Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, television presenter, producer, screenwriter and filmmaker who works in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is the son of politician Vilasrao Deshmukh.
Deshmukh began his acting career with the film Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) and since then he has worked in several successful films such as Masti (2004), Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005), Bluffmaster! (2005), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Heyy Babyy (2007), Dhamaal (2007), Housefull (2010), Double Dhamaal (2011), Housefull 2 (2012), Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum (2012), Grand Masti (2013), Housefull 3 (2016), Total Dhamaal (2019), Housefull 4 (2019) and Baaghi 3 (2020). He received widespread critical acclaim for playing a serial killer in the romantic thriller Ek Villain (2014).
In Marathi cinema, he debuted as a producer with Balak-Palak (2013), made his Marathi acting debut with action film Lai Bhaari (2014) and made his directorial debut with Ved (2022).
Deshmukh is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.
Film Note: all films are in Hindi, unless otherwise noted. Year Title Role Notes 2003Tujhe Meri Kasam Rishikesh Bhosle Out of Control Jaswinder Singh Bedi 2004 Masti Amar Saxena Bardaasht Anuj Shrivastava Naach Diwakar Singh 2005 Home Delivery Suresh Trivedi Cameo appearance Kyaa Kool Hai Hum Karan Pandey Mr Ya Miss Shekhar Bluffmaster! Aditya "Dittu" Shrivastav / Arjun Bajaj 2006 Fight Club Somil Gandhi Malamaal Weekly Kanhaiya Kumar Chaddha Darna Zaroori Hai Altaaf RoozuSegment: Imaginary Ghost Apna Sapna Money Money Kishen and Shweta Tiwari 2007 Namastey London Bobby Bedi Special appearance Om Shanti Om Himself in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" Cash Lucky Bagchi Heyy Babyy Tanmay Joglekar Dhamaal Deshbandhu Roy 2008 De Taali Paglu Chamku Arjun Tiwari 2009 Do Knot Disturb Goverdhan / Pappu Plumber Aladin Aladin Chatterjee Kal Kisne Dekha Kalicharan Cameo appearance Aao Wish Karein Adult Bonny 2010 Rann Purab Shastri Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai Rajesh Parekh Housefull Boman "Bob" Rao Jhootha Hi Sahi Caller No.2 / Aman Voiceover 2011 F.A.L.T.U Bajirao Love Breakups Zindagi Kunal Ahuja Cameo appearance Double Dhamaal Deshbandhu Roy 2012 Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya Viren Chaudhary Housefull 2 Jwala "Jolly" Kanojia Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum Sidharth Roy2013 Grand Masti Amar Saxena Himmatwala Ravi Singh Rana Cameo appearance Balak-Palak Marathi film; also producer 2014 Humshakals Pinku / Kumar / Sukhwinder Ek Villain Rakesh Mahadkar Lai Bhaari Mauli/PrinceMarathi film Entertainment Saral Mondal Cameo appearance 2016 Housefull 3 Tukaram "Teddy" Chaugule Great Grand Masti Amar Saxena Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 Satya Nash Cameo appearance Mastizaade Beep/Orgasm Baba Banjo Taraat Chaudhary2017 Bank Chor Champak Chiplunkar Faster Fene Marathi film; as producer 2018 Welcome to New York HimselfMauli Inspector Mauli / Mauli DeshmukhMarathi film 2019 Total Dhamaal LallanHousefull 4 Bangdu / Roy Sinha Marjaavaan Vishnu Shetty Dream Girl Himself the song "Dhagala Lagali"2020 Baaghi 3 Inspector Vikram Chaturvedi2022 AdrushyaKarthik Joshi Cameo appearances Ek Villain Returns Rakesh MahadkarPlan A Plan B Kosty Mister MummyAmol KoteVed Satya Jadhav Marathi film; also director 2024KakudaVictor JacobsVisfot Akash Shelar 2025Raid 2 Manohar Dhankar "Dada Bhai"Housefull 5 Jalabuddin "Jolly 1" Mastiii 4 2026Raja Shivaji Chatrapati Shivaji Hindi-Marathi bilingual film; also director, co-writer and producerDhamaal 4 Lallan
Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 9th IIFA Awards Himself 2009 10th IIFA Awards 2010 11th IIFA Awards 2011 12th IIFA Awards Airtel Superstar Awards 2013 Zee Cine Awards India's Dancing Superstar Judge CCL Glam Night Host 2014 Zee Cine Awards 2015 Sansui Colors Stardust Awards 2016 Yaadon Ki BaaraatHost Vikta Ka Uttar2024Bigg Boss Marathi 52026Bigg Boss Marathi 6
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2021 Ladies vs GentlemenHost 2022 Case Toh Banta Hai 2024 Pill Prakash Chauhan JioCinema series2026–Lock Upp: Sach Ya SazaHost
See also List of awards and nominations received by Riteish Deshmukh
References
External links Riteish Deshmukh filmography at IMDb