| Karthik Jayaram | |
| Birth Date: | 01 May 1979 (45 years) |
| Birth Place: | Koppa, Karnataka |
| Occupation: | Actor, model, engineer |
| Yearsactive: | 2010–present |
Karthik Jayaram is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. He is known for his work in the Colors Kannada television soap opera Ashwini Nakshatra, in which he played actor Jay "JK" Krishna. He also acted in Siya Ke Ram as Raavana in Star Plus.[1] His first role as a lead actor came in Just Love.[2] He was second runner-up in the 2017 reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5.
Karthik appeared in a television soap, Ashwini Nakshatra. In 2015, he was signed to play the role of Ravana in the mythological Hindi television series Siya Ke Ram that would be aired on Star Plus. He entered the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada 5. He finished as second runner-up.
| Television | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes | Ref |
| 2013–2015 | Ashwini Nakshatra | Jay Krishna "JK" | Main Lead | ||
| 2013 | Agnisakshi | Superstar Jk | Guest for some episodes | ||
| 2015- 2016 | Siya Ke Ram | ||||
| 2017-2018 | Bigg Boss Kannada 5 | Contestant | Second Runner up | ||
| 2020 | Naagini 2 | Aadishesha | Zee Kannada | First Episode | |
| 2022–present | Iblis | Sony SAB | Main Antagonist | [3] | |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kempe Gowda | Vaikunta | |||
| Vishnuvardhana | Dr. Surya Prakash | ||||
| Jarasandha | Ravi Poojary | ||||
| 2012 | Eega | Sudeep's friend | Uncredited role; Bilingual (Telugu, Tamil) | ||
| 2013 | Varadanayaka | Siddu | |||
| Padhe Padhe | [4] | ||||
| 2014 | Just Love | Surya | |||
| 2015 | Chandrika | Arjun | Bilingual (Kannada, Telugu) | ||
| Bengaluru 560023 | Karthik | [5] | |||
| Care of Footpath 2 | Inspector Karthik | [6] | |||
| 2016 | Sa | Zakir Hussain | |||
| 2017 | Vismaya | Christopher | |||
| 2018 | Kuchiku Kuchiku | ||||
| Aa Karaala Ratri | Chenna Keshava | Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Kannada | |||
| May 1st | Ravaana | Also scriptwriter[7] | |||
| Puta 109 | Inspector JK | ||||
| 2020 | O Pushpa I Hate Tears | Adhitya | Hindi film | ||
| 2021 | Maaligai | Vishnu / Vishnuvardhan | Tamil film; Only dubbed version released | [8] [9] | |
| 2023 | Iravan | [10] |