Rajesh Tailang | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Notable work | Siddharth (2013 film) |
Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in Siddharth,[1] for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.[2] He also wrote the dialogues for Siddharth and for Amal. Besides being an actor and writer, he is a poet as well. He is the brother of late cartoonist Sudhir Tailang.
He has also appeared in the films Phantom, Dev, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Thakshak, Amal, Umrika and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and the television series Shanti. He also had supporting roles in Netflix Originals Selection Day and Delhi Crime along with Amazon Prime Original Mirzapur.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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1998 | Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa | Somu's Father | |||
2004 | Dev | ACP Waman Bhonsle | |||
2005 | Mangal Pandey: The Rising | Brahmin Sepoy of India | |||
2007 | Amal | Dhaba Owner | |||
2013 | Siddharth | Mahendra Saini | [3] | ||
2015 | Umrika | Postman | |||
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Babul | ||||
Phantom | Raw Agent Alok | ||||
2017 | Haseena Parkar | Advocate Shyam Keswani | [4][5] | ||
2018 | Omerta | General Mahmood | |||
Mukkabaaz | Shravan's Father | [6] | |||
Aiyaary | Brigadier K Srinivas | ||||
2019 | Commando 3 | Roy | |||
2020 | Panga | National Coach Sinha | |||
Comedy Couple | Mukesh | ||||
2021 | Pagglait | Tarun | Netflix Release | ||
2022 | Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha | TV News Reporter Ravi Kumar | |||
2024 | Kooki | Dhanajay Mishra | Ulajh † | TBA | [7][8] |
Year | Films | Role | Director | Notes |
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2015 | Mast Qalandar | Master | Divij Roopchand | Best Student Film at the Manchester International Film Festival 2016 and Best Short Film at Flicks International Student Short Film Festival.[9] |
2016 | Zoya (Short) | Zoologist | Sahirr Sethhi | Premiered at 2016 Palm Springs International ShortFest[10] |
Year | Title | Role | Platform |
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1995 | Shanti | Manu | Doordarshan |
2018–present | Mirzapur | Ramakant Pandit | Amazon Prime Video |
2018 | Selection Day | Mohan Kumar | Netflix |
2019–present | Delhi Crime | Bhupender Singh | Netflix |
2020 | Crackdown | Ashvini Rao | Voot |
2020 | Bandish Bandits | Rajendra | Amazon Prime Video |
2021 | Dhindora | Parshad | YouTube |
2021 | Andaman | UPSC Interview panel chairman | Dailymotion |
2022 | Dahan: Raakan Ka Rahasya | Parimal Singh | Disney+ Hotstar |
2023 | Trial By Fire | Veer Singh | Netflix |