# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nagesh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:02.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nagesh"
name: "Nagesh"
slug: "nagesh"
description: "Cheyur Krishna Rao Nageswaran, popularly known as Nagesh, was an Indian actor and comedian mostly remembered for his comic roles in Tamil films during the 1960s. He acted in over 1,000 films from 1958 to 2008, performing in a variety of roles as comedian, lead roles, supporting actor, and antagonist. He has also acted in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films. Nagesh's style of comedy was largely inspired by Hollywood actor Jerry Lewis. Similarities between Nagesh and Lewis earned Nagesh the sobriquet the \"Jerry Lewis of India\". He was also nicknamed as the King of Comedy due to his comedic timing and body language."
tagline: "Indian actor and comedian (1933–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nagesh2005.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1933-09-27"
deathDate: "2009-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.62
  momentum:             7.883436817552365
  historical:           13.782428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  237
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619309/"
    handle:    "nm0619309"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ناجيش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ناجيش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6"
    title: "नागेश"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6"
    title: "নাগেশ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._K._Nagesh"
    title: "C. K. Nagesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagesh"
    title: "Nagesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B4"
    title: "ناگش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagesh"
    title: "Nagesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5"
    title: "ナーゲーシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "നാഗേഷ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6"
    title: "नगेश"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.K._Nagesh"
    title: "C.K. Nagesh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "நாகேஷ்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "నగేష్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B4_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ناگیش (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1022530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584249"
    title: "Nagesh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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