Nasaar
Biography
M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam.
Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's Kalyana Agathigal (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role, before moving on to play villainous roles in S. P. Muthuraman's Velaikaran (1987) and Vanna Kanavugal. He played the protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai, though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan. He subsequently became a regular in Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's ventures, appearing in pivotal character roles in Roja, Thevar Magan (1992), Bombay (1994) and Kuruthipunal (1995).
Nassar made his directorial debut with Avatharam (1995), a film based on the backdrop of a folk art troupe. The film won critical acclaim, but failed to become a commercially successful venture.
Known For
Acting
2020
asPrakash Kumar
2022
asVeerapandiyan
2003
asChandramohan
2007
asShridhar
2009
asRice Plate Reddy
2021
as
1998
asNachiappan / Pechiappan Rajamani
1992
asColonel Rayappa
2023
asGanesan, Murali's father
as
2022
as
2022
asRangi Kuttapaul
2021
as
2022
asSridhar Mahadevan
1995
asNarayanan Pillai
2003
asKandasamy Padayachi
1990
asRamGopal, Madhan's cousin
1990
asKumar
2010
asMr. Tabir
1987
asAssistant Commissioner Patil
2004
asPriya's Father
2005
asSatyanarayana Murthy
1989
as
2010
asMahalingam
2022
asSelvaraaj
2010
asAyyakanu
1992
asJohnson
2005
as
2006
asAalwar
2005
asSripathi
2011
asBashyam
2023
as
2023
asMugunthan Sathasivam
1988
asRaghupathy
1987
asPounraj
1999
asSurya Prakash
2006
asArivudaiyan
2003
asSelf
1995
asBadri
1994
asPandian
1993
asDevananthan
1992
asMaya Thevar
1989
asNallasivam
1987
asReporter
2010
as
2007
as
2023
asVeerapandiyan
2012
asNelly Saami
2023
asPapa Rao
2011
asMayavar
2004
asSusa Michael
2003
as
2003
as
2002
asShakthivel
2004
as
2002
asShanmugam
2002
asSandana Pandian
2001
asPolice Academy Chief
2000
as2010
asLingam's father
2003
asRam Bhupal Varma
2005
asPsychiatrist
2008
asKarthikeyan
2022
asFather Kuriakose
2010
as
2012
asDGP
2007
asKhader Bhai
2006
asJayachandran
2005
asACP S.P. Rao
1990
asJohnny
1996
asBasha
2005
asKandaswamy
2007
as
2008
asRaj
1989
asDileep
2008
asBaby
2007
asVellathurai
1998
as
1999
asC. R. Kannan
2007
asDr. Stephen Raj
2007
asShanmughavel
2006
asivam
2004
as
2003
asIlanthiraiyan
2001
asLieutenant Manavalan
2001
as
2007
asAalavandhar
1999
as
1998
asCBI officer
1994
asRaghu
2012
asVeerakathi
1991
as1993
asChatterjee
1993
as2008
as
2006
asEmtan
2010
asKizhakku Kattai
2006
asRaja Guru
2008
as
2012
asBaapji
2012
asRamamurthy
2008
as
2010
as
2007
asVincent Selvakumar
2012
asGuest Appearance
2011
as
2017
as
1997
asSiraj Akhtar
2013
asNassar
2013
asSomayajulu
2022
asDr. Desikan
2016
as
2007
asJayadev
2013
asDhandapaani M
2013
asFather Noyal
2013
asJai Krishna Simha
2013
asBaba
2013
asMahalingam
2013
asVaradharajan
2013
as
2023
asAdityaraj Bahadur
2023
asDK
2013
asSoundarapandyan
2022
asAdanna
2013
asAshwini Rao
1996
asKrishnasamy (voice)
2017
as
2013
asJayprakash (J.P.) (Krishnakant's Business Partner)
2023
as
2024
asNanaji
2013
asThirumeni
2022
as
2010
asA Person
2013
asMarshall P. Jose
2013
as
2013
