Gadde Rajendra Prasad (born July 19, 1956), better known as Rajendra Prasad, is a Telugu film actor. He was born in a middle class family from Nimmakuru, Krishna District. He acquired an engineering degree from Andhra University but preferred a career in acting. After initial hardships in search of a break in the film industry, he got a role in the movie Sneham. During the initial phase of his career he got petty roles but emerged as a very popular comedy actor in the decades of eighties and nineties starting from Vamsy's Ladies Tailor (1985). In his 26 years film carrier he acted in more than 200 Telugu movies and few Tamil movies. He is fondly called the King of Comedy,Natakireeti, Rastra Hasyapathi, Andhra Charlie Chaplin & Millennium Family Hero and many more by his fans.

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Actor(1991) for Erra Mandaram.
• Nandi Award for Best Actor(2004) for Aa Naluguru.
• film fare award for best supporting actor 2004 for aa naluguru.