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This list outlines the names of notable film actors of ethnic Tamil origin. The names are ordered by the actors' first or stage name.
Actors
edit- Aari Arujunan
- Ajay Rathnam
- Akhil
- Ameer
- Appukutty
- Arjunan
- Aruldoss
- Arun Pandian
- Arun Vijay
- Arvind Swamy
- Ashok Selvan
- Attakathi Dinesh
- Azhagam Perumal
- Aziz Ansari
- Bala Saravanan
- Bagavathi Perumal
- Besant Ravi
- Bharani
- Bharath
- Bonda Mani
- Ceylon Manohar
- Chaams
- Charle
- Charuhasan
- Crane Manohar
- Darshan Dharmaraj
- Delhi Ganesh
- Dhamu
- Dhruv Vikram (Half Tamil)
- Elango Kumaravel
- Ennathe Kannaiah
- G. Marimuthu
- G. Ramanathan
- G.Srinivasan
- Ganja Karuppu
- Gautham Karthik
- Gemini Ganesan[1]
- George Maryan
- Goundamani
- Gowtham Sundararajan
- Gundu Kalyanam
- Guru Somasundaram
- Harish Kalyan
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Irfan
- Ilavarasu
- Imman Annachi
- Inigo Prabhakaran
- J. Livingston
- Jai
- Jai Akash
- Jaishankar
- Janagaraj
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Jayam Ravi (Half Tamil)
- Jayaram
- Jiiva (Half Tamil)
- Jithan Ramesh (Half Tamil)
- K. Balaji
- K. Manikandan
- K. Sarangapani
- K. A. Thangavelu
- K. K. Soundar
- K. R. Ramasamy
- Kalaiyarasan
- Kalloori Vinoth
- Kali N. Rathnam
- Kamal Haasan
- Karthi
- Karthik
- Karunakaran
- Karunas
- Kathir
- Kavin
- King Ratnam
- Kishore DS
- Krishna
- Kullamani
- Kuralarasan
- LIC Narasimhan
- Loose Mohan
- M. K. Radha
- M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
- M. S. Bhaskar
- Mahanadhi Shankar
- Manoranjan Ravichandran (Half Tamil)
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- Manivannan
- Major Sundararajan
- Maran
- Michael Thangadurai
- Mime Gopi
- Mohan Raman
- Munishkanth
- Murali (Half Tamil)
- N. S. Krishnan
- Namo Narayana
- Nandha Durairaj
- Nassar
- Nellai Siva
- Nithin Sathya
- Nizhalgal Ravi
- O. A. K. Thevar
- O. A. K. Sundar
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- P. S. Veerappa
- P. U. Chinnappa
- Pandi
- Pandiarajan
- Pandiyan
- Pandu
- Pasi Narayanan
- Pasupathy
- Periya Karuppu Thevar
- Ponnambalam
- Poornam Viswanathan
- Pradeep Ranganathan
- Prabhu
- Prasanna
- Prashanth (Half Tamil)
- Pugazh
- Pyramid Natarajan
- R. Madhavan
- R. Muthuraman
- R. K. Suresh
- R. S. Manohar
- Raghava Lawrence
- Rahul Ravindran
- Rajasekhar
- Rajesh
- Ramarajan
- Ramesh Aravind
- Ramki
- Ravi Mariya
- Ravi Raghavendra
- Ravichandran
- Rajendran
- Rajkiran
- Redin Kingsley
- Rishi (Tamil actor)
- Robo Shankar
- Roshan Meka (Half Tamil)
- S.A. Ashokan
- S.J. Suryah
- S. S. Rajendran
- S. V. Ramadas
- S. V. Sahasranamam
- S. V. Venkataraman
- Sadhu Kokila
- Sai Dheena
- Sam Anderson
- Samuthirakani
- Santhanam
- Santhosh Prathap
- Saran Shakthi
- Sarathkumar
- Saravanan
- Sasikumar
- Sathyan
- Sathyaraj
- Scissor Manohar
- Selva
- Selva Rasalingam (Half Tamil)
- Sendhil Ramamurthy (Half Tamil)
- Sendrayan
- Seeman
- Senthil
- Shaam[2]
- Shanmugasundaram
- Shiva
- Sibiraj
- Siddharth (actor)
- Silambarasan
- Singampuli
- Sivakarthikeyan
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Sivakumar
- Soori
- Soundararaja
- Sree Raam
- Sri[3]
- Srikanth (Half Tamil)
- Subbu Panchu
- Sundar Raj[4]
- Suresh Joachim
- Suriya
- Suruli Rajan
- Swaminathan
- T. Rajendar
- T. R. Ramachandran
- T. S. Balaiah
- Teejay Arunasalam
- Thambi Ramaiah
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Thiagarajan
- Thyagu
- V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)
- V. Ravichandran
- V. K. Ramaswamy
- V. I. S. Jayapalan
- V. S. Raghavan
- VTV Ganesh
- Vadivelu
- Vagai Chandrasekhar
- Vasanth Ravi
- Vela Ramamoorthy
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy
- Vetri
- Vidharth
- Vignesh
- Vijay
- Vijay Antony
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Vijay Vasanth
- Vijayakumar
- Vikram
- Vikram Prabhu
- Vikranth
- Vimal
- Vinod Raj
- Vinoth Kishan
- Vivek
- Y. G. Mahendran
- Yogi Babu
- Yugi Sethu
Actresses
edit- Aathmika
- Abhirami[5][6]
- Adah Sharma
- Akshara Haasan (Half Tamil)
- Amara Karan
- Ammu Abhirami
- Amritha Aiyer
- Athulya Ravi
- Chandini Tamilarasan[7] (Half Tamil)
- Charithra Chandran
- C. R. Vijayakumari
- C. T. Rajakantham
- Deepa Shankar
- Deepa Venkat
- Dhansika[8]
- Disco Shanthi
- Divyabharathi
- Dushara Vijayan
- E. V. Saroja
- Esha Deol (Half Tamil)
- Gayathrie
- Gandhimathi
- Geraldine Viswanathan (Half Tamil)
- Hema Malini[9]
- Hemalatha
- Indhuja Ravichandran
- Indira Krishnan
- J.Jayalalitha
- Joshna Fernando
- Janani Iyer
- Jeevitha
