Nassar
AKA: Naasar
Birthday: 1958-03-05
Birthplace: Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
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.
Filmography
Character: Nachiappan / Pechiappan Rajamani
Character: Colonel Rayappa
Character: Rice Plate Reddy
Character: Narayanan Pillai
Character: Kandasamy Padayachi
Character: Raghupathi / "Chicago" Subba Rao
Character: RamGopal, Madhan's cousin
Character: Assistant Commissioner Patil
Character: Priya's Father
Character: Police Academy Chief
Character: Ram Bhupal Varma
Character: Lingam's father
Character: Vel's adoptive father
Character: Dr. Stephen Raj
Character: Lieutenant Manavalan
Character: Vincent Selvakumar
Character: Guest Appearance
Character: Director Pazhani Bhaskaran
Character: Jai Krishna Simha
Character: Jayprakash (J.P.) (Krishnakant's Business Partner)
Character: Kathalikaattu Thirumeni
Character: Dr. Srinivasa Iyengar
Character: Assistant commissioner Dharmaraj
Character: Head Villager - Cameo
Character: Vairaghya Bhoopathy
Character: Burma's father
Character: Sandana Pandian
Character: Chandrashekhar's Co-Scientist
Character: S.K.T. alias Major S.Krishna Tulasi
Character: ACP Shekar IPS
Character: Guest Appearance
Character: Chari and Narasimha's Father
Character: Thavathiru Sivadas Swamigal
Character: Chief Minister
Character: S.I.Dakshina Murthy
Character: Siddhu's Father
Character: Burma/Paadai Ramasammy
Character: Kannayiram, Thangam's husband
Character: Wine Shop Owner
Character: Dr Mathew (English Version)
Character: Nazeera's father
Character: Chief Minister
Character: Chitra's Father
Character: Commissioner Rajan
Character: Indra Raja Reddy
Character: C.I. Venkatachala Iyer
Character: Velan and Balan's Father
Character: Colonel Devan Nambiar
Character: Chief Minister
Character: Dean Ramachandra
Character: Soundarapandyan
Character: Police Commissioner
Character: 'Punch' Pandian
Character: Sathyadev's father
Character: Ayya Veluthambi
Character: Nanjil Shivaji's (Jil) father
Character: Ajay Bharadwaj
Character: Marshall P. Jose
Character: Satyanarayana Murthy
Character: Mahalingam, Kavya's father
Character: Raghavendra Rao Sharma
Character: Narayana Murthy / Ravi's Father
Character: Professor Ram Chandra
Character: Professor Chezhiyan
Character: Inspector Vijay
Character: Judge Bhupathi
Character: Police Commissioner
Character: Selva Vinayagam
Character: Rajaram/Manickam
Character: BRIG. Ramachandran
Character: Benjamin Button
Character: Assistant Commissioner of Police
Character: Chandrasekhara Reddy
Character: Meghana's father
Character: Balu and Mahalakshmi’s Grandfather
Character: Pichchaiah Naidu Sr./ Chai's Grandfather
Character: Advocate Singara Sithan
Character: Inspector Easwarapandian
Character: Guest appearance
Character: Ajay's Relative
Character: Ruchi's Father
Character: Thala Vatti Maari
Character: Thyagarajan, Ravi's father
Character: Vinothan Subramani
Character: Suryaprakash (Special Appearance)
Character: Priya's Father
Character: Babu's Advocate
Character: Sanju's Father
Character: ACP Vikram Rathod
Character: Retired Police Officer
Character: Chief minister
Character: Velappan Asaan
Character: Tatikonda Chinnarao
Character: Sivaji Muthaiyah
Character: Bhavanam Venkatram Reddy
Character: DSP Mohan Krishna
Character: Dr. Arvind Acharya
Character: Chandru's father
Character: Police Commissioner Ratnavelu
Character: Abhinay's father
Character: College Founder
Character: Aadhisesh Naidu
Character: Chief Jailer Jayanth
Character: Dr. Sethupathi
Character: Lt. Col. Santhosh Kumar (Voice)
Character: Sneha's Father
Character: Ganesan, Murali's father
Character: Rangi Kuttapaul
Character: Father Kuriakose
Character: Krishnasamy (voice)
Character: Prema's Father
Character: Yugandhar Prasad
Character: Indrakant Varma
Character: Constable Koteswara Rao
Character: Sridhar Mahadevan
Character: Mugunthan Sathasivam
Character: Adityaraj Bahadur
Character: Gajjala Prasad
Character: Excorist Ezhumalai
Character: Jayaraman Kathirvelu
Character: Ravindra Varma
Character: Abul Hasan Qutb Shah aka Abul Hasan Tana Shah
Character: Donald Halloway