Jayaprakash Age, Wiki and Bio

Jayaprakash

Quick Info

ProfessionActor
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth14/06/1962
Age62 years
BirthplaceSirkazhi, Tamil Nadu

Bio/Wiki

Full nameV. Jayaprakash
Profession(s)
  • Actor
  • Producer

Physical Stats & More

Height167 cm
Weight80 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Personal Life

Date of Birth14/06/1962
BirthplaceSirkazhi, Tamil Nadu
Zodiac signGemini
NationalityIndian

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date26 September

Family

WifeZenith Jayaprakash
Children
Sons
  • Udith Dushyanth Jayaprakash (Actor)
  • Niranjan Jayaprakash (Actor)

Career

Debut
FilmTamil film 'Mayakannadi' (2007)
ProducerTamil film 'Gopala Gopala' (1996)
Dubbing ArtistAkshay Kumar in 2.0 (Tamil)
Awards
  • In 2010, he won the Jury Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie 'Pasanga' (2009).
  • In 2010, he became the winner of Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry for Best Supporting Actor for the movie 'Pasanga' (2009).
  • In 2011, he won the Merit Award for Best Character (Male) for the movie 'Naan Mahaan Alla' (2010).
  • In 2021, he was nominated for Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Foreign Language Film for the movie 'Magamuni' (2019).

Favourites

CuisineKerala cuisine
ActorSamarla Venkata Ranga Rao

Some Lesser Known Facts

V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer known for Tamil and Telugu movies.
He is Maharashtrian by birth and speaks Marathi at home.
Jayaprakash became known for his role in the Tamil movie 'Pasanga' (2009) as Chokkalingam.
Before his acting career, he worked in dairy farming, petrol business, transport, and billiards parlour.
He owns a production house named GJ Cinema and produced films like 'Chellamae' (2004) and 'Thavasi' (2001).
Jayaprakash appeared in Tamil movies like 'Naadodigal' (2009) and 'Mankatha' (2011) as supporting roles.
He was seen in Telugu films such as 'A Aa' (2017) and 'Republic' (2021).
Director Cheran convinced Jayaprakash to act in the film 'Mayakannadi' in 2007.
Jayaprakash revealed his interest in cars in an interview.
He values the script more than money in his acting career.
Jayaprakash appreciates the interactions with various creative minds as an actor.
He mentioned being offered fatherly roles in films, expressing mixed feelings about it.
Jayaprakash discussed the challenges of playing diverse roles in interviews.
He compared acting and producing in terms of comfort and challenge.
The Tamil industry believed Jayaprakash could follow in Prakash Raj's footsteps.