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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{For|the Bollywood actor and singer|Kishore Kumar}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kishore
| image = Kishore at Yaarivan Audio Launch.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Kumar at Yaarivan Audio Launch
| birth_name = Kishore Kumar G.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|08|14}}
| birth_place = [[Channapatna]], [[Karnataka]], India<ref name="YT1"/>
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| othername =
| yearsactive = 2004–present
| spouse = Vishalakshi
| relatives = [[D. R. Nagaraj]] (uncle)
| website =
}}

'''Kishore Kumar G.''' (born 14 August 1974),<ref>{{cite news|title=Kishore celebrates his birthday today|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Kishore-celebrates-his-birthday-today/articleshow/21820624.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 August 2013|access-date=1 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="DOB" /> known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Kishore''', is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films.

==Early life and education==
Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in [[Channapatna]], a town in the southern part of India's [[Karnataka]] State. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in [[Kunigal]], Karnataka, and college education in [[National College, Bangalore|National College]], [[Bangalore]].<ref name="YT1">{{cite AV media |date=15 January 2020 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Anchor Anushree Interviews Kishore - Sankranthi Special / Sandalwood / Anushree Anchor |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZy09ALjitQ|access-date= 4 April 2021|time= 2:35|location= |publisher= Anushree Anchor}}</ref> This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as ''Teregalu'' and ''Samrata Ashoka''.<ref name="DOB">{{cite news |title= From professor to bandit |url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/from-professor-to-bandit/article4485225.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 7 March 2013 |access-date= 1 November 2013}}</ref> He then did his masters in Kannada literature from [[Bangalore University]]. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore<ref name="Kishore" /> where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). His uncle was cultural critic [[D. R. Nagaraj]].<ref name="YT1"/> He is married to his college sweetheart Vishalakshi. During this time, he worked as a salesman for newspapers ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' and ''[[Prajavani]]''.<ref name="YT1"/>

==Acting career==
[[File:Actor Kishore.png|thumb|Kishore in Aadukalam (2011)]]
Kishore made his film debut in the 2004 [[Kannada film]] ''Kanti'', acting as Byaadara Beera. He got a role in the film after having been identified initially to design costumes for the film and eventually went on to win a State award for his role in it.<ref name="Kishore">{{cite news |title= Meet the actor who plays Veerappan in Attahasa |url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-kishore-veerappan-attahasa/20130308.htm |publisher= Rediff |date= 8 March 2013 |access-date= 1 November 2013}}</ref> For his role in the film ''Raakshasa'', he won the [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name="Kishore" /> He played a tough elder brother of heroines in ''[[Aakash (film)|Akash]]'' and ''[[Kallarali Hoovagi]]''. He was approached by director [[Vetrimaaran]] to work in ''Desiya Nedunchalai'', as he was looking for an actor who could speak Tamil with a Kannada accent. The film was dropped, but he got a chance to act in ''[[Polladhavan (2007 film)|Polladhavan]]''. The film was a major success at the box office. His other roles include a no non-sense cop in ''[[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]'', a Kabaddi coach in ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' and a forest brigand [[Veerappan]] in the 2013 film ''[[Attahasa]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kannada Review: 'Attahasa' is a technically brilliant biopic of Veerappan |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kannada-review-attahasa-is-a-technically-brilliant-biopic-of-veerappan/373120-71-203.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130223220642/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kannada-review-attahasa-is-a-technically-brilliant-biopic-of-veerappan/373120-71-203.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 23 February 2013 |website= ibnlive.in |date= 16 February 2013 |access-date= 1 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Attahasa (Kannada)|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/reviews/article1466261.ece|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=17 February 2013|access-date=1 November 2013}}</ref> In the same year, he appeared in a low-budget film ''[[Jatta (film)|Jatta]]'' in which played the role of a forest guard. In 2013 he was also in the Tamil films ''[[Haridas (2013 film)|Haridas]]'' as a police officer raising his autistic kid and makes him an athlete and ''[[Arrambam]]'' (2013) where he also played a cop.

In 2014, he appeared in ''[[Ulidavaru Kandanthe]]'', playing the role of Munna, another role that won him praise{{vague|date=October 2015}} from critics.<ref>{{cite news |title= Movie review: Ulidavaru Kandante |url= http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/reviews/Movie-review-Ulidavaru-Kandante/articleshow/32862836.cms |newspaper= Bangalore Mirror |date= 28 March 2014 |access-date= 5 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Kishore got his Tamil movie ''[[Thilagar]]'' released. Kishore's acting in the movie was praised{{vague|date=October 2015}} by critics though the movie was not very successful at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thilagar Movie review |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Thilagar/movie-review/46646359.cms|publisher = "Times of India" |date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
In ''[[Echcharikkai]]'' (2018), Kishore plays the role of a crook who kidnaps a girl for money along with a fellow crook. He later acted in famous web series "The Family Man Season 1", where he played the role of commando who fights against terrorists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/echarikkai--ithu-manithargal-nadamaadum-idam-review-review-tamil-siyjb0ibeaacd.html|title=Echarikkai- Ithu Manithargal Nadamaadum Idam review|website=Sify}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2004
|''Kanti'' || Beera || rowspan="4" |[[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br />(also for ''Rakshasa'') ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Rakshasa (film) |Rakshasa]]''
|| Shabbir
| ||
|-
|''[[Aakash (film)|Akash]]'' ||
| ||
|-
| ''[[Deadly Soma]]'' ||
| ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006
|''[[Happy (2006 film)|Happy]]'' || ACP Rathnam ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| ||
|-
| ''Kannadada Kanda'' || || rowspan="2" |Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kallarali Hoovagi]]'' || Mohiddin
| ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007
|''[[Polladhavan (2007 film)|Polladhavan]]'' || Selvam || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|Vijay Award for best villain||
|-
| ''[[Geleya]]'' || Don Bhandari || rowspan="4" | Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kshana Kshana]]'' || Kishore
| ||
|-
| ''[[Duniya (2007 film)|Duniya]]'' || Umesh Kumar
| ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2008
|''[[Gooli]]'' ||
| ||
|-
|''[[Inthi Ninna Preethiya]]''
|Kishore
|Kannada
|
|
|-
| ''[[Jayamkondaan]]''|| Guna || rowspan="2" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Silambattam (film)|Silambattam]]''|| Duraisingham
| ||
|-
|''[[Akka Thangi]]''|| Huliyappa || Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2009
|''[[Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu]]''|| Souda Muthu || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Birugaali]]''|| Inspector || Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Thoranai]]''|| Guru || Tamil || ||
|-
| ''[[Pistha (film)|Pistha]]''|| Rambabu || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Muthirai]]''|| Commissioner || Tamil || ||
|-
| ''[[Bheemli Kabadi Jattu]]''|| Kabaddi coach || Telugu ||
|
|-
|''[[Kabaddi (2009 film)|Kabaddi]]''|| Beeresh || Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2010
|''[[Porkkalam]]''|| Karnan || rowspan="3" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Bayam Ariyaan]]''|| Mithran
| ||
|-
| ''[[Vamsam]]''||Rathinam
| ||
|-
|''[[Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu]]''|| Kabaddi coach || rowspan="1" |Telugu
|
|
|
|-
|''Huli''|| Chandappa Huliyal || rowspan="3" |Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2011
|''[[Kallara Santhe]]''||
| ||
|-
| ''Birugalli''||
| ||
|-
| ''[[Aadukalam]]''|| Dorai || rowspan="2" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Mudhal Idam]]''|| Karuppu Balu
| ||
|-
|''9 To 12''|| Munna || rowspan="2" |Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012
|''[[Bhagirathi (film)|Bhagirathi]]''|| Maadevaraya
| ||
|-
| ''[[Dammu]]''|| Chandravanshi King's second son || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Thiruvambadi Thamban]]''|| Shakthivel ||[[Malayalam]]
| ||
|-
|''[[Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum]]''|| || Telugu
| ||
|-
| rowspan="7" |2013
|''[[Vana Yuddham]]''|| rowspan="2" |[[Veerappan]]|| Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Attahasa]]''|| Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Haridas (2013 film)|Haridas]]''|| Sivadas || Tamil
|Nominated for Best Actor ( Vijay Award) ||
|-
| ''[[Dalam (film)|Dalam]]''|| Shatruvu || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Ponmaalai Pozhudhu]]''|| Arjun's Father || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Jatta (film)|Jatta]]''|| Jatta || Kannada
| ||
|-
|''[[Arrambam]]''|| Prakash || Tamil
| ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2014
|''[[Karthikeya (film)|Karthikeya]]''|| Sahadev
|Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Ulidavaru Kandanthe]]''|| Munna
|Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Rowdy (2014 film)|Rowdy]]''|| Bhushan || rowspan="2" |Telugu
| ||
|-
|''[[Chandamama Kathalu]]''|| Sarathi
| ||
|-
|''[[Dalam]]''|| Satruvu
| Telugu ||
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2015
|''[[Thilagar]]''|| Bose Pandian || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Acha Dhin]]''|| Antony Issac || Malayalam
| ||
|-
| ''[[Vascodigama]]''|| Vasu D. Gamanahalli "Vascodigama" || Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[Calling Bell]]''|| Swami ji || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Thoongaa Vanam]]''|| Dhiraviyam || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Cheekati Rajyam]]''|| Dhiraviyam || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''Octopus''||Yashwanth|| Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2016
|''[[Visaranai]]''|| Auditor K.K. || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu]]''|| Kaale Gowda || rowspan="2" |Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''Bheeshma''||
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kabali (film)|Kabali]]''|| Veerasekaran || rowspan="2" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Rekka (film)|Rekka]]''|| Selvam
| ||
|-
| ''[[Pulimurugan]]''|| R. Krishna "R. K" Kumar, Forest Ranger || Malayalam
| ||
|-
|''[[Ilami]]''|| King || rowspan="2" |Tamil
| Guest appearance ||
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2017
|''[[Nisabdham]]''|| A.C.P. Parvez Ahmed
| ||
|-
| ''[[Veedevadu]]''|| Prakash Varma || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Yaar Ivan]]''|| Prakash || Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[PSV Garuda Vega]]''|| George || Telugu
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kalathur Gramam]]''|| Kedathirukka || rowspan="6" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Kalki (2017 film)|Kalki]]'' || Kishore
| Short film ||
|-
| ''[[My Son Is Gay]]'' || Gopi
| ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2018
|''[[Kadikara Manithargal]]''|| Maran
| ||
|-
| ''[[Echcharikkai]]''|| David
| ||
|-
|''[[Vada Chennai]]''|| Senthil
| ||

