Raj Deepak Shetty

Raj Deepak Shetty (born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actor, predominantly working in Kannada and Telugu films.

Early life
Raj Deepak Shetty was born to Prem Shetty and Sarala Shetty in Mangalore, Karnataka. Raj Deepak finished his schooling at Milagres Pre University and graduated from St. Aloysius, Mangalore. Raj Deepak's interest in acting started at an early age when he was taking part in school and college plays.

Personal life
On 18 October 2020 Raj Deepak Shetty married Sonia Rodrigues.

Career
Raj Deepak Shetty started his acting career with working in Kannada serials. He has worked in Kadambari, Preethi Illada Mele, Nigooda, Bande Baruthava Kaala, Muthina Thene, Luv Lavike, Niharika and other serials.

Director Chethan Kumar cast him as an antagonist opposite actor Dhruva Sarja in the film Bharjari, which was released in the year 2017. After which Raj Deepak played the antagonist in the movies Tiger and Srikanta, directed by Nanda Kishore and Manju Swaraj respectively. Srikanta was his first film release followed by Tiger and Bharjari.

His role as Devendra Viswanath, in the movie iSmart Shankar, directed by Puri Jagannath,  introduced him to the Telugu film industry. Playing the lead as Pratap Reddy in his debut web series, Gods of Dharmapuri, directed by Anish Kuruvilla is fetching him many roles in Telugu Film Industry. Deepak was last seen in the 2024 Sankranti release Telugu film Hanu Man.

In the Year 2023 Raj Deepak acted as a leading antagonist in the Kannada movie Toby.

Raj Deepak played the antagonist in the 2024 blockbuster Telugu movie Hanu-Man, Directed by Prasanth Varma.