# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-s-umesh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:04.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-s-umesh"
name: "M. S. Umesh"
slug: "m-s-umesh"
description: "Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, was an Indian actor in Kannada cinema who had a career spanning over six decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was hired for the lead character in the film Makkala Rajya (1960). Thereafter, he acted in over 350 feature films. Brother of actor MS Sathya, Umesh was renowned for his unique dialogue delivery, facial expressions and comedy timing. He was also the music director of the television serial Jeevanada Jenahanigalu produced by Sundar Raj."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/M._S._Umesh_%282023%29.jpg/330px-M._S._Umesh_%282023%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-04-24"
deathDate: "2025-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.47
  momentum:             9.696710696710698
  historical:           6.228296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2287982/"
    handle:    "nm2287982"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ca9aad5-5a20-4493-a456-912a0fa72906"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "ام اس اوميش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._S._Umesh"
    title: "M. S. Umesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%82._%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D._%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಎಂ. ಎಸ್. ಉಮೇಶ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AE._%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6"
    title: "एम. एस. उमेश"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%82._%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D._%E0%B0%89%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "ఎం. ఎస్. ఉమేష్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4"
    title: "ایم ایس امیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19843221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2059904"
    title: "M. S. Umesh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump