Darshan Thoogudeep is an Indian actor, producer, and distributor who primarily works in the Kannada film industry. He made his lead role debut with the 2001 movie Majestic, directed by P. N. Satya and has since then appeared in several hit movies. Some of his memorable roles have come with the movies Datha (2006), Abbhay (2009), Saarathi (2012), Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna (2012), Jaggu Dada (2016) and Chakravarthy (2017). His 2019 releases include Yajamana, Kurukshetra and Odeya.