Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (born 23 October 1979), popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor, who is referred to as Young Rebel star in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Eeshwar. After playing the role of a lover boy in the 2004 blockbuster film Varsham, Prabhas continued in this vein, gaining mass appeal for his subsequent films. He appeared in the blockbuster hit Chatrapathi and continued enthralling masses with commercial entertainers like Munna, Ek Niranjan, Bujjigadu, Billa, and Mirchi proving his box office stamina. After gaining success, he started experimenting with youthful family entertainers like Darling and Mr. Perfect which were successful at the box office.
Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Mogalturu village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod and sister Pragathee. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju
In 2010 he acted in the romantic comedy movie ‘Darling’. The film was a commercial success, which was praised by critics and won CineMaa Awards Best Actor (Jury) for his role.