Ananth	Telugu	ZEE5	Web series
2025	Good Wife	Gunaseelan	Tamil	JioHotstar	Web series

Dubbing artist

Year	Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Ref.
2023	Jawan	Sanjay Dutt	Madhavan Naik	Tamil dubbed version

References

1 2 "Sampath Kumar is happy about Drama's response". The Times of India . 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
↑ "Kaala-Rajnikant and I bonded over books and spirituality-says Actor Sampath Raj". www.newindianexpress.com. 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ "Sampath is glad to play dad in Yuvan..." The Times of India . Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
↑ Ps, Tanvi. "Sampath Raj: The surprise element in my role drew me to Londonalli Lambodara". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
↑ "அசத்தல் வில்லன்". Kalki (in Tamil). 12 December 2004. p. 41. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
↑ "Do you know where the Actor Sampath Raj was born & brought up? | Alitho Saradaga". 5 February 2022.
↑ "பிலிம் இங்க் to சரோஜா". Kalki (in Tamil). 14 December 2008. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
↑ Sharadhaa, A. (3 February 2025). "'Gana' movie review: A familiar trope, best as a one-time watch". The New Indian Express.
↑ A., Sharadhaa (6 April 2025). "Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings". The New Indian Express.
↑ "'Bloody Sweet': Thalapathy Vijay Reviews Surya Sethupathi's Debut Film Phoenix". News18. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

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[A-1] 1 2 "Sampath Kumar is happy about Drama's response". The Times of India . 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[2] "Kaala-Rajnikant and I bonded over books and spirituality-says Actor Sampath Raj". www.newindianexpress.com. 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[3] "Sampath is glad to play dad in Yuvan..." The Times of India . Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

[4] Ps, Tanvi. "Sampath Raj: The surprise element in my role drew me to Londonalli Lambodara". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[5] "அசத்தல் வில்லன்". Kalki (in Tamil). 12 December 2004. p. 41. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[6] "Do you know where the Actor Sampath Raj was born & brought up? | Alitho Saradaga". 5 February 2022.

[7] "பிலிம் இங்க் to சரோஜா". Kalki (in Tamil). 14 December 2008. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[8] Sharadhaa, A. (3 February 2025). "'Gana' movie review: A familiar trope, best as a one-time watch". The New Indian Express.

[9] A., Sharadhaa (6 April 2025). "Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings". The New Indian Express.

[10] "'Bloody Sweet': Thalapathy Vijay Reviews Surya Sethupathi's Debut Film Phoenix". News18. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

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v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu
2011–2020	Lakshmi Manchu (2011) Sudeepa (2012) Sampath Raj (2013) Jagapathi Babu (2014) Rana Daggubati (2015) Jagapathi Babu (2016) Rana Daggubati (2017) R. Sarathkumar (2018) Kartikeya Gummakonda (2019) Samuthirakani (2020)
2021–present	Srikanth (2021) Suhas (2022) Duniya Vijay (2023) Kamal Haasan (2024)

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Sampath Raj
Born	(1968-12-25) 25 December 1968 (age 56) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sampath Kumar^[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present^[2]