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Dileep Rao

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Dileep Rao in Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Arriving home from the mental hospital, still broken from being raped by an ex, Robby begins a wild healing journey with her therapist to reconnect with herself, her parents and current boyfriend. Starring Lia Mariele and John Paul Jones in their professional acting debuts. Also featuring Dileep Rao (Inception, Avatar), Beth Scherr (S.W.A.T., Switched at Birth), Kelly Pantaleoni (Mac & Devin Go to High School), Robert Sciglimpaglia (Super Bowl Commercial "Happy Grad"), and Anasuya Isaacs. Written and Directed by Rebecca Ruhm. Cinemaphotography by Mario Garciduenas. Produced by Robert Sciglimpaglia, Rebecca Ruhm and Mario Garciduenas. Presented by award winning Belair Productions in association with John Tatoian Enterprises.
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Dileep Rao was born on 29 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Inception (2010), Avatar (2009) and Drag Me to Hell (2009).
BornJuly 29, 1973
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BornJuly 29, 1973
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    8.8
    Movie
    • Yusuf
    • 2010
    Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    7.9
    Movie
    • Dr. Max Patel
    • 2009
    Alison Lohman in Drag Me to Hell (2009)
    Drag Me to Hell
    6.6
    Movie
    • Rham Jas
    • 2009
    Dileep Rao and Nate Timmerman in Legend (2025)
    Legend
    Short
    • Suresh Chokshi
    • 2025

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Failure to Launch
      • Raj
      • Completed
      • TV Movie
      • 2024
    • Avatar 4
      • Dr. Max Patel
      • Post-production
      • 2029
    • Inheritance
      • Vikash
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Dileep Rao and Nate Timmerman in Legend (2025)
      Legend
      Short
      • Suresh Chokshi
      • 2025
    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • Max Patel
      • 2022
    • Bathtub Chronicles (2020)
      Bathtub Chronicles
      Short
      • Dr. Ray
      • 2020
    • Remember Amnesia (2019)
      Remember Amnesia
      7.9
      • Dr. Jay
      • 2019
    • Fran Kranz in Fanboy (2019)
      Fanboy
      6.9
      • Dileep
      • 2019
    • Ellie Bamber in Extracurricular Activities (2019)
      Extracurricular Activities
      6.2
      • Ronnie
      • 2019
    • Resurrect (2018)
      Resurrect
      6.4
      Short
      • Raul
      • 2018
    • Shalini Bathina in The Lie Game (2018)
      The Lie Game
      6.6
      Short
      • Joel
      • 2018
    • Rami Malek in Mr. Robot (2015)
      Mr. Robot
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Sandesh Markesh
      • 2017
    • Sky Soleil, Jeff Galfer, George Q. Nguyen, Jacob Givens, Liz Jenkins, Andrew Fleischer, and Peter Larney in Jeff's Place (2016)
      Jeff's Place
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Nurse Rao
      • Rao
      • 2016
    • Where You Are (2016)
      Where You Are
      6.9
      Short
      • Talk Show Host
      • 2016
    • Alan Tudyk in Con Man (2015)
      Con Man
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Ron
      • 2015
    • Z Nation (2014)
      Z Nation
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Odegard
      • 2015
    • For the Defense (2015)
      For the Defense
      TV Movie
      • Sanjay Paramesh
      • 2015
    • Jag Bal in Beeba Boys (2015)
      Beeba Boys
      4.9
      • Kash Sood
      • 2015

    Director

    • Dileep Rao and Nate Timmerman in Legend (2025)
      Legend
      Short
      • Director
      • 2025

    Writer

    • Dileep Rao and Nate Timmerman in Legend (2025)
      Legend
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2025

    Videos20

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    Inception
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    Inception
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    Inception
    Inception
    Clip 0:58
    Inception
    Avatar
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    Avatar
    Avatar
    Clip 1:31
    Avatar

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
    • Born
      • July 29, 1973
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      His father is an engineer, his mother is a physicist, and his sister is a professor at New York University.

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