Mammootty
Biography
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born on September 7, 1951), popularly known as Mammootty , is a towering figure in Indian cinema, particularly in Malayalam films. With a career spanning over five decades, he has acted in more than 400 films, earning a reputation as one of the finest actors in the industry. His ability to embody a diverse range of characters has made him a legendary figure, admired for his deep voice, commanding screen presence, and meticulous approach to acting.
Mammootty's breakthrough came in the early 1980s with films like Yavanika (1982), which showcased his talent for portraying complex characters. His performance as Chandu Chekavar in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989) earned him his first National Film Award for Best Actor and established him as a leading star in Malayalam cinema. This film, along with others like Mathilukal (1990), directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, solidified his status as a versatile actor capable of taking on challenging roles.
Throughout his career, Mammootty has received numerous accolades, including three National Film Awards for Best Actor. His portrayal of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (1999) is particularly noteworthy, demonstrating his ability to handle profound and socially relevant subjects. His performances in commercially successful films like The King (1995) and Big B (2007) showcase his versatility, appealing to a broad audience while maintaining a commitment to quality cinema.
Mammootty's impact extends beyond acting; he is also a philanthropist involved in various social causes, focusing on education and healthcare for the underprivileged. He has also ventured into production, establishing his own production company and supporting new talent in the industry. Known for his humility and discipline, he continues to work on diverse projects that challenge him as an actor and resonate with audiences.
In recent years, Mammootty has remained relevant, with films like Unda (2019) and Peranbu (2018) demonstrating his commitment to meaningful storytelling. As he continues to evolve in his craft, Mammootty’s legacy as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema is firmly established, inspiring generations of filmmakers and actors alike.
Known For
Acting

2023
asJames /Sundaram

2023
asRAW Chief Colonel Mahadev AKA 'The Devil'

1984
as
2009
asHaridas / Murikkumkunnath Ahammad Haji / Khalid Ahammad

1991
asDevaraj 'Deva'
as
1990
asMr. Mathews

1983
asVenugopal

2007
as'Superstar' Ashok Raj

2000
asMajor Bala

2010
asGopi Krishnan

2020
as
1986
asMahesh

2009
as(segment "Puramkazhchakal")

2010
asKutty Srank

2009
asThalakkal Chandu

1993
asNarasimha Mannadiyar

2007
asBilal John Kurishingal

1986
asDYSP Prathapan

2007
asBalachandran

2007
asDr. S. R. Nathan

2022
asLuke Antony

2010
asKC Kuttan

2005
asBellari Raja

2010
asMohan

2007
asMahi aka Mayavi

2004
asMadhavan

1989
asChandu Chekavar

2009
asJimmy/Bhootham

2012
asSamson

2012
asBavutti

1988
asKhader

2013
asRaja Raja Kammath

2012
asRaja / Sivadas Naidu

1992
asBalachandran

2012
asGopikrishnan

1987
asDr. Vinayachandran

2012
asJoseph Alex

1986
asBalachandran

2000
asAdv. Nandagopal Marar

2024
asKodumon Potti

2012
asBalachandran

2009
asCI Antony Simon

2011
asGiri

2022
asNarrator (voice)

