Vinod Nagpal (born 26 September 1940) is an Indian film, stage and television actor and a trained classical singer, who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has almost appeared in movies as a Character actor. He made his screen debut with Chashme Buddoor (1981). He is best known for his portrayal of Basesar Ram in the first Indian television serial Hum Log (1984). After his big breakthrough with Hum Log, he appeared in many commercially and critically acclaimed films like Naache Mayuri (1986), Bhrashtachar (1989), Paappi Devataa (1995), Dance of the Wind (1997), Tarkieb (2000), Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006), Aaja Nachle (2007), Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012), Pink (2016), Blue Mountains (2017), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Manto (2018).