|-
| rowspan="13" |2019
|''[[Mikhael (film)|Mikhael]]''||N.Sreenivasan||Malayalam
| ||
|-
| ''[[Udgharsha]]''||Menon || Kannada
| ||
|-
| ''[[House Owner]]''|| Col. P. K. Vasudevan || rowspan="2" |Tamil
| ||
|-
| ''[[Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2]]''|| Savadamuthu
| ||
|-
|''[[Dorasaani]]''|| Communist head || Telugu
| ||
|-
|''[[Devaki (2019 film)|Devaki]]''|| Inspector || Kannada
| ||
|-
|''[[Nanna Prakara]]''
|Ashok
|Kannada
|
|
|-
|''[[Katha Sangama (2019 film)|Katha Sangama]]''
| Father
|Kannada
|
|
|-
|[[Mei (film)|''Mei'']]|| Muthukrishnan
|Tamil
|
|
|-
|''[[Jada (2019 film)|Jada]]''|| Sethu
|Tamil
| ||
|-
|''[[Arjun Suravaram]]''|| Police Officer
|Telugu
| ||
|-
|''[[Venky Mama]]'' || Major Anwar Sadat
|Telugu
| ||
|-
|''[[Chambal (film)|Chambal]]''||
|Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Shivarjuna]]''|| ||Kannada
| ||
|-
|''Thundhaiklu Saavasa''|| ||Kannada
| ||
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2021
|-
|''[[Maara]]'' || David || Tamil
| ||
|-
|''[[Acharya (film)|Acharya]]'' || || Telugu ||
|-
|''[[Sarpatta Parambarai]]''
|Munirathnam
|Tamil || Cameo appearance ||
|-
|[[Navarasa (web series)|''Navarasa'']]
|Comrade
|Tamil
|
|
|-
|''[[Djibouti (film)|Djibouti]]'' || || Malayalam || Filming
|-
|''[[Erida (2021 Movie)|Erida]]''|| || [[Bilingual]] ([[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]])||[[Amazon Prime Video]] exclusive
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
|-
|{{Pending film|[[Ponniyin Selvan (upcoming film)|Ponniyin Selvan]]}} ||Ravidasan || Multilingual
| Post-Production ||
|-
|}

=== [[Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu|Television]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Series
! Role
! Network
! Language
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2019 ||''[[High Priestess (series)|High Priestess]]''|| Vikram || [[Zee5]] || Telugu|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/telugu-web-series-high-priestess-explores-psychic-world-1.63508039|title=Telugu web series ‘High Priestess’ explores psychic world|website=gulfnews.com}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|The Family Man]]''
|Imran Pasha
|[[Amazon Prime Video]]
|Hindi
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/manoj-bajpayee-plays-james-bond-from-chembur-in-the-family-man-say-directors-raj-and-dk-5182191.html|title=Manoj Bajpayee plays James Bond from Chembur in The Family Man, say directors Raj and DK|date=14 September 2018|website=Firstpost|others=IANS|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830092041/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/manoj-bajpayee-plays-james-bond-from-chembur-in-the-family-man-say-directors-raj-and-dk-5182191.html|archive-date=30 August 2019|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''[[She (TV series)|She]]''
|Nayak
|[[Netflix]]
|Hindi
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=She Web Series Review Netflix Series {{!}} A Perfect Review|url=https://aperfectreview.com/she-web-series-review-erotic-thrills-and-suspense-packed-in-the-seven-episodes-imtiaz-ali-proves-his-debut-web-series-to-be-super-fine-for-an-ott-platform/|date=2020-05-23|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''[[Addham]]'' || Ram
|[[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]]
|Telugu
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/addham-movie-review-well-intentioned-telugu-anthology-that-offers-a-nuanced-take-on-morality-8920721.html|title=Addham movie review: Well-intentioned Telugu anthology that offers a nuanced take on morality - Entertainment News , Firstpost|date=16 October 2020|website=Firstpost}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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