Mohanlal
Biography
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair known mononymously as Mohanlal is an Indian actor, producer and singer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema. He made his acting debut in the unreleased movie Thiranottam (1978), which was followed by a role as the lead antagonist in his first release Manjil Virinja Pookkal in 1980, his onscreen debut.
Antagonistic parts in several movies followed before Mohanlal established himself as a lead actor playing a wide variety of character types in comedy and action films amongst others. He was labelled a superstar of Malayalam cinema in 1986 after the success of Rajavinte Makan, in which he played an underworld don. Mohanlal became a film producer with the 1990 musical hit His Highness Abdullah and has also acted in a number of Tamil and Bollywood films. Of these, his notable roles were in Iruvar, directed by Mani Ratnam, and Company, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. As well as being an actor and producer, Mohanlal also owns businesses involved in film distribution, restaurants and packaged spices.
Mohanlal is regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema and is a cultural icon in the Indian state of Kerala, where he was elected its most popular individual in a 2006 online poll conducted by CNN-IBN on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kerala's formation. In 2001, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, for his contributions to Indian cinema. He has won four Indian National Film Awards — two Best Actor Awards, one Special Jury Award for acting, and one Award for Best Film as producer along with six Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor. In 2009, he became the first actor to be given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India and in 2010 received an honorary doctorate from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kerala.
Known For
Acting

2023
asKalidas

2009
asI. G. Raghavan Maraar

1985
asDarappan

2022
asLucky Singh

2002
asCommissioner Veerappalli Srinivasan

1997
asAnandan

1989
asUnnikrishnan

2005
asRameshan

2006
asMajor Mahadevan

2020
as
1993
asDr. Sunny Joseph

2011
asChristi Varghese Mappila / Sherson

2012
asShivan Menon

2009
asSagar/ Jacky

2018
as
2012
asCasanovva

1986
asMurali

2012
asRaghunandan

1990
asRamdas

2007
asAnwar Ali/Ali Bhai

2009
asSivankutty

2005
asMullankolli Velayudhan

2011
asMathews

2025
as
2010
asBalaraman

2009
asOiyarath Makaranth Ramanathan (as OMR)

2012
asVenu

1985
asShyam

1991
asJoji

2011
asP. Madhavan Nair

2010
asKulappulli Sukumaran / DYSP Nandhakumar

1989
asSethu Madhavan

2012
asMadhava Menon/Mad Maddy

1988
asVishnu

1987
asSagar Alias Jacky

1986
asSethu

2023
asVijay Mohan

2000
asPoovalli Induchoodan / Achu

2013
asNandagopalan / Lokpal

2006
asProf. Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi

1999
asKunhikuttan

2011
asMathukutty / Xavier

1997
asJagannadhan

1989
asRajan

1994
asCaptain Vijay Menon

1995
asDr. Roy Mathews

1987
asJayakrishnan

1992
asThaipparambil Ashokan Menon

2009
asMathews

2013
asACP Ratheesh Vasudevan

2011
asAjayan

2010
asAlexander Varma

1990
asAbdullah / Ananthan Namboothiri

2013
asHimself

2007
asVasco da Gama

2008
asPuthanveetil Gopalakrishna Pillai

2010
asMajor Mahadevan

1988
asHimself (Cameo)

1985
asBhaskaran

1993
asSamuel Alexander

1986
asSolomon

1990
asTony Kurushingal

1993
asMangalassery Neelakantan

2013
asGeorgekutty

2000
asVishal Krishnamoorthy

2001
asMangalassery Neelakandan / M.N. Karthikeyan

2004
asPuramanayil Chandran

2013
asChandrabose

1995
asAadu Thoma / Thomas Chacko

1991
asCharlie Chacko

2006
asIsahak

2008
asGopakumar

2005
asUdayabhanu

2013
asDr. Sunny Joseph

2006
asBaba Kalyani

2014
asSiva

1994
asManikyan

1989
asRajiv Menon

1994
asUnnikrishnan

1991
asGopinathan

1986
asVinod

1997
asGovindan Kutty
as
2012
asChandrashekhar

1996
asGovardhan Menon

1991
asVenu

1988
asAli Imran

1992
asG Krishnamoorthy

2014
asBhai Ji / John Cliff / Sivaram
as
2014
asSiren Semiramis Aegean Derketo/Ustaad Saali

