Working primarily in Kannada films, Prem Kumar, popularly known as Prem has a Filmfare Award for Best Actor to his credit. He made his debut with the film Praana (2004), after which he was seen in films like Nenapiralli (2005), Jothe Jotheyali (2006), Jothegara (2010), Chandra (2012), Apoorva Mahan (2015), Mast Mohabbat (2016), Dalapathi (2018), Ezhumin (2018), Kaappaan (2019) and Mohabathin Kunjabdulla (2019).