Prakash Raj 是一位印度演员、电影导演、制片人和电视节目主持人，以其在南印度电影界的作品而闻名。除了他的母语卡纳达语外，他精通泰米尔语、泰卢固语、马拉雅拉姆语、马拉地语、印地语和英语，这使他成为印度电影中最受追捧的演员之一。他扮演过各种角色，最著名的是作为反派和性格演员。1998 年，他凭借 Mani Ratnam 的 Iruvar 获得了国家电影奖最佳男配角奖，并于 2009 年凭借在 Kanchivaram 中的角色获得了国家电影奖最佳男主角奖。作为制片人，他凭借《普塔卡纳公路》获得了卡纳达语国家电影奖最佳故事片奖。

Prakash Raj is an Indian actor, film director, producer and television presenter who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry. Apart from his mother-tongue, Kannada, his fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema. He has played a variety of roles, most notably as an antagonist and character actor. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram. As a producer, he won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for Puttakkana Highway.