Sampath Raj

Sampath Raj
Born
Sam

(1968-12-25) 25 December 1968
Warangal
Other nameSampath Kumar[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present[2]

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, Bengaluru, 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 (2003) and Bimba (2004).[7] He made his debut in Tamil with Neranja Manasu (2004) portraying a negative role.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2003Preethi Prema PranayaPrasadKannada
2004BimbaArvindCredited as Sampath Kumar
Neranja ManasuSivanandiTamil
2006ThirupathiDr. Varadhan
PerarasuACP Chidambaranathan
Azhagiya AsuraMohan
BharatiTelugu
2007ThaamirabharaniKaarmegamTamil
PoriNama Shivayam
ParuthiveeranMarudhu
Chennai 600028Guna
2008PidichirukkuMariadas
BheemaaPeriyavar's son
ThottaMurugavel
Velli ThiraiMythili's brother
Arai En 305-il KadavulRaana
SarojaA. Sampath KumarNominated: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Villain
Kadhalil VizhunthenAnbu Chelvan
SevalPeriyavar
2009Sagar Alias Jacky ReloadedRosarioMalayalam
MariyadhaiSampathTamil
Yavarum NalamRamachandran
13BRam CharanHindi
VaamananAnbuTamil
Ainthaam PadaiPeriyasamy
KandhakottaiSingam Perumal
2010PorkkalamDhronam Raju
GoaDanielCredited as Sampath Kumar;
Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
AasalSam
Neeyum NaanumSampath
Kanagavel KaakaThirunavukkarasu
Kattradhu KalavuRamanathan
AnwarBasheerMalayalam
MagizhchiSevatha PerumalTamil
The ThrillerMartin DinakarMalayalam
ShouryaVijayendra VarmaKannada
JackieCID Officer
2011BhavaniSuryaTamil
Aanmai ThavaraelCharles Antony
EththanAssistant Commissioner of PoliceGuest appearance
Aaranya KaandamPasupathyNorway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Villain
Yuvan YuvathiSevatha Perumal
VarnamDurai
PanjaaSampathTelugu
2012DammuChandravanshi King's elder son
AarohanamDr. Bala KrishnanTamil
DramaD'SouzaKannada
2013SamarMuthumaranTamil
MirchiUmaTeluguNandi Award for Best Villain
SIIMA Award for Best Villain
Kili PoyiRanaMalayalam
VatthikuchiBennyTamil
Om 3DBhavaniTelugu
BrindavanaBhoomi's fatherKannadaNominated, SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor
BiriyaniRiyaz AhmedTamil
2014JillaAadhi Kesavan
AmaraSakthivel I.P.S
Amma AmmammaSampath
Run Raja RunPolice Commissioner Dileep KumarTelugu
BurmaGunaTamil
PowerGanguly BhaiTelugu
LoukyamBabji
2015S/O SatyamurthyVeerasamy Naidu
Pandaga CheskoBhupathi
SrimanthuduSashiNominated: SIIMA Award for Best Villain
Bruce LeeJayaraj
SankarabharanamLal / Krishna
Thoongaa Vanam
Cheekati Rajyam		Pedha BabuTamil
Telugu
2016Soggade Chinni NayanaSampathTelugu
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha ACP Srikanth
AadupuliyattamAadhishwaranMalayalamIIFA Utsavam for Performance in a Negative Role
KasabaParameshwaran Nambiar
Babu BangaramMallesh YadavTelugu
JaguarSreekar PrasadKannada
Telugu
2017Om Namo VenkatesayaRaja Giridhara RaayaTelugu
GunturoduCriminal Lawyer Seshu
Rarandoi Veduka ChudhamAdi
Raja The GreatIG Viswaraj
Sakka Podu Podu RajaBhavaniTamil
2018AgnyaathavaasiSherlock SampathTelugu
KaathadiKathiresanTamil
KaalaVishnu Bhai
Nela TicketACP Sampath ReddyTelugu
PanthamNaayak
GhajinikanthSathyamoorthyTamil
Padi Padi Leche ManasuVivek RavipatiTelugu
Adanga MaruJ.C.P SaranganTamil
2019AnuktaDharmaraj ShettyKannada
The GambinosJoseMalayalam
Londonalli LambodharaChalla (Ekadantha)Kannada
JerseyCoach Ramappa GowdaTelugu
VoterMinister Bhanu Shankar
RK NagarLottai aka VishwanathanTamil
2020BheeshmaACP DevaTelugu
Krishna and His LeelaKrishna's father
2021 Red C. I. Nagendra
Pogaru JB Kannada
CheckSP RathnamTelugu
Kasada ThaparaAyyodhi VedhaTamilStreaming release
Aranmanai 3 Rajashekar
Drushyam 2Gowtham Sahu IPSTelugu
2022 BangarrajuSampath
F3Commissioner Dileep Chandra
Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam District Collector
YashodaDetective Vasudev
2023 Kranti Vaman Rao Kannada
RavanasuraVijay TalwarTelugu
AgentPrithviraj
Custody CBI Officer George Telugu
Tamil
Extraordinary Man Selvamani Telugu
2024 Operation Valentine Air Commodore Mayank Mhatre Telugu
Hindi
RangasamudraMoney LenderKannada
2025Gana[8]
Brahma AnandamSamarla ManoharTelugu
VaamanaPapannaKannada[9]
BhairavamCITelugu
PhoenixMLA KarikalanTamil[10]
Mirage SP Y. Aarumugam Malayalam
2026 Nari Nari Naduma Murari Adv. Vedula Ramalingaiah Telugu
Gharga Kannada
BreakfastTamilCredited as Sampath Kumar

Television

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

Dubbing artist

YearTitleActorCharacterNotes
2023JawanSanjay DuttMadhavan NaikTamil dubbed version

References

  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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