Suriya
Biography
Indian actor and film producer. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He has received numerous awards including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and two South Indian International Movie Awards.
Suriya has been featured six times in the Celebrity 100 list of Forbes India, which takes into account the earnings of Indian celebrities.
After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003).
Following award-winning performances as a conman in Pithamagan (2003) and a hunchback in Perazhagan (2004), he played a man suffering from anterograde amnesia in the 2005 blockbuster Ghajini.
He rose to stardom with the dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Vasudev Menon's semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His status as an action star was established with roles of a smuggler in Ayan (2009), and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy.
He also found success with the science fiction films 7aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016) and then went on to work in critically acclaimed films like Soorarai Pottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021), the former of which earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor.
Known for
Scene
Retro
Kanguva
Meiyazhagan
Viruman
Vikram
Etharkkum Thunindhavan
Jai Bhim
Navarasa Season 1
Soorarai Pottru
Kaappaan
NGK
Kadaikutty Singam
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
Singam 3
24
Pasanga 2
Massu Engira Masilamani
36 Vayadhinile
Anjaan
Singam 2
Maattrraan
7aum Arivu
Rakhta Charitra 2
Singam
Aadhavan
Ayan
Vel
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal
Aaru
Ghajini
Maayavi
Aaytha Ezhuthu
Perazhagan
Pithamagan
Kaakha Kaakha
Mounam Pesiyadhe
Unnai Ninaithu
Nandha
Friends
Poovellam Kettuppar
Nerrukku Ner
Suriya 43
Karuppu
Vaadivaasal
Vishwanath and Sons
Actor
Scene as DSP Inbaraj
Retro as
Kanguva as Kanga
Vikram as Rolex
Etharkkum Thunindhavan as Kannabiran
Jai Bhim as Chandru
Navarasa (Season 1) as Kamal
Soorarai Pottru as Nedumaaran "Maara" Rajangam
Kaappaan as Kathir
NGK as Nandha Gopalan Kumaran
Thaanaa Serndha Koottam as Iniyan
Singam 3 as Durai Singam
24 as Athreya
Pasanga 2 as Dr. Tamizhnadan
Massu Engira Masilamani as Masilamani Shakthivel "Masss" / Shakthivel "Shakthi"
Anjaan as Raju Bhai / Krishna
Singam 2 as Durai Singam
Maattrraan as Akhilan Ramachandran / Vimalan Ramachandran
7aum Arivu as Bodhidharma / Aravind
Rakhta Charitra 2 as Suryanarayan Reddy
Singam as Durai Singam
Aadhavan as Aadhavan
Ayan as Devaraj Velusamy (Deva)
Vel as T.Vetrivel / T. Vasudevan
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal as Gautham
Aaru as Aaru
Ghajini as Sanjay Ramasamy
Maayavi as Abhes Balayya
Aaytha Ezhuthu as Michael Vasanth
Perazhagan as Prem Kumar (Chinna) / Karthik
Pithamagan as Sakthi
Kaakha Kaakha as Anbuselvan IPS
Mounam Pesiyadhe as Gautham
Unnai Ninaithu as Surya
Nandha as Nandha
Friends as Chandru
Poovellam Kettuppar as Krishna Bharathi / Palpandi
Nerrukku Ner as Suriya
Suriya 43 as
Karuppu as Karuppasamy / Saravanan
Vaadivaasal as Pichi