Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
44
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-05-25 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Also Known As
Karthik Sivakumar
Kaarthi
Kaarthik
کارتی
Karthi
Biography
Karthi is a Indian film actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, two SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. The younger brother of the actor Suriya and son of actor Sivakumar, Karthi initially joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director and made his acting debut with Paruthiveeran (2007), which earned him several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He went on to star in hit films like Paiyaa (2010), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Siruthai (2011), Madras (2014), Thozha (2016), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kaithi (2019), Thambi (2019), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022), Sardar (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), establishing himself as a commercially successful leading actor of Tamil cinema.
