Acting
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.
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Rajasekar
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MLA (Special Appearance)
... 2025
Jyoti Ramaya
... 2025
Minister Rakesh Pradhan
... 2025
Mahalingam
... 2025
Mahalingam
... 2025
himself (special appearance)
... 2025
"A to Y" Baba
... 2024
Cheguvera
... 2024
Captain Prabhakaran
... 2024
Padre Elvis Karim Prabhakar
... 2024
Mithran
... 2024
Chakrapani
... 2024
Sundarrajan
... 2023
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Adhiveera Pandiyan
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Dass
... 2023
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Satyamurthy
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Arthur Samuel
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Venu Shastri
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Ulaganathan / Veluchamy
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Ex-Justice Suryanarayana
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S. Unnikrishnan
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Paramahamsa
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Aadhirayar
... 2022
INA Commander
... 2022
Nalankumar
... 2021
M. G. Ramasamy
... 2021
Nagaraja Chola (Cameo appearance)
... 2021
Raghu Ramayya
... 2019
Gnanamoorthy
... 2019
Coach Murthy
... 2019
Murugesan
... 2018
Mahendran
... 2018
Nataraj IPS
... 2018
Ranasingam
... 2018
Periyar
... 2017
Rathnavel
... 2017
Karikala Kattappa Nadar
... 2017
Kirubakaran IPS
... 2017
Narayana Murthy
... 2016
Durai
... 2016
Ajay's Father
... 2016
Thulasi Raman
... 2016
Srinivasa Rao
... 2016
Sekar
... 2015
Karikala Kattappa Nadar
... 2015
Shaheed Khadar
... 2015
Ramaraju
... 2015
Vetriselvan
... 2015
A. D. S. P. Sivakkozhundhu
... 2014
Chellapa
... 2014
Vetriselvan
... 2014
James
... 2013
Sivanandi
... 2013
Ramadurai (Anna)
... 2013
Durgeshwara Azhagusundaram
... 2013
Amavasai
... 2013
Deva
... 2013
Virumandi Santhanam (Virus)
... 2012
... 2011
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Thondaiman
... 2010
Sarveswaren
... 2010
Actor
... 2010
... 2010
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Gen. Hareendranath Varma
... 2010
Sivaiah
... 2009
... 2008
Thangam
... 2008
Madhava Padayachi
... 2007
Commissioner Arumugam Gounder
... 2007
E. V. Ramasamy a.k.a. Periyar
... 2007
Bharath
... 2007
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Nambirajan
... 2006
Ganesh
... 2006
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Vetrivel
... 2005
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Thamizharasan
... 2005
Satya
... 2004
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Tirupathi
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'Sena' Senathipathi
... 2003
Inspector Ramachandran
... 2003
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Sivaraman
... 2001
Kandasamy / Kunguma Pottu Gounder
... 2001
Vetri
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Vichu
... 2000
Kaasi
... 2000
Periyakaruppu
... 2000
'Azhagu' Azhagarsamy
... 1999
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Jeeva
... 1999
Rajagopalan
... 1998
Vasu
... 1997
Durairasu
... 1997
Senathipathy/Sedhupathy
... 1996
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... 1995
Edison / Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar / Poo 'Kannan'
... 1995
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Chinraasu
... 1994
Amavasai (later MLA Nagaraja Cholan)/Inspector Thangavel
... 1994
... 1993
Sathya
... 1993
Walter Vetrivel I.P.S
... 1993
Palanisamy
... 1992
Sakthivel / Durai
... 1992
Subramani
... 1992
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Ravi Varma
... 1991
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... 1990
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Palanisamy
... 1990
Quarter Govindan
... 1990
... 1990
Thangaraj
... 1989
Chinnappadass
... 1989
Albert aka Anandhan & Brigader Tamizhmani
... 1989
'MGR' M. G. Rajaratnam
... 1988
Jeeva
... 1988
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Balu Thevar
... 1987
Cameo
... 1987
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SI Balaram
... 1987
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Aalappirandhavan
... 1987
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Jeeva
... 1987
Dr. Bhaskar and DSP Arunachalam IPS
... 1986
Sabarathinam
... 1986
... 1986
Chinnappa Das
... 1986
Sugirtharaja
... 1986
Kunguma Pottu Kounder
... 1986
Gopinath
... 1986
... 1985
Vijaykumar, an Ex-tennis player
... 1985
Boopathy
... 1985
Maqbool Khan
... 1985
... 1985
Mayilvaganam
... 1985
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Devarajan
... 1985
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Saint Cromeo
... 1985
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Mohanraj
... 1985
Vicky
... 1985
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... 1984
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X. W. Ramarathnam
... 1984
David
... 1984
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Jayaraman
... 1984
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Jagan
... 1984
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Dany
... 1983
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... 1980
... 1979
Vicky
... 1978
"Ironfist Ayyanar" Karnan
Thirumalan Naikan