Dileep
Acting
Biography
Dileep (born Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai) is a popular Malayalam actor, producer, and businessman. Starting his career as a mimicry artist, he rose to fame in the 1990s with his natural comic timing and went on to become one of the biggest stars in Malayalam cinema. Known for his versatility, Dileep has appeared in over 150 films ranging from slapstick comedies to family dramas and action packed entertainers. He gained widespread recognition with hits like Punjabi House (1998), Thenkasipattanam (2000), Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001), Meesa Madhavan (2002), Kunjikoonan (2002), Kalyanaraman (2002), C.I.D. Moosa (2003), Runway (2004), Vettam (2004), Chanthupottu (2005), Vinodayathra (2007), Bodyguard (2010) and Two Countries (2015), many of which remain fan favorites. Beyond acting, he has also produced several films under his banner Grand Productions. Dileep has received multiple Kerala State Film Awards and numerous popular accolades throughout his three decade long career. Despite controversies, he continues to be a leading figure in the Malayalam film industry, admired for his crowd pleasing roles and strong boxoffice presence.
Born: October 27, 1968
Place of Birth: Edavanakkad, Kochi, Kerala, India
Known For
Filmography
as Prince
as Pavithran
as Abel Joshua Maathan
as Aalan / Alexander Dominic
as Sathyanathan
as (Cameo)
as Keshu
as Santa Claus/Abel Abraham Thekken
as Jackson Mathew
as Krishnan
as Adv. Balakrishnan
as Kammaran
as Elephant (Voice)
as Ramanunni
as George Vadakkan
as Unnikuttan
as Purushothaman
as Charan Laathi
as Sathyanarayanan
as Ullas Kumar
as Josutty
as Roopesh Nambiar
as Cameo
as Chandramohanan / Vel Kozhu Kottuvan
as Raman
as Siddharthan
as Madhavan Mahadevan
as Storyteller (voice)
as Prince
as Aby Mathew
as Padmanabhan
as Kannan
as Himself
as Plapparambil Thoma
as Deva Raja Kammath
as Manu Varma
as Ashok Raj
as Shantanu
as Mayamohini/Mohan
as Charlie
as Mukkom Shajahan / Ravi
as Narrator
as Joji Varghese Mappilla
as Ajayan
as Nandagopan
as Binoy
as Solomon
as Krishnan Unni
as Nirappel Paappi
as Gautham Menon
as Jayakrishnan
as Unni Madhavan
as Johnykutty
as Advocate Nandan Menon
as Lt. Commander Sanjaynath
as Moz D. Samuel
as Ambadi Gopalan Nair
as Karthik Varma
as Karakkattu Mulla
as Ajith Thomas
as Manu Krishnan/Manuel/Subramanian
as Gokuldas
as Vinod Kumar
as Arjun Kumar
as C.I. Madhavan Kutty
as Aravindan
as Unnikrishnan / Salaam
as Vijayakrishnan
as Anandakkuttan / Akash Menon
as B. Krishnakumar Menon
as Radhakrishnan (Radha)
as Bhuvana Chandran
as Suryanarayana Varma (Unni)
as B. Sivankutty
as Akbar
as Gopinathan 'Gopi' Menon
as Gopalakrishnan
as Unni Damodhar/Valayar Paramasivam
as Benny Pookkattuparambil
as Kizhakkethil Sundaresan
as Captain Gopinath
as Krishnakumar
as Moolankuzhiyil Sahadevan / C.I.D. Moosa
as Manakkapalli Sadanandan
as Unnikrishnan (Vishnu)
as Sachidanandan
as Thekkedathu Ramankutty
as 'Meesha' Madhavan
as Sidharthan
as Soloman
as Kunjan / Karthik
as Ramesan
as Pavan K. Menon
as Ajith
as Appu
as Unnikrishnan B.
as Shathrughnan
as Babu
as Kunju
as Gopal Krishnan
as Karthik
as Mukundan
as Kannan
as Mundoor Ramanandan Nambyar
as Sulaiman
as Sepoy O. Manikandan Nair
as Premachandran Sundarakilladi
as Omanakkuttan
as Unni
as Charles
as Kichamani
as Dinakaran
as Radhakrishnan
as Venu
as Prasad
as Appukuttan
as Kumaran
as Paulachan
as Unni
as Solomon
as Preman
as Dhamu
as Gopi
as Rameshan
as Kesavankutty
as Jayadeva Sharma
as Rameshchandra Pothuval
as Vishnu
as Muthukulam Madhukumar
as Sathyaraj (K T Nair)
as Kunjananthan
as Unni
as Prakash
as Dileep
as Cadet 'Kokku' Thomas
as Dilip
as Parakkum Pappan