
Nagesh (born Nageswaran C. Krishna Gundu Rao), was a Tamil film actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian during the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the most prolific comedians in Tamil cinema. Nagesh was born in a Kannada family from Dharapuram, Erode. He was educated in Madras and worked as a clerk in the Indian Railways before entering Tamil film industry. He acted in over 1,000 films from 1958 to 2008, performing in variety of roles as comedian, lead roles, supporting actor and antagonist.

as Sheikh Mukhtaar

as Raja Mokkaiyappar

as Saravana's grandfather

as Bose's Grandfather

as Sriman Venkatraman

as Church Father Rozario

as Annachi

as Parthasarathy

as Subramanyam 'Subbuni'

as Karthik's father

as Balu's elder uncle

as Chokkalingam

as Church Father

as Stephen

as Joseph

as Stephen

as Ramamurthy

as Police Officer

as Prabhakar Rao

as Idea Appa Rao

as Dead body

as Retired Army Colonel

as Kattabomman's grandfather

as Vathiyar

as Muthu

as Venugopal

as Minister Duraisamy

as Perumallu

as Panthulu

as Manikyam

as Maniyam

as Salim Bhai

as Vijaya's Father

as Paramasivam

as Avinashi

as Minister

as Thyagi Sathyamoorthy

as Dharmaraj

as Chari

as Pulla Rao

as Rahim

as Manager

as Muthu (Guest Role)

as Babu Rao

as Tippanna

as Anthony

as Sitapati

as Nagesh

as Ponnu swamy

as Parthasarthy

as Namachivayam

as Mannargudi Minor

as Victor

as Ponnambalam

as Varadhachary

as Goldsmith Rankan

as Ratnam

as R. K. Viswanatha Sarma

as Ratnam

as Dhanarajan / Lenindasan

as Sanyasi Rao

as Babu

as Dr. Soori

as Thalapathy / C.I.D. Sivanandam

as Rango

as Ponnan, Kumara Devan's dearest friend

as Ramesh

as Sadhasivam

as Balu

as Ramu

as Swamy Kamalanandham

as Rajinikanth's Assistant

as Kamar

as Markandeyan

as Panchavarnam

as Thangappal Rangappan

as Raghu

as Sabhabadhi

as Subbu

as Krishnan

as Constable 1

as Kannaiah

as Chinna Pannai Singaram

as Mohan

as O Chidambaram

as Shanmugam

as Mannangatti Sundaram

as Kalimann

as Ramesh

as Ayyasamy/Mama

as Raju

as Balu

as Gajendran / Gajini

as Paavadai

as Baalu

as Jambu

as Dickie

as Ranga

as Babu

as Sedhu

as Boopathy

as Natarajan

as Stiphen Chandru

as Nagesh

as Seetharaman

as Shanmugam

as Chakravarthi

as Chellappin

as Sathiyam

as "Savadal" Vaithi

as Narayanan

as Madhu

as Chandran, Madhan's friend

as Madhusudhanan

as Sukumar

as Subbusami

as Balakrishnan

as Durai

as Dr. Thirupathy

as Sundaram

as 'Gobi' Gobinath

as Balu

as Ponnan

as Vaigundam

as Seenu

as Murali

as Krishna

as JB

as Thangamuthu and Manikkam

as Bus Conductor

as Mohan

as Venu

as Chowry

as Prison warden

as Neelu

as Oviyar

as Alwar

as R. Sattanathan

as 'Valippu' Manickam

as Annamalai

as Pattabi Raman

as Sundaram (Sekar Friend)

as Karunaimalai

as Raju

as Tharumi

as Azhaga

as Sethu

as Insurance Agent

as Thirupathy

as Govindhan

as Sandhanam (Chokkalingam Accountant)

as Balu

as Somasundaram

as Sundaram

as Priest

as Kithan

as Ganasabai

as Sanjeev

as Vidwan Sargunam

as Raman / Parasuraman / Balaraman

as Chellappa

as Madurai

as Veeraiyaa

as Peethambaram

as Pitamdhi / Arulappan

as Rayappan

as Prabhu's House Servant

as Peter

as Mohan