Sathyaraj
Acting
Biography
Sathyaraj is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well. He is known for his performance in Amaidhi Padai, Nadigan, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar among others. He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles. Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj has been vocal in the media about various issues, such as Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and water rights in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys and Kumaran Jewelry Shop.
Born: October 13, 1954
Place of Birth: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Known For
Filmography
as Karikala Kattappa Nadar
as Elvis Karim Prabhakar
as Vishnu Vardhan
as Rajasekar
as MLA (Special Appearance)
as Jyoti Ramaya
as Minister Rakesh Pradhan
as Mahalingam
as Mahalingam
as himself (special appearance)
as "A to Y" Baba
as Cheguvera
as Bharathi
as Captain Prabhakaran
as Padre Elvis Karim Prabhakar
as Mithran
as Chakrapani
as Sundarrajan
as Kalidas
as Adhiveera Pandiyan
as Dass
as Satyamurthy
as Arthur Samuel
as Mohan Rao
as Venu Shastri
as Ulaganathan / Veluchamy
as Ex-Justice Suryanarayana
as S. Unnikrishnan
as Aadhirayar
as Paramahamsa
as INA Commander
as Nalankumar
as M. G. Ramasamy
as Nagaraja Chola (Cameo appearance)
as Raghu Ramayya
as Gnanamoorthy
as Coach Murthy
as Murugesan
as Mahendran
as Nataraj IPS
as Ranasingam
as Periyar
as Rathnavel
as Karikala Kattappa Nadar
as Kirubakaran IPS
as Narayana Murthy
as Durai
as Ajay's Father
as Thulasi Raman
as Srinivasa Rao
as Sekar
as Karikala Kattappa Nadar
as Shaheed Khadar
as Ramaraju
as Vetriselvan
as A. D. S. P. Sivakkozhundhu
as Chellapa
as James
as Sivanandi
as Ramadurai (Anna)
as Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram
as Amavasai
as Deva
as Virumandi Santhanam (Virus)
as Gen. Hareendranath Varma
as Sivaiah
as Madhava Padayachi
as Commissioner Arumugam Gounder
as E. V. Ramasamy a.k.a. Periyar
as Ganesh
as Vetrivel
as Thamizharasan
as Satya
as Blind accordion player (uncredited)
as Inspector Ramachandran
as Vetri
as Kaasi
as Jeeva
as Vasu
as Edison / Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar / Poo 'Kannan'
as Chinraasu
as Amavasai (later MLA Nagaraja Cholan)/Inspector Thangavel
as Sathya
as Palanisamy
as Ravi Varma
as Quarter Govindan
as Albert aka Anandhan & Brigader Tamizhmani
as Balu Thevar
as SI Balaram
as Jeeva
as Chinnappa Das
as Sugirtharaja
as Kunguma Pottu Kounder
as Gopinath
as Vijaykumar, an Ex-tennis player
as Boopathy
as Maqbool Khan
as Mayilvaganam
as Devarajan
as Saint Cromeo
as Mohanraj
as Vicky
as 'Tyre King' Suman
as X. W. Ramarathnam
as Jayaraman
as Jagan
as Dany
as Vicky
as "Ironfist Ayyanar" Karnan