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Prem Chopra (Devanagari: प्रेम चोपड़ा) is an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He was born in Lahore in British India. His upbringing was in Simla. He joined the newspaper The Times of India in Bombay in the late 1950's.

He kept trying to get a break in films, and in 1962 got a Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh , the film won a National Award and got Prem noticed.

Among his early films he played Sukhdev in Shaheed, one of his rare positive leading roles. After Teesri Manzil and Upkaar he was flooded with films as a villain. After Upkaar in 1967 he left The Times of India.

He has ever since been a leading villain in Hindi films. The dialogue "प्रेम नााम है मेरा, प्रेम चोपड़ा" ( My name is Prem, Prem Chopra, inspired by Bond perhaps ?) from the film Bobby has been very popular.

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