Kamal Haasan
AKA: Kamalahasan
Birthday: 1954-11-07
Birthplace: Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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 also known for introducing new technologies and cosmetics to Indian cinema. Among his numerous accolades are 4 National Film Awards, 9 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, 4 Nandi Awards, the Rashtrapati Award, 2 Filmfare Awards and 17 Filmfare Awards (South). He was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Shri in 1990, 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, singer, choreographer, and lyricist. His film production company, Raj Kamal International Films (RKIF), has produced several of his films. After beginning as a child actor, Haasan's breakthrough was with the film Apoorva Raagangal (1975), playing the role of a rebellious youth in love with an older woman. He secured his second National Film Award for his performance in the romantic drama Moondram Pirai (1982), and later won acclaim for his performance in Mani Ratnam's epic crime drama Nayagan (1987), which was ranked in TIME magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" list. Since then, he has gone on to appear in numerous other notable films, including his own productions Hey Ram (2000) and Virumaandi (2004), as well as the Dasavathaaram (2008), in which he became the first actor in history to appear in ten distinct roles in the same film.
Filmography
Character: Senapathy / Chandra Bose
Character: Michael / Madan / Kameshwaran / Raju
Character: Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
Character: Unemployed graduate
Character: Vetrivel IPS / Stephen Raj
Character: Commander Arun Kumar Vikram
Character: 'Sakthi' Sakthivel
Character: Adhi Narayanan
Character: Dr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor
Character: Boss from Head Office
Character: Pammal K. Sambandam
Character: Virumaandi Thevar
Character: Babu / Rathnam
Character: Nandu / Vijay kumar
Character: Blind Musician
Character: R. Srinivas 'Cheenu'
Character: Raghupathy / Appu / Raja
Character: Mayor G. K. Rayudu / Chandran
Character: David / James alias Shankar
Character: Rajaraman Venkatraman (Vasool Raja)
Character: Ramachandramurthy
Character: Avinasi/Avinash
Character: Pandyan / Avvai Shanmugi
Character: Major Raja Mannar
Character: Somprakash/Somu
Character: Bus conductor (Cameo)
Character: Dr. Shyam Sajjan
Character: Sunil Sharma (Sunny)
Character: Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
Character: Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
Character: S. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
Character: Jesus Christ (Uncredited role)
Character: Uttaman/Manoranjan
Character: Selvam (Child Artist)
Character: Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
Character: "Gunaa" Gunasekharan
Character: Janardhan (Johnnie)
Character: Amrit Lal (uncredited)
Character: Sundaram Rangan
Character: Sethu and Chaplin Chellapa
Character: Vayanadan Thampan
Character: CK Diwakar IRS
Character: Marudhanayagam Pillai
Character: Kishen Kumar Khanna
Character: Balakrishna (Balu)
Character: Rakesh Kumar Shastri
Character: Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
Character: Balram Naidu (Tamil/Telugu) / Pranab Kundu (Hindi)
Character: Rangadu & Dr.Shekar
Character: Senapathy / Chandra Bose
Character: Self (Guest Appearance)
Character: Narrator (Tamil)
Character: Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
Character: Vishal "Vishy"
Character: Murali Krishna / Hari Krishna
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Rangaraya Sakthivel Naicker
Character: The Anonymous Caller
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Vikram (voice)
Character: Senapathy / Chandra Bose