Entering the industry in 2001 with the Kiccha Sudeep starrer, Huccha, Umesh Punga is an Indian actor, who works in the Kannada film industry. Since then he has acted in movies like Majestic (2002), Excuse Me (2003), Yardo Duddu Yellammana Jathre (2003), Avale Nanna Gelathi (2004), Jogi (2005), Ambi (2006), Eddelu Manjunatha (2009), Mylari (2010), Bisile (2010), Chiru (2010), Kari Chirathe (2010), Deadly-2 (2010), Jayammana Maga (2013), Jai Bajrangbali (2014), Adhyaksha (2014), Murari (2015), Siddhartha (2015) and Viraat (2016).

In 2018 Umesh acted in director Vinay Krishna's action thriller, Seizer. The cast also includes Chiranjeevi Sarja, V. Ravichandran, Parul Yadav, Ramesh Bhat and Prakash Raj in important roles.