Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1965[5]) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films.

[6][7] Ashish Vidyarthi was born on 19 June 1965 in Delhi, India to a Malayali father from Thalassery (North Malabar, Kerala), and a Bengali mother from Rajasthan with ancestry in West Bengal.

[8] His mother Reba Vidyarthi (Née: Chattopadhyay) was a Kathak guru,[9] while his father Govind Vidyarthi is an expert in cataloging and archiving vanishing Performing Arts of India for the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Ashish received the Star Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role, for the 1996 film Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin.

[11] He is the co-founder and curator of AVID MINER Conversations, which are interactive modules customized for organizations.