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.
Filmography
Character: I. G. Raghavan Maraar
Character: Commissioner Veerappalli Srinivasan
Character: Major Mahadevan
Character: Dr. Sunny Joseph
Character: Christi Varghese Mappila / Sherson
Character: Shivan Menon (Cameo Appearance)
Character: Anwar Ali/Ali Bhai
Character: Mullankolli Velayudhan
Character: Oiyarath Makaranth Ramanathan (as OMR)
Character: P. Madhavan Nair
Character: Kulappulli Sukumaran / DYSP Nandhakumar
Character: Sethu Madhavan
Character: Madhava Menon/Mad Maddy
Character: Sagar Alias Jacky
Character: Poovalli Induchoodan / Achu
Character: Prof. Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi
Character: Nandagopalan / Lokpal
Character: Mathukutty / Xavier
Character: Captain Vijay Menon
Character: Dr. Roy Mathews
Character: Thaipparambil Ashokan Menon
Character: ACP Ratheesh Vasudevan
Character: Alexander Varma
Character: Abdullah / Ananthan Namboothiri
Character: Puthanveetil Gopalakrishna Pillai
Character: Major Mahadevan
Character: Himself (Cameo)
Character: Samuel Alexander
Character: Tony Kurushingal
Character: Mangalassery Neelakantan
Character: Vishal Krishnamoorthy
Character: Mangalassery Neelakandan / M.N. Karthikeyan
Character: Puramanayil Chandran
Character: Aadu Thoma / Thomas Chacko
Character: Charlie Chacko
Character: Dr. Sunny Joseph
Character: Govindan Kutty
Character: Chandrashekhar
Character: Govardhan Menon
Character: G Krishnamoorthy
Character: Bhai Ji / John Cliff / Sivaram
Character: Siren Semiramis Aegean Derketo/Ustaad Saali
Character: Police Inspector
Character: Sukumaran Thampi
Character: Jagadeesh Nair
Character: Mohan Cheriyan
Character: Parameswaran / Usthad
Character: Surya Narayanan
Character: Shooranad Pappoyi / Shooranad Kunju
Character: Special Appearance
Character: Chirakkal Shreehari
Character: Pulikkattil Charlie
Character: Hariharan Pillai
Character: Athaniparambil Balachandran
Character: Ananthan Thampi
Character: Atiprackal Jimmy Jacob
Character: Zakkir Ali Hussain
Character: Vinayachandran
Character: Ganga Prasad IPS
Character: Sagar Kottappuram
Character: Niranjan (Guest Role)
Character: Siva Subrahmanya Iyyar
Character: Sunny Palamatom
Character: Narayana Swamy
Character: Appukuttan Nair
Character: Aniyankuttan (Ravi Varma)
Character: Stephen Ronald
Character: Thacholi Varghese Chekavar
Character: Balachandra Menon
Character: Boat Man (Cameo)
Character: Sethu Madhavan
Character: Narendran (Appu) and Krishnan Unni (Unni)
Character: Dr. Balasubrahmaniam
Character: Sachidanandan / Balakrishnan Bhagavathar
Character: Sivasankaran Nair
Character: Jeevan / Uncle
Character: Capt. Roy Jacob Thomas
Character: Advt. Shyam Prakash
Character: C. Pavithran Nair
Character: Devanarayanan Namboothiri/Devan
Character: Mukundan K. Kartha
Character: Ramdas / Dasan
Character: Dr. P. K. Haridas
Character: Raghavan / Antony Issac
Character: Mahendra Varma
Character: Gopalakrishna Panikkar
Character: Dr. P. Madhavankutty
Character: Srikuttan / Sriettan
Character: Inspector Devodas
Character: Telephone Uncle
Character: Narayanankutty
Character: Gopalakrishnan
Character: Sainaba's Husband
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Character: Kumaran Thampi
Character: Inspector Achuthankutty
Character: Malaikottai Vaaliban
Character: Dr. Mithun Madhavan
Character: Vineeth N Pillai
Character: Raju / Rajeev Sathyamoorthy
Character: Valiyakath Moosa
Character: 'Puli' Murugan
Character: C.T. Vargheese Antony I.P.S/ Olympiyan Anthony Adam
Character: Shobharaj/Dharmaraj
Character: P.K. Jayarajan
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Devaraja Prathapa Varma
Character: Inspector Narsimha
Character: Colonel Mahadevan
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: All Characters (Voice)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Major Mahadevan / Major Sahadevan
Character: Army Commander
Character: Peter George (Voice)
Character: Shankarankutty
Character: Mathew Manjooran
Character: The Voice of Time (voice)
Character: 'Odiyan' Manikyan
Character: Prof. Michael Idikkula
Character: Kadathanadan Ambadi
Character: Ithikkara Pakki
Character: Chandrakanth Varma
Character: Stephen Nedumpally
Character: Mohanachandran
Character: Shekharankutty
Character: Minister Prabhakaran
Character: Thampurankutty
Character: Sudhakaran Nair
Character: Inspector Rajasekharan
Character: Adima Kannu / Mulamoottil Adima
Character: Kunjali Marakkar IV
Character: Stephen Nedumbally/ Khureshi-Ab'raam
Character: Sachidanandhan
Character: Stephen Nedumpally / Khureshi Ab'raam
Character: Neyyattinkara Gopan / Suryachandra Lal (Fake) / Agent X
Character: Soap Kuttappan and Maathu Pandaaram (Dual roles)
Character: Chandrashekhar
Character: Cosmic Creator (Voice)