---
name: "Dileep Rao"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dileep-rao"
fi1m_id: "dileep-rao"
imdb_id: "nm2438307"
tmdb_id: 95697
wikidata_id: "Q1225469"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T08:25:49.679969+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dileep Rao

## Identity

Dileep Rao

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dileep-rao
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dileep-rao
- **IMDb ID:** nm2438307
- **TMDB ID:** 95697
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1225469
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dileep_Rao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2438307/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95697

Actor. Born 29 July 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 July 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7,583m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dileep_Rao, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2438307/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95697

## Coming up

- *Wishful Thinking* (2027-02-12)
- *Avatar 4* (2029-12-19), as Dr. Max Patel

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Avatar*](https://film.one/film/avatar.md) (70)

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## Biography

Dileep Rao is an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, on 29 July 1973, he holds a BA from the University of California, San Diego and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater. He began his career in regional theatre, including productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and South Coast Repertory, after an early stage role in the American premiere of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink.

Rao is known for supporting roles in major films, including Rham Jas in Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell (2009), Dr Max Patel in James Cameron's Avatar (2009) and its sequels Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), and Yusuf in Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010). He has also appeared in television series such as Mr. Robot (2015) and Brothers & Sisters (2006).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Max Patel — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Fi1m 68, as Dr. Max Patel — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Yusuf — [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Avatar* (2009), Fi1m 70, as Dr. Max Patel — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avatar 4* (2029), as Dr. Max Patel
- *Wishful Thinking* (2027), Actor
- *Inheritance* (2026), Actor
- *Quantum Entangled* (2026), as Professor
- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), as Max Patel — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), as Dr. Max Patel — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Remember Amnesia* (2019), as Dr. Jay
- *Fanboy* (2019), as Dileep
- *Extracurricular Activities* (2019), as Ronnie
- *The Lie Game* (2018), as Joel
- *Resurrect* (2018), as Raul
- *Where You Are* (2016), as Talk Show Host
- *Beeba Boys* (2015), as Kash Sood
- *Con Man* (2015), series, as Ron
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, as Sandesh Markesh — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Polis* (2014), as Scientist 2
- *Z Nation* (2014), series, as Odegard
- *Murder of a Cat* (2014), as Dr. Jag Mundhra
- *The Tutor* (2013), as Ferdinand
- *The Dictator* (2012), as Male GMW Host (Uncredited)
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Vikash Nayar
- *The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes* (2011), as Nick Carraway
- *Inception* (2010), as Yusuf — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Avatar* (2009), as Dr. Max Patel — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), as Rham Jas
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Glenn Richard
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Arlo Natterson

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