1984
as
1984
asAnil Kumar

1985
asBhadran

1985
asKrishnanunny

1985
asSukumaran

1983
asSunny

1984
asGopi

1985
asCurrent Hamsa

1982
asSurendran

1981
asMohan

1985
as
1984
asPrasad

1983
asPolice Inspector

1983
asSukumaran Thampi

1983
asBabu

1983
asRaghu

1983
asVasu

1982
asKishore

1981
asNandan

1986
asShambhu

1986
asVasu

1986
asPauly

1987
asMohan Cheriyan

1986
asJagadeesh Nair

1983
asRamu

1982
asKannan

1998
asKrishnan

2010
asSurya Narayanan

2008
asSidharthan

1999
asParameswaran / Usthad

2005
asShooranad Pappoyi / Shooranad Kunju

2007
asChandramouli

2007
asSivaraman

2003
asHariharan Pillai

2006
asJoji

2005
asChirakkal Shreehari

2006
asPremachndran

2004
asSreekumar

2006
asDijo

1991
asSpecial Appearance

2004
asPulikkattil Charlie

2004
asLever Johny

2004
asMohan Nair

2002
asRavisankar

2003
asAbdul Khader

2003
asAthaniparambil Balachandran

2002
asKasinathan

2003
asAnanthan Thampi

2002
asAtiprackal Jimmy Jacob

1998
asNiranjan (Guest Role)

2001
asSivaraman

2001
asRakshakan

2001
asZakkir Ali Hussain

1998
asSiva Subrahmanya Iyyar

1998
asVishwanathan

1997
asSunny Palamatom

2000
asVinayachandran

1998
asSagar Kottappuram

2001
asMahadevan

2000
asGanga Prasad IPS

2004
asNarayana Swamy

1997
asRaghuraman

1997
asAppukuttan Nair

1996
asJeeva

1995
asAniyankuttan (Ravi Varma)

1986
asVenugopal

1993
asNarendran (Appu) and Krishnan Unni (Unni)

1994
asBoat Man (Cameo)

1994
asBobby

1995
asThacholi Varghese Chekavar

1995
asStephen Ronald

1994
asBalachandra Menon

1993
asPrince Menon

1992
asShambu

1992
asNandagopal

1991
asVishnu

1992
asDr. Balasubrahmaniam

1992
asSachidanandan / Balakrishnan Bhagavathar

1993
asSethumadhavan

1993
asVenu

1991
asShivaprasad

1992
asSathyanathan

1993
asSethu Madhavan

1991
asSivasankaran Nair

1991
asDr. Sunny

1990
asBalan

1991
asAnanthu

1991
asHarikrishnan

1990
asAppukuttan

1990
asHariprasad

1990
asDevaraj

1990
asSudhi

1990
asNetturan

1989
asArjun

1989
asAdvt. Shyam Prakash

1989
asJeevan / Uncle

1989
asMurali

1989
asCapt. Roy Jacob Thomas

1989
asAchu

1988
asC. Pavithran Nair

1987
asRaghavan / Antony Issac

1988
asShamu

1988
asDevanarayanan Namboothiri/Devan

1988
asMukundan K. Kartha

1987
asLal

1988
asRamdas / Dasan

1986
asDiwakaran

1987
asDr. P. K. Haridas

1986
asGopalakrishna Panikkar

1986
asSuresh Babu

1988
asFreddy

1986
asMr. Menon

1986
asSrikuttan / Sriettan

1987
asRamachandran

1987
asMahendra Varma

1987
asRaju

1986
asSunny

1987
asAppu

1986
asDr. P. Madhavankutty

1986
as
1986
asInspector Devodas

1986
asRichard

1986
asRashid

1986
asVincent Gomas

1986
asBalakrishnan

1986
asJayan

1986
asHarisankar

1986
asAppu

1986
asTelephone Uncle

1986
asBalagopalan

1985
asNithin

1985
asJayamohan

1984
asVinayan

1985
asVishnu Thomas

1985
asNarayanankutty

1984
asRajendran

1985
asDevan

1985
asPeter

1984
asGopalakrishnan

1984
asKrishnakumar

1985
asBalakrishnan

1984
asMenon Mash

1982
asBabu

1983
asAlex

1980
asNarendran

1982
asVinu

1982
asSainaba's Husband

1983
asUnni Krishnan

2022
asSelf - Narrator (voice)

