Akkineni Nagarjuna (Telugu: ఆక్కినేని నాగార్జున) (born 29 August 1959 in Chennai, India), is an Indian Tollywood and Bollywood actor and a producer.

Nagarjuna is the son of the Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Annapurna Akkineni. He is the youngest of their five children. Nagarjuna did his early schooling at Hyderabad Public School and later went to Little Flower Junior College for his intermediate education. Subsequently, he attended the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, from where he later transferred to the University of Michigan, where he completed his B.S in mechanical engineering. He then attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana where he received his M.S. After completing his education in the US, he returned to India thinking he would involve himself in business outside film. However this attempt did not last long, and he decided to pursue a career in acting, much to the delight of his father's fans. Nagarjuna married twice. His first wife, Lakshmi Ramanaidu, whom he married on 18 February 1984, is the daughter of prominent Telugu film producer, D.Ramanaidu, and sister of Telugu film star Venkatesh. Nagarjuna's and Lakshmi's son, Naga Chaitanya (born, 23 November 1986, Birth Place - Hyderabad) is making his acting debut with the film Josh, which released on 5 September 2009. Nagarjuna is married to Amala, an actress in the Tamil and Telugu film industry. Amala was born in West Bengal, India to an Irish Mother and Bengali Father. Her maiden name was Amala Mukherjee. After retiring from acting, she went on to become one of the prominent animal rights activists in India. She and Nagarjuna were married on 11 June, 1992 and have a son, Akhil (born on 8 April, 1994 - Birth Place - San Jose, USA). Akhil starred in the film, Sisindri as a toddler.