- K. Thavamani Devi
- K. B. Sundarambal
- Kalpana Iyer
- Kanika
- Kanmani Manoharan
- Keerthi Pandian
- Keerthy Suresh (Half Tamil)
- Kruthika Jayakumar
- Kumari Rukmani
- Kutty Padmini
- Kuyili
- Lakshmi (actress) (Half Tamil)
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli[10]
- Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
- Lalitha Kumari
- Latha Sethupathi (Half Tamil)
- M. N. Rajam
- M. R. Santhanalakshmi
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- Malavika Avinash[11]
- Manochitra[12]
- Manorama
- Meenakshi Seshadri[13]
- Meera Vasudevan[14]
- Meghana Raj (Half Tamil)
- Menaka[15]
- Mirnalini Ravi
- Mrudhula Bhaskar[16]
- N. C. Vasanthakokilam
- Neelima Rani
- Nanditha Jennifer
- Niranjani Shanmugaraja
- Nisha Krishnan
- Nivetha Pethuraj
- Ooha
- P. A. Periyanayaki
- Padma Lakshmi[17]
- Padmapriya Janakiraman[18]
- Poornima Bhagyaraj
- Poornima Indrajith
- Preity Mukhundhan
- Priya Anand[19] (Half Tamil)
- Priyanka Arul Mohan (Half Tamil)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar
- Priyamani
- Preetha Vijayakumar (Half Tamil)
- Radhika Sarathkumar (Half Tamil)
- Ramya Krishnan (Half Tamil)
- Ramya Pandian
- Ranjitha
- Rathi Arumugam
- Regina Cassandra[20]
- Rekha[9] (Half Tamil)
- Rukmani Devi
- Rukmini Vijayakumar (Half Tamil)
- Rupa Manjari[21]
- Riythvika
- S. N. Lakshmi
- Sanchana Natarajan
- Sangeetha Krish
- Sathyakala
- Sathyapriya
- Sabby Jey
- Semmalar Annam
- Shammu[22]
- Shanthi Krishna
- Sheela Rajkumar
- Shivani Rajashekar
- Shivathmika Rajashekar
- Shruti Hassan (Half Tamil)
- Simone Ashley
- Sri Priyanka
- Sridevi (Half Tamil)
- Sridevi Vijayakumar (Half Tamil)
- Sripriya
- Srividya
- Sruthi Hariharan[23]
- Sukanya
- Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Sumathi
- Swarnamalya
- Tanya Ravichandran
- Teju Ashwini
- Trisha (actress)
- T. A. Madhuram
- T. R. Rajakumari
- T. P. Rajalakshmi
- T. V. Rathnam
- Tharini Mudaliar
- U. R. Jeevarathnam
- V. N. Janaki (Half Tamil)
- Vadivukkarasi
- Vanitha Krishnachandran
- Varshini Sounderajan
- Vasundhara Devi
- Vasundhara Kashyap (Half Tamil)
- Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
- Vidya Balan
- Vidyullekha Raman
- Vimala Raman
- Vindhya
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
- Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan
- Vyjanthimala
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Gemini Ganesan: On- screen Romancer and Off-screen Casanova". www.dailymirror.lk.
- ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 May 2015). "'Acting is the last thing an actor should do'". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (6 May 2012). "Starry dreams". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ V, Vivek M. "Sundar Raj: My passion for acting keeps me going". Deccan Herald.
- ^ "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ^ "A chat with Abhirami". The Hindu. 2003-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.
- ^ "Chandini from Chennai". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Bala's new Tamil heroine!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ^ a b "Tamilian beauties are together again". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "All the world's a stage for Lakshmi Priyaa". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ thmrn (2004-06-28). "Playing many roles". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15.
- ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News, Latest News India, Current News Headlines". News18. Archived from the original on 2014-05-30.
- ^ "The Hindu : Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli / Personality : Second Coming". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz". Archived from the original on February 10, 2005.
- ^ "Menaka was treated like a queen". Archived from the original on July 3, 2013.
- ^ "I wish to act with Suriya, says Mrudhula Baskar". 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Talk of The Town". The Hindu. 2002-01-23.[dead link ]
- ^ "I am a Tamilian". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Priya Anand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". www.idlebrain.com.
- ^ "'Telugu films are my priority': Regina Cassandra". 4 May 2014.
- ^ "I still prefer Kollywood: Rupa Manjari". The Times of India.
- ^ "Actress Shammu - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie Actress Interviews - Kanchivaram Malayan Mayilu". www.behindwoods.com.
- ^ "'I Don't Want To Be a Glam Doll'". Archived from the original on October 15, 2014.