asKathalikaattu Thirumeni
2014
asSelf
2023
asGajjala Prasad
2014
asNallasivam
2014
asRishikodagan
2014
asChandrashekhar's Co-Scientist
1988
asDhanakodi
1988
as
2013
asDr. Srinivasa Iyengar
2015
asBijjaladeva
1996
asAssistant commissioner Dharmaraj
1992
as
2014
asHarichandra
1990
as1994
asSulaiman Sait
2011
asArokkyasami
2006
asSuryanarayana
2012
as
2008
as
2008
asSundarapandi
2023
asBharadwaj
2014
asHippy Lahiri
2014
as2006
asNarrain
2003
asChinnaya
2006
asNair
1992
asHead Villager - Cameo
2022
as
2014
asKathiresan
2013
asJK
2015
as
2015
asRaghavan
2012
asGaurav
2010
asTamizh Sakthi
1998
asas 
1993
asAmeer Bhai
2000
as
1991
asRajasekhar
1993
as
1999
asBirla Bose
2023
asExcorist Ezhumalai
2000
as
2011
as
2006
asRamachandra
2007
as
2015
asMuttharasan
2011
as
2004
as
2002
as
2009
asGunasekaran
2025
asManikkam
1992
asMurugan
1999
asRudramurthy
2009
as
2013
asBurma/Paadai Ramasammy
2011
asPrema's Father
1989
asS.K.T. alias Major S.Krishna Tulasi
1992
as
2007
asVel's adoptive father
2006
asVairaghya Bhoopathy
2005
as
2006
asBurma's father
1989
asThoguthi
1992
asAsha's father
1993
asACP Shekar IPS
1995
asSethupathy
2006
asVetrivel / Police
2000
as
2016
asNarayana Murthy / Ravi's Father
2014
asRajan
1991
asGuest Appearance
1997
asCulprit
1993
asColonel Devan Nambiar
1991
asStephen
1990
asNarendran
2010
as
2010
asChari and Narasimha's Father
2016
as
2014
asThavathiru Sivadas Swamigal
1999
as
2000
as
2003
as
1994
as1997
as1998
as2000
asYugandhar Prasad
2010
asAhmed Khan
2023
asRanjan
2014
asSelva Vinayagam
as
2014
asChief Minister
2023
as
2022
asIndrakant Varma
2014
asS.I.Dakshina Murthy
2012
as
2014
asMukil
2022
asDr. James
2010
asJameendar
2012
as
2011
asMurthy
2001
asSiddhu's Father
2004
asQadar
2007
asHome Minister
2008
asPedababu
2023
asJayaraman Kathirvelu
2015
asSathyadev's father
2009
asKrishnamurthy
1985
asKannayiram, Thangam's husband
1988
asWine Shop Owner
2024
as1993
asDirector Pazhani Bhaskaran
2004
as
2014
as1992
as
2009
asSubramaniam
2011
asKulkarni
1991
asGowtham IPS
1993
as2010
as
2010
as
2015
as
2003
as2004
asDr Mathew (English Version)
2009
as
2014
as
2012
asAjay Bharadwaj
2015
asNazeera's father
1993
asRayappa
2024
as
1992
as
2007
asHaja Bhai
2002
asDharmarathnam
1988
asSeena Thana
2011
as
2022
as
2014
as
2003
asChief Minister
2004
asChitra's Father
2024
asRavindra Varma
2015
asCommissioner Rajan
2008
as
1993
as
2008
asC.I. Venkatachala Iyer
2004
as
2011
asVelan and Balan's Father
2000
asIndra Raja Reddy
2015
as
2000
as
1999
asRoy Mamman
2025
asMr. Nadar
2006
asAbul Hasan Qutb Shah aka Abul Hasan Tana Shah
2016
as'Punch' Pandian
2015
asChief Minister
1994
as
2015
asArun's Father
1993
as1987
as
2003
as
2023
asConstable Koteswara Rao
2011
asSage
2016
asNanjil Shivaji's (Jil) father
2008
asRaghupathi / "Chicago" Subba Rao
1999
asDean Ramachandra
2016
as
2010
asDIG
2017
asBijjaladeva
1997
asShasangan
1995
asKuppusamy
2001
asMaayan
2016
as
2001
asInspector Vijay
2006
as
2025
as
2016
asMalik
2016
asPolice Commissioner
2015
asMagician
2024
asDonald Halloway
2015
asPasupathi
2006
as
1997
asAyya Veluthambi
2016
as
2016
asTamilnesan
2016
as
2016
asSpirit Priest
2016
asRudraraju
2016
asMaster
2018
as
