Biography
Karthi is a Indian film actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, two SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. The younger brother of the actor Suriya and son of actor Sivakumar, Karthi initially joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director and made his acting debut with Paruthiveeran (2007), which earned him several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He went on to star in hit films like Paiyaa (2010), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Siruthai (2011), Madras (2014), Thozha (2016), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kaithi (2019), Thambi (2019), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022), Sardar (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), establishing himself as a commercially successful leading actor of Tamil cinema.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Vaa Vaathiyaar
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
3BHK
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
HIT: The Third Case
Character: ACP Veerappan (Special Appearance)
MOVIE • 2025
Kanguva
Character: Rathaangasan/ Commander Ryan
MOVIE • 2024
Meiyazhagan
Character: Meiyazhagan
MOVIE • 2024
Japan
Character: Japan Muni
MOVIE • 2023
Mark Antony
Character: Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE • 2023
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
Character: Vanthiyathevan
MOVIE • 2023
Sardar
Character: Chandrabose "Sardar"/Vijay Prakash
MOVIE • 2022
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
Character: Vanthiyathevan
MOVIE • 2022
Viruman
Character: Viruman
MOVIE • 2022
Vikram
Character: Dilli (voice)
MOVIE • 2022
Sulthan
Character: Vikram Alias Sulthan
MOVIE • 2021
Thambi
Character: Vicky (Saravanan)
MOVIE • 2019
Cooku with Comali
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2019
Kaithi
Character: Dilli
MOVIE • 2019
Dev
Character: Dev Ramalingam
MOVIE • 2019
Kadaikutty Singam
Character: Gunasingam
MOVIE • 2018
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru
Character: Theeran Thirumaran
MOVIE • 2017
Bigg Boss
Character: Himself - Promo for Kadaikutty Singam
TV • 2017
Crew
