Biography
Dileep Rao (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in feature films and television series. He starred in Sam Raimi's horror film Drag Me to Hell (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar (2009), and Christopher Nolan's thriller Inception (2010).
Known For
Complete Filmography

Avatar 4
2029
as Dr. Max Patel
The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
2024
as Self
Extensive Behind-The-Scenes Documentary Featuring New And Archival Interviews With Co-Writer/Producer Ivan Raimi, Actors Alison Lohman, Dileep Rao And...

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Dr. Max Patel
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

Remember Amnesia
2019
as Dr. Jay
A US-based Physician from India loses his memory during an accident while visiting India and as his memory comes back, he can't remember whether he ha...

Fanboy
2019
as Dileep
A video store employee from South Carolina travels to Hollywood when he learns that his favorite director is holding auditions for his next big film.

Extracurricular Activities
2019
as Ronnie
The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classm...

The Lie Game
2018
as Joel
A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.

Resurrect
2018
as Raul
A film director gruelingly pushes a washed-up actress to her physical and mental breaking point to get the best performance of her career in this neo-...

Where You Are
2016
as Talk Show Host
When Jen's son disappears during a game of hide-and-seek she unwittingly embarks on a journey through time to find him.

Beeba Boys
2015
as Kash Sood
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crim...

Polis
2014
as Scientist 2
Set in the distant future, POLIS is a sci-fi thriller about David Porter, a young telepath whose search for his mother threatens to uncover a utopian ...

Murder of a Cat
2014
as Dr. Jag Mundhra
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely...

The Tutor
2013
as Ferdinand
James, a boy with an over-active imagination, tricks his tutor into spending their first session searching for his runaway twin brother who doesn't ac...

The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes
2011
as Nick Carraway
The Fitzgerald classic as you've never seen it, transposed to a Los Angeles of sleek modern architecture and strip-mall foot clinics.

Inception
2010
as Yusuf
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as pa...

Avatar
2009
as Dr. Max Patel
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecti...

Drag Me to Hell
2009
as Rham Jas
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for th...