Tennis Krishna is a Kannada actor and comedian.

[citation needed] Since Krishna was a common name in the film industry, he got the moniker Tennis Krishna to differentiate himself since he used to be a tennis coach.

[2] He acted with Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar in the movie Jeevanachaitra.

[citation needed] His first released Kannada, in a lead role for the first film was Appa Nanjappa Maga Gunjappa in 1994.

After the success of Appa Nanjappa Maga Gunajappa, Tennis Krishna acted in many more films mainly in comedy roles including Bannada Neralu and Ond Chance Kodi.