# List of actors of Tamil origin

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

* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Shanmugasundaram
* Shiva
* Sibiraj
* Siddharth (actor)
* Silambarasan
* Singampuli
* Sivakarthikeyan
* Sivaji Ganesan
* Sivakumar
* Soori
* Soundararaja
* Sree Raam
* Sri
* Srikanth (Half Tamil)
* Subbu Panchu
* Sundar Raj
* 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

* Aathmika
* Abhirami
* Adah Sharma
* Akshara Haasan (Half Tamil)
* Amara Karan
* Ammu Abhirami
* Amritha Aiyer
* Athulya Ravi
* Chandini Tamilarasan (Half Tamil)
* Charithra Chandran
* C. R. Vijayakumari
* C. T. Rajakantham
* Deepa Shankar
* Deepa Venkat
* Dhansika
* Disco Shanthi
* Divyabharathi
* Dushara Vijayan
* E. V. Saroja
* Esha Deol (Half Tamil)
* Gayathrie
* Gandhimathi
* Geraldine Viswanathan (Half Tamil)
* Hema Malini
* 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
* Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
* Lalitha Kumari
* Latha Sethupathi (Half Tamil)
* M. N. Rajam
* M. R. Santhanalakshmi
* M. S. Subbulakshmi
* Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
* Malavika Avinash
* Manochitra
* Manorama
* Meenakshi Seshadri
* Meera Vasudevan
* Meghana Raj (Half Tamil)
* Menaka
* Mirnalini Ravi
* Mrudhula Bhaskar
* N. C. Vasanthakokilam
* Neelima Rani
* Nanditha Jennifer
* Niranjani Shanmugaraja
* Nisha Krishnan
* Nivetha Pethuraj
* Ooha
* P. A. Periyanayaki
* Padma Lakshmi
* Padmapriya Janakiraman
* Poornima Bhagyaraj
* Poornima Indrajith
* Preity Mukhundhan
* Priya Anand (Half Tamil)
* Priyanka Arul Mohan (Half Tamil)
* Priya Bhavani Shankar
* Priyamani
* Preetha Vijayakumar (Half Tamil)
* Radhika Preeti (Half Tamil)
* Radhika Sarathkumar (Half Tamil)
* Ramya Krishnan (Half Tamil)
* Ramya Pandian
* Ranjitha
* Rathi Arumugam
* Regina Cassandra
* Rekha (Half Tamil)
* Rukmani Devi
* Rukmini Vijayakumar
* Rupa Manjari
* Riythvika
* S. N. Lakshmi
* Sanchana Natarajan
* Sangeetha Krish
* Sathyakala
* Sathyapriya
* Sabby Jey
* Semmalar Annam
* Shammu
* 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
* 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

* ↑ "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". Sify. 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!". Sify. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
* 1 2 "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.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "I am a Tamilian". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012.
* ↑ "Priya Anand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". www.idlebrain.com.
* ↑ "Kannada actress Radhika Preeti debuts in Tamil Entertainment". Deccan Chronicle. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
* ↑ "'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.