Acting

Santhanam

Born January 21, 1980 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (age 46)

Santhanam is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films as a comedian. Beginning his career as a comedian on television shows, he rose to fame through his performances in Vijay TV's Lollu Sabha enacting the lead role in spoofs of Tamil films. He was subsequently given a chance by actor Silambarasan to feature in a supporting role in Manmadhan (2004) and then was signed on …

Known For

Jailer 2

Jailer 2 · 2026

MovieActionComedy

Following the events of "Jailer", former ruthless police officer Muthuvel Pandian must come face-to-face with an even larger threat.

Thottal Poo Malarum

Thottal Poo Malarum · 2007

Thottal Poo Malarum

MovieActionRomance

A happy-go-lucky youngster falls in love with his wealthy classmate. However, the girl's mother is opposed to their relationship and arranges her wedding with a gangster's son.

Enthiran

Enthiran · 2010

MovieActionScience Fiction

Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.

Vaalu

MovieComedyRomance

Sharp (Simbu), a happy-go-lucky guy, loves Priya (Hansika), a college student, but later learns that she is enagaged to Anbu ( Aditya), a businessman-gangster. Priya wants them to remain friends and Sharp agrees, all the while scheming to make her fall in love with him.

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

Neethaane En Ponvasantham · 2012

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

MovieDramaRomance

Childhood friends Varun and Nithya are in love with each other but due to different career choices, they break up with each other. Years later, Varun meets her and tries his best to win her back.

Endrendrum Punnagai

Endrendrum Punnagai · 2013

Endrendrum Punnagai

MovieComedyRomance

Gowtham has a troubled childhood once his mother goes astray. He develops a dislike towards women in general and would often been seen in a pensive mood. Things change for the better when he bonds with Sri and Baby at school. They make a pact that they would never marry in life. When circumstances force Sri and Baby to deviate from this, the bonding of the trio breaks and Gowtham comes to understanding how his perceived misconceptions about life is so untrue.

Siruthai

Siruthai · 2011

MovieActionComedy

A thief comes across a little girl who says that he's her father. When he learns the truth about his lookalike, who's an honest cop, he decides to turn a new leaf and help get rid of the local baddie.

Salalah Mobiles

Salalah Mobiles · 2014

Salalah Mobiles

MovieComedyRomance

Afzal is happy after his uncle helps him to set up his mobile shop. However, things take an unexpected turn when Azhagarsamy gifts him a virus-infected mobile application.

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Jailer 2

Jailer 2 · 2026

MovieActionComedy

Following the events of "Jailer", former ruthless police officer Muthuvel Pandian must come face-to-face with an even larger threat.

Thottal Poo Malarum

Thottal Poo Malarum · 2007

Thottal Poo Malarum

MovieActionRomance

A happy-go-lucky youngster falls in love with his wealthy classmate. However, the girl's mother is opposed to their relationship and arranges her wedding with a gangster's son.

Ravi's friend

Enthiran

Enthiran · 2010

MovieActionScience Fiction

Dr. Vaseegaran creates Chitti, a powerful robot in his own image, but it is rejected by the scientific body AIRD due to its lack of human behaviour and emotions. After a lightning strike triggers emotions in Chitti, he begins to develop human-like feelings. However, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vaseegaran's fiancée, Sana, and turns against his creator, leading to dangerous consequences.

Siva

Vaalu

MovieComedyRomance

Sharp (Simbu), a happy-go-lucky guy, loves Priya (Hansika), a college student, but later learns that she is enagaged to Anbu ( Aditya), a businessman-gangster. Priya wants them to remain friends and Sharp agrees, all the while scheming to make her fall in love with him.

Tyre

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

Neethaane En Ponvasantham · 2012

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

MovieDramaRomance

Childhood friends Varun and Nithya are in love with each other but due to different career choices, they break up with each other. Years later, Varun meets her and tries his best to win her back.

