Kamal Haasan
Biography
Kamal Haasan is an actor, filmmaker and producer who has worked primarily in Tamil-language cinema for over six decades and is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. An auteur, he is recognized as a key influence for numerous actors and filmmakers in the Indian film industry, and is known for introducing new technologies and cosmetics to Indian cinema. The recipient of numerous accolades, he has won the National Film Award four times (three for Best Actor), was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016. Haasan is also known for having starred in the most number of films submitted by India in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to his extensive work in Tamil, he has appeared in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali films. He has also worked in films as a screenwriter, songwriter, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist and makeup artist.
Known For
Acting
1986
asSivayya
1996
asVeerasekaran Senapathy / Chandra Bose
2009
asCommon Man
2003
asNalla Sivam
1990
asMichael / Madan / Kameshwaran / Raju
1987
asSakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
1987
asUnemployed graduate
2000
asSaket Ram
2006
asRaghavan
1983
as
1978
asArun
1979
asChandru
1979
asAlavuddin
1979
asRaja
2008
asGovindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
1978
as
1978
asAmrit Lal (uncredited)
1977
asChappani
1977
as
1976
asBalaji
1975
asPrasanna
2004
asVirumaandi Thevar
1995
asAdhi Narayanan
1994
asDr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor
2003
asSelf
2002
asPammal K. Sambandam
1998
asRamalingam
2001
asNandu / Vijay kumar
1995
asShaktivel
1992
asSingaravelan
1993
asVadivelu
1994
asBoss from Head Office
1993
asIndrajeet
1991
as"Gunaa" Gunasekharan
1994
asKrishnaswamy
1986
asCommander Arun Kumar Vikram
1987
asMohan
1989
asVetrivel IPS / Stephen Raj
1988
asUdhayamoorthi
1987
asRamu
1992
as'Sakthi' Sakthivel
1989
asG. K. Rayudu / Chandran
1988
asSathyamurthy
1987
asSelf
1982
as
1989
asRaghupathy / Appu / Raja
1986
asBharath
1986
as
1988
asA V Pandian
1985
asMurali
1985
as
1985
as
1985
asAshok / Raja
1986
asSethu and Chaplin Chellapa
1982
asGopu
1982
asR. Srinivas 'Cheenu'
1983
as
1984
asMadan/Upendra
1981
asRaja Shankar
1983
as
1982
asRajasekaran
1981
asVelusamy
1985
asDavid / James alias Shankar
1981
asSubramaniam
1982
asVelu (Sam)
1981
asBlind Musician
1982
as
1981
as
1978
asVelu
1981
as
1978
asBabu / Rathnam
1978
asDileep
1977
as
1978
asSanjeevi
1979
as
1980
asRavi
1980
asSundaram Rangan
1981
asCameo
1981
as
1976
asMadhu
1972
as
1963
asChild Artist
1972
as
1976
as
2002
asRamachandramurthy
2023
asNarrator (voice)
2004
asRajaraman Venkatraman (Vasool Raja)
2010
asMajor Raja Mannar
2005
asAvinasi/Avinash
1996
asPandyan / Avvai Shanmugi
2000
asThenali Soman
1983
asSomprakash/Somu
1978
asBalu
1983
asBus conductor (Cameo)
1980
as
1976
asArun Ghosh (Guest Appearance)
2005
asDr. Shyam Sajjan
1989
asJohnson
2024
asSupreme Yaskin
1982
asSunil Sharma (Sunny)
1985
asRaja
1997
asJaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
2013
asVishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
1981
asS. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
1971
asJesus Christ (Uncredited role)
1960
asSelvam (Child Artist)
1962
asBabu / Kumar
2023
asVikram (voice)
1976
as
1979
asKamal
2015
asUttaman/Manoranjan
2018
asVishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
1983
asRakesh Kumar Shastri
as 
asVeerasekaran Senapathy / Veerasekaran Balram
2022
asNarrator
1984
asSandeep
1973
asThyagu
1973
as
1974
asAppu
1974
asPrasad
1977
asJanardhan (Johnnie)
1979
as
1982
as
2015
asSuyambulingam
1980
as
1980
asGuru / Ashok
2025
asRangaraya Sakthivel Naicker
1975
as
1981
asDileep
2009
asThe Anonymous Caller
1978
asVayanadan Thampan
2015
asCK Diwakar IRS
1977
asVijayakumar
asMarudhanayagam Pillai
asSupreme Yaskin
2016
asSwami
asBalram Naidu (Tamil/Telugu) / Pranab Kundu (Hindi)
1985
asKishen Kumar Khanna
1979
as
1983
asBala Krishna "Balu"
1979
as
1975
asKaanthan
1979
asGowrishankar
1976
as
1988
asJames
1978
asRamu
1962
asChild Artist
1963
asRavi
1962
asChild Artist
1978
asPrabhu
1979
asRangadu & Dr.Shekar
1984
asSuraj Singh
1979
asDr. Chandiran
1978
asRaju
2024
asVeerasekaran Senapathy
1976
as
2001
asSelf (Guest Appearance)
1975
asRaja
1985
asKumar
2018
asNarrator (Tamil)
1995
asDasu
2022
asKarnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
1979
asSelf
1974
asKumar
1974
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1975
as
1976
as
1976
as
1975
as
1976
as
1976
as
1976
as
1975
as
1976
as
1977
asAarumugam
1976
as
1976
as
1976
as
1976
as
1976
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
asPrem Kapoor
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1977
as
1978
as
1978
as
1978
as
1978
as
1974
as
1978
as
1974
as
1970
as
1978
as
1979
as
1982
as
1982
as
1982
as
1980
as
1982
as
1982
as
1984
as
1984
asSunny
1984
as
1974
as
1974
as
1985
asVishal "Vishy"
2010
asSelf
1986
asMurali Krishna / Hari Krishna
1987
as
2012
asSelf
1984
asasVikram
asVikram
asSelf
asSelf - Host
as
asSelf - To promote film Vishwaroopam II
asSelf - To promote film Vishwaroopam II
asNarrator
asHost
Production
2000
asas 1992
as1994
as1995
as1989
as1987
as2005
as1997
as2015
as2003
as2015
as1986
as
2024
as2025
as2009
asas 2013
as2018
as2009
as
2019
as1995
as1981
as2004
as1988
as2022
asCrew
1973
as2018
as2020
as
2017
as
1995
as
2010
as2015
as
1984
as
1971
as
1972
as2000
as2018
asDirecting
2000
as1976
as1971
as1971
as2004
as2013
as1997
as2018
asas as 
