Tottempudi Gopichand (born 12 June 1979) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action films, he made his debut with Tholi Valapu (2001) in a lead role. After playing an antagonist in films such as Jayam (2002), Nijam (2003), and Varsham (2004), he got his breakthrough as a protagonist with Yagnam in 2004.

His notable works include Andhrudu (2005), Ranam (2006), Lakshyam (2007), Souryam (2008), Golimaar (2010), Sahasam (2013), Loukyam (2014), Jil (2015), Goutham Nanda (2017), Seetimaarr (2021), and Pakka Commercial (2022). He is fondly referred to as "Action Star" and "Macho Star".

Early life Gopichand was born in a village near Tangutur in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the younger son of the filmmaker T. Krishna and was 8 years old when his father died. He was schooled at Nil Desperandum, Ongole (established by his father) and Ramakrishna Mission school, Chennai. He studied mechanical engineering in Russia.Interview with T Gopichand by Jeevi Retrieved 23 September 2017.

His elder brother Premchand was an associate director under Muthyala Subbaiah and started working as a director; however, he died in a car accident. Gopichand was in Russia at that time and could not attend his funeral due to visa issues. He also has a younger sister, who is a dentist.

After completing his engineering, he decided to pursue a career in films to continue his father's legacy and did a dialogue modulation course for a year. He is close friends with actor Prabhas, V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy, and Pramod Uppalapati; the latter two own UV Creations, a prominent production house in Telugu cinema, which produced his films Jil and Pakka Commercial.

Career 20012015: Debut, negative roles, and success Gopichand made his debut as a lead with the film Tholi Valapu, which was a failure causing him to play negative roles in his next films Jayam, Nijam and Varsham as well as Jayam'''s Tamil remake. He made his re-entry as hero with the films Yagnam in 2004 and Andhrudu in 2005. In 2006, he starred in the commercially successful Ranam and the commercially unsuccessful Raraju. His 2007 releases Okkadunnadu and Lakshyam, and the 2008 releases were Ontari and Souryam. He collaborated once again with Souryam director Siva for their 2009 release Sankham.

His 2010 release Golimar saw him playing an encounter specialist inspired by the real-life cop Daya Nayak. In 2011, he acted in Mogudu and Wanted but both were commercial failures. In 2013, he reunited with director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (after Okkadunnadu) for the action-adventure film Sahasam which became his biggest commercially successful film at that time. In 2014, he starred in Loukyam commercially became his most successful film. In 2015, he starred in Jil, which was his last successful film.

2015present: Resurgence His next 2015 release was Soukhyam, and in 2017, he starred in Goutham Nanda and Oxygen, all of which were both commercially unsuccessful. His next film Aaradugula Bullet was slated to release the same year but did not materialize until 2021 and was a failure. In 2018, he played a vigilante in Pantham, which was his 25th film. In 2019, he played a spy in Chanakya.

In 2021, his sports action film Seetimaarr, directed by Sampath Nandi received positive reviews and was a success in the box office. The film star co-stars Tamannaah Bhatia, Digangana Suryavanshi, and Bhumika Chawla. He has also worked on another film, Pakka Commercial which was directed by Maruthi and also featured Raashi Khanna. His next movie, Ramabanam, directed by Sriwass was released in May 2023 and released to negative reviews. It was a box-office bomb. This film marked the return of the combination of Sriwass and Gopichand, and also was Gopichand's 30th film. His next film, Bhimaa (2024), was directed by A. Harsha and was a fantasy action drama film. The film was released to negative reviews.

Personal life He was born and raised in Tangutur, Andhra Pradesh. He married Reshma, niece of Telugu actor Srikanth in 2013. The couple has two sons.

Filmography FilmsAll films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.'' Year Title Role(s) Notes 2001 Tholi Valapu Prem 2002 Jayam Raghu 2003 Nijam Devadaya “Devudu” Sharma Jayam Raghu Tamil film 2004 Varsham Bhadranna Yagnam Seenu 2005 Andhrudu Surendra 2006 Ranam Chinna Raraju Kaali 2007 Okkadunnadu Kiran Lakshyam Chandu 2008 Ontari Vamsi Souryam Vijay IPS 2009 Sankham Chandu 2010 Golimaar Inspector Gangaram 2011 Wanted Ram Babu Mogudu Ram Prasad "Bujji" 2013 Sahasam Goutham 2014 Loukyam Venkateswarlu "Venky" 2015 JilJai Soukhyam Srinivas "Seenu" Rao 2017 Goutham Nanda Goutham Ghattamaneni and Nanda Kishore Oxygen Major Sanjeev / Krishna Prasad 2018Pantham Vikranth 2019 Chanakya Arjun / Ramakrishna 2021Seetimaarr Karthi Aaradugula Bullet Shiva 2022Pakka Commercial Adv. Ramchand 2023RamabanamVicky / Ramabanam2024 Bhimaa Bhimaa and Ramaa ViswamViswam

Awards and nominations YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef2003JayamCineMAA AwardsBest VillainFilmfare Awards SouthBest Villain – TeluguNandi AwardsBest Villain2004NijamCineMAA AwardsBest Villain2005VarshamCineMAA AwardsBest Villain

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