Doddanna is an Indian actor in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based ...

who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a

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actor. During this time, he entered the

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

film industry as a

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Early life

The youngest son in the family, Doddanna belongs to the

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community. He was named after his grandfather, Kadle Doddappa.

Career

He has portrayed

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, and other character archetypes. He has been especially successful as a comic actor.

Partial filmography

Kannada

Other language

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The f ...

- 1998-99 Winner for '' Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi'' *

South Indian International Movie Awards The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA Awards) rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreciate and hono ...

- 2012 Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for '' Katari Veera Surasundarangi'' *

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

- 2019 Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for '' Aatagadharaa Siva'' * 6th Arsikere Taluk Kannada Sahithya Sammelana President - 2016

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* {{authority control Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2006 1949 births