
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian film actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, and Indian Theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in various films like Jungle, Sarfarosh, Swades, Makdee, and Darna Zaroori Hai where he often plays drunkard, wayfarer, and comic roles. He has directed over 5 films. The bulk of his work, however is in theatre. He has written 350 full-length plays and at least 12 short plays and has his own theatre company, Ansh. Deshpande has an unconventional personality and is noted for his unusual outfits and hairstyles. He lives in Vile Parle in Mumbai. He studied in Shri BPM school.
as Himself

as CR
1998

as Peddanna
2022
as Himself
2002

as Baba Shakti
2024

2025

as Swamiji
2025

2022

as Sikandar Singh
2023

as Sidharth Anirudh Prasad
2004

as Fakir
2004

as Advocate Chandrakant Mule
1998

as Meera
2025
2025

as Swamiji
2025

as Meera
2025

2025

as Govind Gujjar
2025

2024

2024

as Kondareddy
2024

2024

2024

as Skandhi
2024

as Baba Shakti
2024

2024

2023

as Sikandar Singh
2023

as Vetty
2023

as Saahi Bhai
2023

as RAW Chief Shastri
2023

as Chief Kalarmugar
2023

as Prisoner
2023

as Arun
2023

2022

2022

2022

as Mangesh Pandey
2022
as Chandu Trivedi
10 ep.
Director