Mahesh

Endrendrum Punnagai

Endrendrum Punnagai · 2013

Endrendrum Punnagai

MovieComedyRomance

Gowtham has a troubled childhood once his mother goes astray. He develops a dislike towards women in general and would often been seen in a pensive mood. Things change for the better when he bonds with Sri and Baby at school. They make a pact that they would never marry in life. When circumstances force Sri and Baby to deviate from this, the bonding of the trio breaks and Gowtham comes to understanding how his perceived misconceptions about life is so untrue.

Baby

Siruthai

Siruthai · 2011

MovieActionComedy

A thief comes across a little girl who says that he's her father. When he learns the truth about his lookalike, who's an honest cop, he decides to turn a new leaf and help get rid of the local baddie.

Kaatu Poochi

Salalah Mobiles

Salalah Mobiles · 2014

Salalah Mobiles

MovieComedyRomance

Afzal is happy after his uncle helps him to set up his mobile shop. However, things take an unexpected turn when Azhagarsamy gifts him a virus-infected mobile application.

Alagar Swami

Azhagiya Tamil Magan

Azhagiya Tamil Magan · 2007

Azhagiya Tamil Magan

MovieActionDrama

Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted murder of his lover by a look-alike.

Guru's friend

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram · 2007

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous as the most dreaded criminal in the city.

Sannasi

Leelai

MovieComedyRomance

Karthik’s flirting ways during his college days leave a bad impression on Malar. A few years later, the two end up working at the same office, though they are on different floors. Karthik falls in love with Malar but considering that she hates even the very mention of his name, he introduces himself to her as Sundar. How long can he carry on this game of deception?

Vicky

Pattathu Yaanai

Pattathu Yaanai · 2013

Pattathu Yaanai

MovieActionComedy

A bunch of wedding caterers lead by Santhanam run from trouble and land in Trichy - only to find more trouble. In Trichy, the problems are bigger than before and running away is not an option.

Gouravam (Son) / Poongavanam (Father)

Nambiyaar

Nambiyaar · 2016

Ramachandran, a young man who is preparing for his IAS exam, battles his id, which keeps getting him into problems.

Nambiar

Rendu

MovieDramaAction

Sakhti moves to Chennai in search of a job but lands himself in trouble when a CBI officer chases him for a series of murder committed by his lookalike, Kannan.

Seenu

Idhu Namma Aalu

Idhu Namma Aalu · 2016

Idhu Namma Aalu

MovieComedyRomance

An eternal romantic falls in love with the girl his father has decided to get him married to, but will his past love affair prove to be a problem?

Sherlock Holmes (extended cameo appearance)

MovieThrillerAction

A deformed hunchback kidnaps a bride and holds her hostage while his connection to her and his targets is revealed in a series of flashbacks that unfold as he starts seeking revenge.

Gym Babu

Biskoth

Biskoth · 2020

MovieComedyRomance

The son of a biscuit maker grows up as a worker in the company that his dead father founded. One say, a guardian angel walks into his life, and tells him stories that change his life for the better.

Rajasimmha

Server Sundaram

Server Sundaram

Server Sundaram

MovieRomanceComedy

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal · 2006

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal

MovieFamilyRomance

Gowtham and Kundhavi married then she finds a diary from his time at college, five years earlier. She thinks he would rather be married to Aishwarya, his college sweetheart, so she makes arrangements for them to meet again.

Comedian

Agent Kannayiram

Agent Kannayiram · 2022

Agent Kannayiram

MovieCrimeThriller

A struggling private detective is drawn towards a mystery around unidentified dead bodies turning up near railway tracks, and soon the case becomes significant both at the professional and personal levels.

Agent Kannayiram

Silambattam

Silambattam · 2008

MovieActionRomance

A man unravels the mysteries of his past and his upbringing while settling a village feud.

Saamaa

Kaalai

A man comes to the city, seeking revenge from another man for killing his grandmother. He begins to woo the man's daughter and when the time is right, abducts her and holds her hostage.

Jeeva Friend

Vaanam

MovieActionCrime

Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a time when it is attacked by terrorists.

Seenu

Thaandavam

Thaandavam · 2012

A blind man with his 'Echolocation' power takes on a revenge mission.

Sathyan