| B. C. Patil | |
| Birth Name: | Basavanagowda Channabasavanagowda Patil |
| Birth Date: | 1956 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Yaliwal[1] |
| 1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Predecessor1: | Krishna Byre Gowda |
| Successor1: | N. Chaluvaraya Swamy |
| Office1: | Minister of Agriculture Department Government of Karnataka |
| Term Start1: | 7 February 2020 |
| Term End1: | 13 May 2023 |
| Office2: | Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 24 May 2004 |
| Term End2: | 18 May 2013 |
| Constituency2: | Hirekerur |
| Predecessor2: | B. H. Bannikod |
| Successor2: | U. B. Banakar |
| Chiefminister2: | Dharam Singh,H. D. Kumaraswamy,B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Term Start3: | 9 December 2019 |
| Term End3: | 13 May 2023 |
| Constituency3: | Hirekerur |
| Predecessor3: | himself |
| Successor3: | U. B. Banakar |
| Chiefminister3: | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Term Start4: | 15 May 2018 |
| Term End4: | 22 July 2019 |
| Predecessor4: | U. B. Banakar |
| Successor4: | himself |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata party |
| Otherparty: | |
| Spouse: | Vanaja |
| Occupation: | Director, MLA, Actor, Producer, former Sub Inspector |
Basavanagowda Channabasavanagowda Patil is an Indian Kannada film actor turned politician who is the former Minister of State for Agriculture of Karnataka from 7 February 2020 to 13 May 2023. (He is a three-term MLA from Hirekerur assembly constituency.[2] B. C. Patil is a former cop, and apart from acting, he has also worked as a producer and director in the Kannada Film Industry.)
B. C. Patil was born on 14 November 1956 to the couple Sri. Channabasavanagowda Patil and Smt. Shivamma. He is married to Smt. Vanaja and has two daughters, Sowmya and Srushti.[3] After completing B.A., he joined the Karnataka Police department on 1 August 1979 and was trained at Police Training College, Mysore.[4]
B. C. Patil debuted in the Vishnuvardhan hit Nishkarsha. He has acted in the films Premachari, Kaurava, Shivappa Nayaka and Jogula. His performance in Nishkarsha was much appreciated by Vishnu. So far, he has acted in more than 25 films.[5]