1984
asKumaran Thampi

2014
asJagannathan

1986
asInspector Achuthankutty

2025
asKirata

1987
asDasan

1985
asJayan

1986
as
2024
asMalaikottai Vaaliban

2007
asDr. Mithun Madhavan

2009
asDr. Balagopal

2008
asCptn. Kumaran

2015
asVineeth N Pillai

2015
asHimself

2015
asRaju / Rajeev Sathyamoorthy

2015
asJayamohan

2007
asValiyakath Moosa

1983
asRavi

2016
as'Puli' Murugan

1983
asBabu

1987
asEby Abraham

1988
asShankaran

1999
asC.T. Vargheese Antony I.P.S/ Olympiyan Anthony Adam

2025
as
1986
asShobharaj/Dharmaraj

1989
asVinod
as
2023
asMathew

2015
asJohn David

2003
asVikramaditya

1984
asRamu

1984
asP.K. Jayarajan

1984
asNanda Gopal

1986
asBalakrishnan

1984
asVishnu Mohan

2014
asNarrator (voice)

2009
asNarrator

2015
asCameo

2008
asDevaraja Prathapa Varma

2016
asJayaraman

2016
asSatyam

2008
asAlbert Samson

2015
asMahadev Godke

2007
asInspector Narsimha

2008
asColonel Mahadevan

2009
asAngel John

2016
asSai Ram

2008
asSyed Ahmed

2008
asHimself (uncredited)

2010
asAll Characters (Voice)

2025
as
2017
asUlahannan

2012
asNarrator (voice)

2017
asMajor Mahadevan / Major Sahadevan

1982
asArmy Commander

1978
asKuttappan

1981
asDr. Shekhar

1986
asRameshan

2017
asPeter George (Voice)

1984
as
1981
as
1981
asShankarankutty

1981
asPaul

1983
asS T Daniel

2017
asMathew Manjooran

1985
asUnni

2017
asThe Voice of Time (voice)

2018
as'Odiyan' Manikyan

2017
asProf. Michael Idikkula

2005
as
1990
asKadathanadan Ambadi

1992
asSidharthan

2018
asIthikkara Pakki

2018
asSunny George

2018
asHimself

1982
asBabu

1984
asSreekumar

2019
asChandrakanth Varma

1983
asDas

2018
asRajagopal

2019
asStephen Nedumpally

1984
asSudhan

1982
as
1981
asVarma

1981
asShan

1982
asJohnny

1982
asShekharankutty

1982
as
1982
asMohanachandran

1982
asBalakrishnan

1983
asGopi

1983
asPaappi

1983
asMinister Prabhakaran

1983
asRamesh

1983
asThampurankutty

1983
asRaghu

1983
asLal

1983
asSaithali

1983
asShambu

1983
as
1983
asMurali

1983
as
1983
asMohan

1984
as
1984
as
1984
asSudhakaran Nair

1984
asMammootty

1984
asJohnny

1984
asBalan

1984
asJames George

1984
asRatheesh

1984
asMohanlal

1985
asKrishnadas

1985
as
1985
asInspector Rajasekharan

1985
asAdima Kannu / Mulamoottil Adima

1985
asBabu

2019
asIttimaani

2021
asKunjali Marakkar IV

2024
asBarroz

2020
asSachidanandhan

2025
asStephen Nedumpally / Khureshi-Ab'raam
asStephen Nedumpally / Khureshi Ab'raam
asRam Mohan IPS

1990
asKannan Nair

2021
asGeorgekutty

2022
asNeyyattinkara Gopan / Suryachandra Lal (Fake) / Agent X

1988
asSoap Kuttappan and Maathu Pandaaram (Dual roles)

1986
as
1985
asAppunni

2022
asJohn Kattadi
asGeorgekutty

2022
asChandrashekhar

2024
asCosmic Creator (Voice)
as
as
as
as
2025
as
as
as
as
asHimself - Presenter
asSelf - Host
asBarroz
asVaappootty
asSelf
Production

1990
as
1998
as
1998
as
1992
as
1993
as
1988
as
1986
as
1996
as
1994
as
1988
as
1999
as
1986
as
1991
as
1987
as
1984
as
1987
as
1999
as
2010
as
1985
asCrew
asDirecting

2024
as