07/29/1973
Los Angeles, California, USA:
Dileep Rao (born Dileep A. Rao, 29 July 1973, Los Angeles, California) is an American actor of Indian (Kannadiga) descent. He grew up in Saudi Arabia, Colorado, and Claremont, California; earned a B.A. from University of California, San Diego and an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (classmates included Elizabeth Banks and Anna Belknap). He began in regional theatre (Berkeley Rep, South Coast Repertory) before moving to Los Angeles. He also competed on Jeopardy! in 2002, winning $34,400. His filmography includes: Drag Me to Hell (2009) (Alison Lohman, Jordan Ladd); Avatar (2009) (Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña); Inception (2010) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt); The Dictator (2012) (Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris); Murder of a Cat (2014) (Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi); Beeba Boys (2015) (Pankaj Tripathi, Rajkummar Rao); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) (Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña); Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) (Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña). Upcoming: Avatar 4 (2029). TV: Mr. Robot (2017), Touch (2013), Z Nation (2015).
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Avatar 4 (2029) as Dr. Max Patel |
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Wishful Thinking (2027) as |
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Clash at Death Mountain (2026) as Monk |
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Inheritance (2026) as |
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Quantum Entangled (2026) as Professor |
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) as Max Patel |
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Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell (2024) as Self |
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) as Dr. Max Patel |
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Remember Amnesia (2019) as Dr. Jay |
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Fanboy (2019) as Dileep |
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Extracurricular Activities (2019) as Ronnie |
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The Lie Game (2018) as Joel |
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Resurrect (2018) as Raul |
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Where You Are (2016) as Talk Show Host |
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Beeba Boys (2015) as Kash Sood |
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Polis (2014) as Scientist 2 |
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Murder of a Cat (2014) as Dr. Jag Mundhra |
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The Tutor (2013) as Ferdinand |
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The Dictator (2012) as Male GMW Host (Uncredited) |
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The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes (2011) as Nick Carraway |
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Inception (2010) as Yusuf |
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Avatar (2009) as Dr. Max Patel |
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Drag Me to Hell (2009) as Rham Jas |