2000
asDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

2013
asImmanuel

1992
asAntony

2009
asVeerendra Mallaiah

2011
asSameer

2013
asCleetus

2011
asPavithran

2011
asKedarnath

2010
asViswanatha Paniker

2011
asPerumal

2013
asMathukkutty

2008
asAppu / Achu

2009
asMachu

2013
asKunjananthan

1988
asAdv. Sethumadhavan

1989
asBalachandran

1986
asViswanathan

1985
asJayaraman

1989
asChandran

2004
asAppukuttan Menon

2006
asMonichan

1995
asKuruvilla Aniyan Kuruvilla

1988
asManu

1996
asDr. Anantha Padmanabhan

1991
asCapt. Hariharan

1985
asMuraleedharan Master

1989
asBen Narendran

1993
asGautham Krishna

1988
asPerumal

2003
asSathyaprathapan

1982
asVasu

1982
asRajasekhara Menon

1982
asRamesh

1982
asJayadevan

1982
asBabu

1990
asHimself

1982
asBabu

1982
asPrabhakaran

1982
asSelf

1982
asBeeran

1982
asRahim

1995
asVijayabhaskar

2001
asRavi Mammen

2009
asMike

2008
asParunthu Purushu

1982
asSuresh

1983
asMadhu

1983
asAnanthan

1996
asShankar Das

1991
asAchootty

1986
asBalram

1995
asThevalliparambil Joseph Alex IAS

1998
asBharath Patteri

1990
asBurglar with several names

1996
asMamangalath Madhavankutty

1992
asJohnnie Varghese

2000
asDada Mohammad Sahib / Subedar T.M. Abubacker

1994
asBalachandran

1995
asNandakumar Varma

1991
asSivan

1990
asArackal Baby Mathew

1986
asParamu

1987
asSreedharan

1990
asJohny, Lawrence

2013
asAravind Chandrasekhar

2014
asMajeed/Majeed's father

2025
asCaesar John

2024
asAlexander Joseph

1982
asJacob Eeraly

1990
asVaikom Muhammad Basheer

1983
asHamsa

1983
asBalachandran

1983
asRaju

1983
asMusthafa

1983
asVasu

1983
asKunjali

1983
asSivan

1984
asUsman

1984
asAchuthan Nair

1984
asZulfikar

1984
asGopikuttan Pillai

1994
asBhaskara Patelar

1984
asBabu

1984
asGeorge Kutty

1984
asAnand

1984
asJayadevan

1984
asDevadasan

1984
asS. N. Balachandran

1984
asP. G. Venugopal

1984
asChandhran

1985
asGopalan Kutty

2022
asSelf

2001
asThirupathisamy

2010
asPranchiyettan

2023
asChristopher

2014
asJoy

1996
asSatheesh Menon

2014
asAkbar Ali

2024
asTurbo Jose

1997
asViswanath

1986
asProf. Mohandas

2007
asMajor Sivaraman

2006
asMurugan

1985
asSivan

1985
asUmmer

1985
asPrakasan

1985
asVijayan

1985
asGopalan

1985
asRavi Varma

1985
asLouis

1985
asMohan Kumar

1985
asAnirudhan

1985
asJohny

1985
asDr. MK Haridas

1985
asJayadevan

1985
asJameskutty

1985
asVijayan

1985
asSreekumar

1985
asSreedharan

1985
asBalachandran

1985
asUnnikrishnan

1985
asDr. Rajagopal

1985
asDr. Ramachandran

1985
as
1984
asArjunan

1984
asAntony

1984
asBabu

1984
asTharadas

1984
asRavi

1984
asRavi

1984
asBalagopalan

1984
asRoy Varghese

1984
asKrishnanunni

1984
asKarunan

1984
asDr. Surendran

1984
asRajan

1984
asKochu Baby

1983
asShereef

1983
asJagadish

1983
asShameer

1983
asRaghu

1983
asRaju

1983
asSurendran

1983
asSankara Narayanan Thampi

1983
asUnnikrishnan

1983
asCaptain Thomas

1983
asPrem Sagar

1983
asRavi

1983
asUnni

1983
asAdv. M. S. Jayamohan

1982
asSalim

1982
asDeepthi's Father

1982
asRajashekharan

1982
asJanardhanan

1982
asSivaraman

1982
asKammaran

1982
asJohny

1981
asVasu

1981
asThankappan

1981
asRajappan

1981
asThoman Kutty

1981
asKrishnadas

1980
asMadhavankutty

1980
asVijayan

1986
asMadhavan Kutty

1986
asSivaprasad

1986
asNandakumar

1986
asVijaya Chandran

1986
asAdv. Ravindranath

1986
asYatheendran

1986
asDr. Rajasekhran

1986
asDr. Isaac

1986
asSultan Abdul Razak

1986
asThampi

1985
asVijayan

1985
asGopan

1985
asDevan

1985
asMadhavankutty

1987
asDr. Padmanabhan

1987
asRoy Thampi

1987
asRaghavan

1987
asBabu

1987
asKamarudden

1987
asG. Krishnamoorthy

1987
asVarghese

1987
asHaridas

1986
as(Guest Role)

1986
asSekharan Master

1986
asAravindan

1986
asViswanathan

1986
asMohandas C. K.

1986
asVaishakhan

1986
asSrinivasan Nair

1986
asRajan

1986
asKiran (Business Man)

1990
asAlexander

1989
asPhilipose Manavalan (Thampi)

1989
asAnantha Padmanabhan

1989
asBharathan

1989
asVarunni

1989
asSupervisor Ramabhadran

1989
asSethurama Iyer

1989
asMajor Ravindran Nair

1989
asAdv. Bhaskera Pillai

1988
asVasu

1988
asSethurama Iyer

1988
asAravindan

1988
asHaridas

1987
asDr. Balu

1994
asMada

1994
asRavishankar

1994
asVishnu

1993
asShouwri

1993
asChandradas

1993
asRamesan Nair

1993
asDevadathan

1993
asMeledathu Raghvan Nair

1993
asChristi

1992
asPuttu' Urumees

1992
asPathrose

1992
asAnantha Rama Sharma

1992
asK. Viswanathan

1991
asNathu Narayanan

1991
asInspector Balram

1991
asAzhagappan

1990
asVishnu Narayanan

1990
asSoorya Narayana Iyer

1990
asKottayam Kunjachan

1990
asViswanaathan

1990
asVenugopal

1990
asHaridas Damodaran I.P.S.

