Dinesh Prabakar is also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in the Malayalam movie industry. He hails from Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. He has debuted in the Malayalam film, Meesa Madhavan (2002).Dinesh made his debut with a small role in Meesa Madhavan as lead actors friend. He started bagging small roles in malayalam films soon after his debut. He started his Ad film agency together with couple of friends. Meanwhile he involved much into more aspects of film industry like dubbing, production executive,casting director etc. He is often referred to as the first casting director of Mollywood.He is also acted in films like Jacobinte swarga rajyam,swapnakoodu,pattalam,best actor etc.