2017
asDoctor
2017
asMahalingam, Kavya's father
2018
as
2019
as
2016
as
2016
as
2019
as2016
as
2016
as
2016
asKumaraswamy
2016
asAbdul Khader
2022
asSubbayya
2003
asRaghavan
asRaju
2024
as
2013
asFather Noel
2016
asRaghavendra Rao Sharma
2000
asProfessor Ram Chandra
as
2017
asProfessor Chezhiyan
1995
asShanthi’s Husband
1990
asP K Roy
2000
asThangaraj
2017
asPolice Commissioner
2017
asKodandaraman
2017
as
2017
asPandian
2017
asJudge Bhupathi
1995
asACP Teja
2017
asPunch Ponds
2015
as
2004
as
1999
asTeacher
1994
asSivaraman
2017
asPeter
1998
asKathalingam
2016
as2008
asRajaram/Manickam
2013
asRatnam
2010
as
1993
as
2009
as
2012
as
2017
asBRIG. Ramachandran
2017
as
asBenjamin Button
2017
as
2017
as
2010
asAssistant Commissioner of Police
2012
asChandrasekhara Reddy
2017
asMeghana's father
2019
asBalu and Mahalakshmi’s Grandfather
2017
as
2017
asNIA Head
2017
as
2018
as
2018
asInspector
2018
asRangasamy
2018
asNanda Kishore
2018
as
2003
as1992
asBeeda Settu
1988
asRaja
2013
as2001
asPavadai
2017
asPichchaiah Naidu Sr./ Chai's Grandfather
2013
asAlex Pandian
1991
as
1990
asThiagarajan
1988
as
2003
as
2018
as1989
asAdvocate Singara Sithan
2018
as
1990
as
2008
asInspector Easwarapandian
1994
asGuest appearance
1998
as
1996
as
2003
asRuchi's Father
2010
as
1992
asS.P.
2016
asAjay's Relative
1998
as
1999
asRaghava Rao
2018
asThala Vatti Maari
2007
asThyagarajan, Ravi's father
1999
asRangan
2018
as
2018
asGeorge
2018
asVinothan Subramani
1984
as
2018
asKali Muthu
2018
asNassar
2018
as
2002
asSurya Prakash (Special Appearance)
2004
asPriya's Father
2022
as
2005
asBabu's Advocate
2019
asDGP
2001
as
2019
asRaghunandhan
2019
asMahendra
2013
asSanju's Father
2019
asRetired Police Officer
2008
asACP Vikram Rathod
2019
as
2019
as
as
2019
asPanicker
2009
asGrave digger
2006
as
1997
asGuru
2019
asChief minister
2019
as
2019
asSambasivudu
as
2019
as
2019
asDevarajan
2020
asVelappan Asaan
2022
asVenkatram
2018
asTatikonda Chinnarao
2019
asKulkarni
2019
asKabir Mhajan
2019
asNarayan Anna
2019
asSivaji Muthaiyah
2019
as
2019
asRamanarayana
2019
asBhavanam Venkatram Reddy
2021
asJudge
1998
as
1999
as
1990
asMadhava rao
1991
as
2014
asDSP Mohan Krishna
2020
asDr. Arvind Acharya
1994
asRudrayya
2021
asChandru's father
1988
as
2004
asPolice Commissioner Ratnavelu
2004
asAbhinay's father
1988
asDr. Sekar
1995
as
2011
as
2021
asCollege Founder
2021
asAadhisesh Naidu
1991
as
2021
asRanjan
2021
asRanjan
as
2004
asChief Jailer Jayanth
2000
asIbrahim
1996
asNallamuthu
1989
as
2021
asHead chef
1993
as
2025
asRaja's father
2022
asDr. Sethupathi
2019
asSSP Ashok
2019
asJayaramireddy
2012
as
2021
asM. Karuna
2001
asLt. Col. Santhosh Kumar (Voice)
2009
asSneha's Father
1997
asThampy
2023
asDevarajan
1991
as
2016
as1987
as
2022
as
2013
as
1990
as1989
as1990
as
as
2025
asInspector Rajesh
2024
asAbdul Malik
2021
asNarrator
2025
asRajavel Mirasu
as
as
2019
asTeacher Venkatappa
2004
asLal
2025
asICF Member Ramasamy
2025
as1988
asNassar
2026
as
2025
asBrig. K. N. Rao
as
2025
asOrphanage Caretaker
2002
asShankar
2025
asBijjaladeva
asRavichandran Rao
asInspector Hassan F.
asKI Sebastian
as
asMottai Maadi Siddhar
Production
1997
asCrew
Directing
