P. D. Sathish Chandra worked for The Hindu before working on the founding team of Red FM in Bangalore. He worked for Red RM for eighteen months and helped found the Gulbarga, Mangalore and Mysore stations. He worked as the programming head for Radio Mirchi98.3 Bangalore. He gained recognition for his role as Pandu in Panduranga Vittala on Zee Kannada, which ran for five years with 1,336 episodes. He hosted the spoof TV shot Vaaranna on Public TV. He works as a mentor for the Kala Soudha theatre space in Bangalore. He founded the performing arts organizationPradarshana Kala Samsthe. His first major film role was the villain in the Malayalam filmKutty Srank. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he made a video book along with fifty-one other actors. He is a frequent actor in M. G. Srinivas's films and played a steampunk-esque character Time in Old [Monk (film)|Old Monk].