Ram Charan
Konidela Ram Charan Teja (born 27 March, 1985) is an Indian actor, film producer, and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. The son of actor Chiranjeevi, Charan made his feature-film debut in Puri Jagannadh's action film *Chirutha* (2007), for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and the Nandi Special Jury Award. Charan gained recognition with his second film, S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action epic *Magadheera* (2009). He portrayed the dual roles of the warrior Kala Bhairava and modern-day Harsha, the film became the highest-grossing Telugu film of its time and earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and a Nandi Special Jury Award. He subsequently appeared in films including *Orange* (2010), *Racha* (2012), *Naayak* (2013), his Hindi debut in Apoorva Lakhia's *Zanjeer* / *Thoofan* (2013), *Yevadu* (2014), *Govindudu Andarivadele* (2014), and Surender Reddy's cop thriller *Dhruva* (2016). In 2018, Charan portrayed Chitti Babu, a hearing-impaired village mechanic, in Sukumar's rural drama *Rangasthalam* (2018), earning widespread critical acclaim and winning his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. He later portrayed revolutionary Alluri Sitarama Raju in S. S. Rajamouli's *RRR* (2022) alongside N. T. Rama Rao Jr., earning a nomination for Best Actor in an Action Movie at the Critics' Choice Super Awards. He starred alongside Chiranjeevi in Koratala Siva's *Acharya* (2022), headlined S. Shankar's political action drama *Game Changer* (2025) opposite Kiara Advani, and starred in Buchi Babu Sana's sports action drama *Peddi* (2026). In 2016, Charan founded the production company Konidela Production Company, which produced films including *Khaidi No. 150* (2017), the historical biopic *Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy* (2019), and *Godfather* (2022).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Peddi as Peddi Pehelwan
- 2025 · Game Changer as H. Ram Nandan / Appanna
- 2024 · RRR: Behind & Beyond as Self
- 2024 · Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli as Self
- 2023 · Kisi Ka Bhai... Kisi Ki Jaan as Special Appearance
- 2022 · Acharya as Siddha
- 2022 · RRR as Alluri Sitarama Raju
- 2021 · Unstoppable with NBK as Himself
- 2021 · Unstoppable with NBK as Self
- 2019 · Vinaya Vidheya Rama as Konidela Rama
- 2018 · Titu Talks as Ram Charan
- 2018 · Rangasthalam as Chelluboyina Chitti Babu
- 2017 · Bigg Boss Telugu as To promote himself as brand ambassador of "Disney+ hotstar"
- 2017 · Khaidi No. 150 as Special Appearance
- 2016 · Dhruva as Dhruva
- 2016 · The Kapil Sharma Show as Self
- 2015 · Bruce Lee: The Fighter as Bruce Lee / Karthik
- 2014 · Govindudu Andarivaadele as Abhiram
- 2014 · Yevadu as Sathya/Ram/Charan
- 2013 · Zanjeer as Inspector Vijay Khanna
- 2013 · Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
- 2013 · Naayak as Charan 'Cherry' / Siddharth Naayak
- 2012 · Rachcha as "Betting" Raj
- 2010 · Orange as Ram
- 2009 · Magadheera as Kala Bhairava / Harsha
- 2007 · Chirutha as Charan
- Future · Untitled Ram Charan - Sukumar Movie as