Vinod Kumar Alva (born 1 April 1963) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Telugu and Kannada cinema[1] and appeared in Tamil and Malayalam films.[2] He is known as Vinod Kumar in Telugu film industry. He hails from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka in India.[3] He was brought to cinema field by noted producer of Kannada movies, Abbaiah Naidu.
