Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 38 years, he starred in 72 feature films. He has played a variety of challenging roles in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi films.[1] He has received seven state Nandi awards, and six Filmfare Awards for best acting.
Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production, most of them turned out to be blockbusters, owing to this, he is widely known as Victory Venkatesh in the media.[2] Apart from films, He is the mentor of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League.[3] [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Prema Nagar | Young Kesava Varma | Child artist | |
| 1986 | Kaliyuga Pandavulu | Vijay | [5] [6] | |
| Brahma Rudrulu | Satya Prasad | |||
| 1987 | Ajeyudu | Murali | ||
| Bharatamlo Arjunudu | Arjun | |||
| Trimurtulu | Raja | |||
| Vijetha Vikram | Vikram | |||
| Srinivasa Kalyanam | Srinivas | |||
| 1988 | Raktha Tilakam | Krishna Prasad | ||
| Brahma Puthrudu | Sakthi | —Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu | [7] | |
| Swarna Kamalam | Chandra Sehkar | |||
| Varasudochhadu | Raghu / Bose | |||
| 1989 | Prema | Pruthvi | ||
| Ontari Poratam | Raja | |||
| Dhruva Nakshatram | Dhruva Kumar | |||
| Jayammu Nischayammu Raa | Himself | Cameo appearance | ||
| Two Town Rowdy | Sakthi | |||
| 1990 | Aggiramudu | |||
| Bobbili Raja | Raja | |||
| 1991 | Sathruvu | Ashok | ||
| Coolie No.1 | Raju / Bharath | |||
| Surya IPS | Surya | |||
| Kshana Kshanam | Chandu | |||
| 1992 | Chanti | Chanti | ||
| Chinarayudu | Chinarayudu | |||
| Sundarakanda | Venkateswarlu | |||
| 1993 | Anari | Rama | Hindi film | |
| Kondapalli Raja | Raja | |||
| Abbaigaru | Dora Babu | |||
| 1994 | Super Police | Vijay | ||
| Muddula Priyudu | ||||
| 1995 | Pokiri Raja | |||
| Taqdeerwala | Suraj | Hindi film | ||
| 1996 | Dharma Chakram | Rakesh | [8] | |
| —Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu | ||||
| Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya | Ravi Chandra | |||
| Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu | Sriram | |||
| Saradha Bullodu | Vijay | |||
| Pavithra Bandham | Vijay | |||
| 1997 | Chinnabbayi | Sundarayya | ||
| Preminchukundam Raa | Giri | |||
| Pellichesukundam | Aanand | |||
| 1998 | Suryavamsam | |||
| Ganesh | Ganesh | [9] | ||
| —Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu | ||||
| Premante Idera | Murali | |||
| 1999 | Raja | Raja | ||
| Seenu | Seenu | |||
| 2000 | Kalisundam Raa | Raghu | [10] | |
| —Filmfare Special Award – South | ||||
| Jayam Manade Raa | —Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu | |||
| 2001 | Devi Putrudu | |||
| Prematho Raa | Chandra Sekhar "Chandu" | |||
| Nuvvu Naaku Nachav | Venkateswarlu "Venky" | |||
| 2002 | Vasu | Vasu | ||
| Gemeni | Gemeni | |||
| 2003 | Vasantham | Ashok | ||
| 2004 | Malliswari | Vara Prasad | ||
| Gharshana | DCP Raamachandra | |||
| 2005 | Sankranthi | Raghavendra | ||
| Subash Chandra Bose | ||||
| 2006 | Lakshmi | Lakshmi Narayana | ||
| 2007 | Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule | Ganesh | ||
| Tulasi | Parvathaneni Tulasi Ram | |||
| 2008 | Chintakayala Ravi | Ravi | ||
| 2009 | Eenaadu | Commissioner Eeshwar Prasad | ||
| 2010 | Namo Venkatesa | Venkataramana "Venky" | ||
| Nagavalli | ||||
| 2012 | Bodyguard | Venkatadri / Venky | ||
| Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | Ballari Babu | Special appearance in the song "Sye Andre Nanu" | ||
| 2013 | Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu | Peddodu | ||
| Shadow | Rajaram | |||
| Masala | Venkata Raja Narasimha Balaram | |||
| 2014 | Drushyam | Rambabu | ||
| 2015 | Gopala Gopala | Gopalaraao | [11] | |
| 2016 | Babu Bangaram | ACP Krishna | ||
| Premam | DCP Rama Chandra | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2017 | Guru | Aditya | ||
| 2018 | Agnyaathavaasi | Guru | Cameo appearance | |
| 2019 | Venky | |||
| Venky Mama | Venkataratnam "Military Naidu " Venky Mama"" | |||
| 2021 | Narappa | Narappa | ||
| Drushyam 2 | Rambabu | |||
| 2022 | F3: Fun and Frustration | Venky | ||
| Ori Devuda | God | Extended Cameo | ||
| 2023 | Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan | Gundamaneni Balakrishna "Rowdy Anna" | Hindi film | |
| 2024 | Saindhav | Saindhav Koneru "SaiKo" | ||
| 2025 | Sankranthiki Vastunnam | "Unknown" | Telugu film | |
| 2025 | F4 | Venky | Telugu film | |
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| Year | Title | Role | Network | Language | |
| 2023present | Rana Naidu | Naga Naidu | Hindi | ||
| 2023 | Maya Bazaar For Sale | Producer | Telugu |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Guru | Playback singer for the song "Jingidi" | |
| 2018 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Narrator | |
| 2021 | Krack | Narrator | |
| 2021 | Mosagallu | Narrator | |