Sampath Raj Kumar (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian film actor who works primarily in the Tamil , Telugu and Malayalam films. He is quite popular in Kannada film industries also. His mother tongue is Tamil. He is best known for appearing in each film of director Venkat Prabhu's comedy trilogy, consisting of Chennai 600028, Saroja and Goa. He has also acted in supporting roles in various other films. He is mostly known in negative roles. He played a brief role as Ekambram in Malgudi Days for the episode 'Neighbors Help', which was directed by Kavitha Lankesh.