Dinesh Panicker is an Indian Indian film producer and actor, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He entered the industry as a producer with the classic movie, Kireedam (1989). Although the movie wasn`t a commercial success, it is now hailed as a classic. Dinesh went on to produce several other movies like Cheppu Kilukkunna Changathi (1991), Kaliveedu (1996), Rajaputhran (1996) and Pranayavarnangal (1998). He debuted as an actor with the 2008 movie Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam. Since then he has acted in movies like Mizhikal Sakshi (2008), Chaappa Kurish (2011), Annum Innum Ennum (2013), Left Right Left (2013), Angels (2014), Nirnnayakam (2015), Lord Livingstone 7000 Kandi (2015), Kali (2016) and Welcome to Central Jail (2016). Dinesh is also a regular actor on the television scene. He has acted in TV shows like Swapnam (2003-2004), Pattu Saree (2012-2014), Chandanamazha (2014) and Rathri Mazha (2016). In 2017 he acted alongside Lena, Babu Namboothiri, Biju Prabhakar, Dinesh Panicker and Kalasala Babu in director Sajin Lal`s Thank You Very Much. He is associated with the 2018 Malayalam crime-thriller 21 Diamonds directed by Mathew George, starring John Jacob and Sreedha Krishnan in lead roles. His 2019 releases include Janaadhipan, Nalla Vishesham and Ormma.