[3] He is best known for appearing in each film of director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, consisting of Chennai 600028, Saroja and Goa.
[4] He played a brief role as Ekambram in Malgudi Days for the episode "Neighbors Help", which was directed by Kavitha Lankesh.
[1] Sampath was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and spent his childhood in various places like Punjab, Bangalore and Delhi.
[7] Sampath who had interest in acting joined theatre and appeared in various stage plays.
He started his career in Kannada cinema with Preethi Prema Pranaya and Bimba.