Dayahang Rai

Dayahang Rai (; born 13 April 1980) is a Nepalese actor, director, and playwright. He is one of the most popular actor of Nepal. He has starred in over 50 films and is one of the leading contemporary actors of Nepal. He has received various accolades throughout his acting career. Dayahang is a theatrical actor who made the jump to Nepali cinemas.

Dayahang rose to prominence from the television series ''Yuva'', ''Dalan,'' and ''Hamro Team''. He made his film debut with ''Anagarik'' (2006). ''Dasdhunga'' (2010) was fairly successful, but ''Loot'' (2012) turned out to be the turning point in his career, which was a massive hit. Since then he has starred in many commercially successful films ''Chhadke'' (2013), ''Badhshala'' (2013), ''Karkash'' (2013), ''Jholey'' (2014), ''Kabaddi'' (2013) and its sequels ''Kabaddi Kabaddi'' (2015) and ''Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi''(2019), ''Talakjung vs Tulke'' (2014), ''Woda Number 6'' (2015), ''How Funny (''2016), ''Bir Bikram'' (2016), ''Loot 2'' (2017), ''Kaanchi'' (2018) and ''Jatrai Jatra'' (2019). The movie ''White Sun'' (2016) which he starred in, was the first ever Nepali movie entered for the Academy Awards.

Dayahang Rai is the recipient of numerous awards including three National Awards for best supporting actor in 2009 for ''Dasdhunga;'' best actor in 2015 for ''Sambodhan'', and best actor in 2016 for ''Kabaddi Kabaddi.'' Provided by Wikipedia