Ashutosh Rana

Rana started his career with the television serial Swabhimaan, followed by serials like Farz, Sazish, Jax Kabhi, Waris and anchoring the TV show, Baazi Kiski.[7][8] He also hosted Sarkaar Ki Duniya, a reality show which took place on Mango Island in Karwar, Karnataka. Later, in 2010, he had acted in a Star Plus show Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha, where he played a negative role as Thakral. He had also played lead role in famous TV serial of Doordarshan, named Apradhi Koun.

Rana became known in Indian Cinema after his movie Dushman, where he played a cold blooded psychopathic killer. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. And in some movies he played supporting roles. He has also won two Filmfare Awards in the category of Best Villain for his performances in the films Dushman and the film Sangharsh.

He has acted in South Indian films. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films. He played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.[9]

He has acted in many Kannada films. He has shared screen space with South Indian Super Star Vishnuvardhan, a star of 220 movies in five different languages. He acted in the Kannada film Vishnu Vijaya, starring Akshay Kumar.[10] He also acted with Vishnuvardhan in the 2005-released super hit film Vishnu Sena,[11] and the 2007 released movie Kshana Kshana[12] that also starred Aditya and Prema.

In year 2021, for his performance as the grief stricken father in the Netflix film Pagglait, he won Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original film.

• Venky (2004) as Yogendra Kumar Sharma[16][17]
• Bangaram (2006) as Bhooma Reddy[18][19]
• Okka Magadu (2008) as Namboodriyar[20]
• Victory (2008) as MLA K. Devraj[21]
• Balupu (2013) as Poorna[22][23][24]
• Tadakha (2013) as Bagga[25][26]
• Pataas (2015) as G.K.[27][28]
• Courier Boy Kalyan (2015)[29][30]
• Krishnashtami (2016)[31][32]
• Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017) as Subbarayudu[33][34][35]
• Jai Simha (2018) as Thota Rami Reddy[36][37][38]
• Saakshyam (2018) as Munuswamy's 2nd brother[39][40][41]
• Viswamitra (2019) as A. Rana[42][43]
• Kalki (2019) as Narsappa[44]

• Vettai (2012) As Annachi[45][46][47]
• Meaghamann (2014) King Jothi[48][49][50]
• Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum (2016) Arun[51]
• Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017) G.K[52][53]
• Johnny (2018) Ram[54][55][56]
• Sangathamizhan (2019) Kulandaivel[57][58][59][60]
• Maaligai (2021)

• Vishnu Sena (2005)[61][62]
• Kshana Kshana (2007) as Rana[63][64]
• Avatara Purusha (2022) as Darka

• Sankasur (2013)... Marathi Movie[65][66]
• Yeda (2013 Film )... Marathi Movie[67][68]

• Sarkaar Ki Duniya (2009)
• Baazi Kiski (2001)
• Savdhaan India (2019 – present)

• Tehkikaat (1994) Episode 21 to 23 A Mystery Behind Sleep Walking Disorder as Shyam
• Swabhimaan (1995) as Tyagi
• Aahat (1995) Episode 1 The Closed Room, Episode 12 to 15 Explosion as Avinash
• X-Zone (1998-2000) Episode 47
• Saturday Suspense (1997-1999) as Inspector Raghuraj
• Waris (1999)
• Farz (2001)
• Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha (2010)
• Saazish
• Kabhi Kabhi
• Dhundh
• Apradhi Kaun? as Inspector Gaurav Gambhir
• Chhatrasal (2021) as Aurangzeb
• Aranyak (2021) as Mahadev Dogra
• The Great Indian Murder (2022) as Jagganath Rai
• Khakee: The Bihar Chapter (2022) as IG Mukteshwar Chaubey IPS