Sampath Raj

For the politician, see R. Sampath Raj.

Sampath Raj
Born (1968-12-25) 25 December 1968 (age 55)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesSampath 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 appearing in each film of director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, consisting of Chennai 600028, Saroja and Goa. He has also acted in supporting roles in various other films. He is mostly known in negative roles.[4] He played a brief role as Ekambram in Malgudi Days for the episode "Neighbors Help", which was directed by Kavitha Lankesh.[5] After a sabbatical, he returned to Kannada cinema with the film Shourya (2010).[1]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ P Sangeetha (1 February 2010). "Sampath: An unconventional villain". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2016.