2002
asSanthosh

2002
asGopinathan

2001
asRamanathan IPS

2000
asRavindranath Menon

2000
asArackal Madhavanunni

1999
asEzhupunna Sunny Tharakan

1999
asCol. Ravivarma Thampuran

1999
asAmarnath

1999
asKochu Kunju

1999
asSivadas

1999
asPallavoor Devanarayanan

1998
asHari

1998
asSidharthan

1998
asJathavethan

1998
asRasu Padayachi

1998
asChandy

1997
asHareendran

1997
asNandagopalan

1997
asVidyadharan

1996
asSudhakaran Nair

2008
asNarendran

2008
asHimself

2008
asRameshan / Lakshmi Prasad

2007
asDavid John Kottarathil

2006
asBalram / Tharadas

2006
as'Current' Bhargavan

2006
asDevarmadom Narayanan

2006
asGulan Kunjumon

2005
asArakkalam Baby

2005
asShivan

2004
asVishwa

2005
asInspector Vivek

2005
asSulthanveettil Zakkir Hussein

2005
asSethurama Iyer

2005
asKrishnan

2004
asSethurama Iyer

2004
asRaghuram

2004
asKarikkamuri Shanmugham

2004
asDevarajan

2003
asMajor Pattabhiraman

2002
asPhantom Pailey

2002
asDany
as
2014
asP.K. Venugopal/Venu

2014
asC.K. Raghavan

2015
asPallikkal Narayanan

2014
asShekarankutty

2014
asTharakan Malik

2012
asAbhijit / Karunan

2006
asPothan Vava

2022
asSelf - Narrator (voice)

1986
asZachariah

1986
asHarikrishnan

1987
asBalan Maruthempilly

2023
asMathew Devassy

1986
as
2015
asVijay

2024
asY.S. Rajashekar Reddy

2010
asPattazhi Madhavan Namboothiri / Kunjunni

1984
asJose

2015
asBhaskaran Pillai

1986
asSuresh

2025
as
1983
asDivakaran

1993
asGroup Capt. A. J. Eashwar

1986
asBalachandran

2015
asC.P Swathanthran

2023
asGeorge Martin

1988
asKuttapayi

1983
asBalachandran

2015
asDurgaprasad

1988
asBalan

2016
asAdv. Louis Pothen Narimadan

1995
asTailor Bhasi

1984
asSethu
asDaniel James Alathara

2008
asAdv. Ramesh Nambiar

2025
asDominic

2016
asCI Rajan Zechariah

2016
asPrakash Roy

1985
asAjayan

2008
asHimself (uncredited)

2019
asAmudhavan

1990
asRaja

2016
asThoppil Joppan

2017
asDavid

2002
asKarmegham

1985
asRam Mohan

2010
asNarrator

2022
asNarrator

1986
asSudhakaran

1987
asThampi

2017
asNithyananda Shenoy

2017
asSelf - Narrator (voice)

1988
asAdv. George Korah

1983
asTony (Dilip)

1999
as
1983
asMammootty

1983
asGopi

2015
asAlexander (archive footage)

2010
asHimself

2017
asRajakumaran

2018
asCI James Abraham

2017
asEdward Livingstone / Anto Antony

2018
asHimself

1998
asMaharaja

2018
asPullakkunnel Alex

2019
asY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

2018
asKrishnakumar / KK

2018
asDerick Abraham

1985
asDr.Jeevan Thomas

2018
asHari

1983
asBalu

2019
asS. I. Manikandan C.P.

2019
asChandroth Valiya Panicker / Kurup

2019
asJohn Abraham Palackal
asBilal John Kurishingal

2019
asKalasadhan Ullaas
asAmeer

2022
asSethurama Iyer

1984
asJayadevan

2018
asSelf - Narrator (voice)

1984
asIsmail

1982
asSub Inspector Balachandran

1983
asBabu

1983
asJohn

1983
asGopi

1983
asMan at the Park

1984
asJayaraj

1984
asSukumaran Nair

1984
asRatheesh

1984
asJayamohan

1985
asJose

2019
as'Madhura' Raja

2010
asRaja / Madhurai Raja / Pokkiri Raja

1973
asNew Ferryman (uncredited)

1971
asMan in the crowd (uncredited)

2021
asFr. Carmen Benedict

2020
asBoss / Devan

1999
asKannan

1982
asJabbar

1982
asSalim

1997
asChandrasekhar

1985
asRavindran

1993
asKapil Dev Singh, Jailor

1982
asMuthukoya

1983
asUsman

1984
asJose

1983
asRamesh

2022
asKuttan

2021
asKadakkal Chandran

2022
asMichael

1993
asChidambaram

2017
asSelf

1986
asDr. Sam/ Samuel George

1997
asPrakash

1995
asSethupathi

1991
asP. Sukumaran

1991
asDaniel D'Souza

1988
asChandran

1987
asDamu

1987
asRavindran
as
as
as
as
as
asSelf
asP K Venugopal
Production

2022
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2012
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2023
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2024
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1987
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2023
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2023
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1985
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1986
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1984
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2018
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Directing