Vikram
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Vikram, born in Chennai in 1966, is one of Tamil cinema's most versatile leading men, celebrated for physically extreme transformations. He won the National Film Award for the raw graveyard-dweller of Bala's Pithamagan (2003) and became a mainstream superstar with Shankar's multiple-personality thriller Anniyan (2005). He also headlined Shankar's ambitious I (2015) and led a wave of prestige work in Mani Ratnam's two-part epic Ponniyin Selvan (2022) as the doomed prince Aditha Karikalan. He remains a benchmark for actor-driven mass cinema in Tamil.
Vikram
56 Movies
Vikram, born in Chennai in 1966, is one of Tamil cinema's most versatile leading men, celebrated for physically extreme transformations. He won the National Film Award for the raw graveyard-dweller of Bala's Pithamagan (2003) and became a mainstream superstar with Shankar's multiple-personality thriller Anniyan (2005). He also headlined Shankar's ambitious I (2015) and led a wave of prestige work in Mani Ratnam's two-part epic Ponniyin Selvan (2022) as the doomed prince Aditha Karikalan. He remains a benchmark for actor-driven mass cinema in Tamil.
Movies
Plays Arumugam
Dhool
2003
Plays Dev
Ullasam
1997
Plays Ramanujam 'Ambi' Iyengar / Remo / Anniyan
Anniyan
2005
Plays unnamed driving instructor
10 Endrathukulla
2015
Plays Udayan
Indriyam
2000
Plays Kaali
Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2
2025
Plays Aditha Karikalan
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
2022
Plays Bhadran
Dhruvam
1993
Plays Shiva / Kenny / Arjun Rathore
Thaandavam
2012
Plays Aditha Karikalan
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
2023
Plays Jeeva
Meera
1992
Plays Cadet Jiji
Sainyam
1993
Plays Krishna
Deiva Thirumagal
2011
Plays Aaruchamy
Saamy
2003
Plays Arun (voice)
Kadhal Desam
1996
Plays Peter
Indraprastham
1996
Plays Lingesan
I
2015
Plays KK
Kadaram Kondan
2019
Plays Aarusaamy / Ramasaamy
Saamy²
2018
Plays Mathiyazhagan / Kathirvelan
Cobra
2022
Plays Srikanth (voice)
Kandukondain Kandukondain
2000
Plays Deva (voice)
Minsara Kanavu
1997
Plays Veeraiya
Raavanan
2010
Plays Jeeva aka Sketch
Sketch
2018
Plays Narasimham (voice)
Kuruthipunal
1995
Plays Thiyagarajan
Samurai
2002
Plays Gandhi Mahaan
Mahaan
2022
Plays Chiththan
Pithamagan
2003
Plays Dev Pratap Sharma
Raavan
2010
Plays Kandasamy
Kanthaswamy
2009
Plays Gemini
Gemini
2002
Plays Akhilan / Love
Iru Mugan
2016
Plays Sethu
Sethu...
1999
Plays Shekhar
Bheema
2008
Plays Prabhu (voice)
Kaadhalan
1994
Plays David
David
2013
Plays Arul
Arul
2004
Plays Selvam
Vinnukkum Mannukkum
2001
Plays Kanagavel 'Velu'
Dhill
2001
Plays Satyamoorthy
Pudhiya Mannargal
1994
Plays Mathi
Majaa
2005
Plays Anal Murugan
Rajapattai
2011
Plays Kasi
Kasi
2001
Plays Suresh
Kadhal Sadugudu
2003
Plays Raja
King
2002
Plays Rajeev
Mayoora Nritham
1996
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
Full Filmography
Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2
Kaali
2025
Film
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
Aditha Karikalan
2023
Film
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
Aditha Karikalan
2022
Film
Cobra
Mathiyazhagan / Kathirvelan
2022
Film
Mahaan
Gandhi Mahaan
2022
Film
Kadaram Kondan
KK
2019
Film
Saamy²
Aarusaamy / Ramasaamy
2018
Film
Sketch
Jeeva aka Sketch
2018
Film
Iru Mugan
Akhilan / Love
2016
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Vikram and where are they from?
Vikram is 60 years old, born on April 17, 1966 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
What are the most famous roles of Vikram?
Vikram is best known for roles in I, Anniyan, Ponniyin Selvan: Part I.
How many movies has Vikram been in?
Over a 36-year career (since 1990), Vikram has appeared in 56 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Vikram's first movie?
The career of Vikram began with En Kadhal Kanmani (1990).
What is Vikram's most recent movie or series?
Vikram's most recent release is Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2, which premiered on March 27, 2025.
Vikram
1966-04-17 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Vikram (born as Kennedy John Victor) is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil language films and has won seven Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the People's University of Milan in May 2011.
He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani, which was followed by a series of small-budget Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in the 1990s, many of which went unnoticed. However the success of Bala's tragedy film Sethu (1999), in which Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover, started Vikram's successful career as an actor. Vikram has promoted various social causes and appeared as the Youth Envoy for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 2011. He has been a brand ambassador of Sanjeevani Trust and a school for special children, Vidya Sudha, which he stayed at during the making of Deiva Thirumagal as well as having long-term associations with the Kasi Eye Care and running his own welfare association through the Vikram Foundation. In 2016, he produced and directed the video to the flood relief anthem, Spirit of Chennai, as a tribute to the city's volunteers following the 2015 South Indian floods.