Sathyaraj
AKA: Rangaraj
Birthday: 1954-10-13
Birthplace: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sathyaraj is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well.
He is known for his performance in Amaidhi Padai, Nadigan, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar among others. He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles.
Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj has been vocal in the media about various issues, such as Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and water rights in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys and Kumaran Jewelry Shop.
Filmography
Character: Nagaraja Chola (Cameo appearance)
Character: Senathipathy/Sedhupathy
Character: Ex-Justice Suryanarayana
Character: 'Azhagu' Azhagarsamy
Character: S. Unnikrishnan
Character: Virumandi Santhanam (Virus)
Character: Ulaganathan / Veluchamy
Character: Adhiveera Pandiyan
Character: Edison / Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar / Poo 'Kannan'
Character: Amavasai (later MLA Nagaraja Cholan)/Inspector Thangavel
Character: Padre Elvis Karim Prabhakar
Character: 'MGR' M. G. Rajaratnam
Character: Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram
Character: Ramadurai (Anna)
Character: Gen. Hareendranath Varma
Character: Sakthivel / Durai
Character: Aalappirandhavan
Character: Albert aka Anandhan & Brigader Tamizhmani
Character: A. D. S. P. Sivakkozhundhu
Character: Quarter Govindan
Character: 'Sena' Senathipathi
Character: Walter Vetrivel I.P.S
Character: Commissioner Arumugam Gounder
Character: E. V. Ramasamy a.k.a. Periyar
Character: Madhava Padayachi
Character: Inspector Ramachandran
Character: Karikala Kattappa Nadar
Character: Shaheed Khadar
Character: X. W. Ramarathnam
Character: Kirubakaran IPS
Character: Karikala Kattappa Nadar
Character: Kandasamy / Kunguma Pottu Gounder
Character: Narayana Murthy
Character: Captain Prabhakaran
Character: "Ironfist Ayyanar" Karnan
Character: Vijaykumar, an Ex-tennis player
Character: Thirumalan Naikan
Character: Kunguma Pottu Kounder
Character: M. G. Ramasamy