Kamal Haasan
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Kamal Haasan
Senapathy / Chandra Bose
... 2025
Senapathy / Chandra Bose
... 2024
Supreme Yaskin
... 2024
Vikram (voice)
... 2023
Narrator (voice)
... 2023
Narrator (voice)
... 2022
Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
... 2022
Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
... 2018
Narrator (Tamil)
... 2018
... 2016
CK Diwakar IRS
... 2015
Suyambulingam
... 2015
Uttaman/Manoranjan
... 2015
Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
... 2013
Self
... 2012
Major Raja Mannar
... 2010
Self
... 2010
Common Man
... 2009
The Anonymous Caller
... 2009
Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
... 2008
Raghavan
... 2006
Dr. Shyam Sajjan
... 2005
Avinasi/Avinash
... 2005
Rajaraman Venkatraman (Vasool Raja)
... 2004
Virumaandi Thevar
... 2004
Self
... 2003
Nalla Sivam
... 2003
Ramachandramurthy
... 2002
Pammal K. Sambandam
... 2002
Nandu / Vijay kumar
... 2001
Self (Guest Appearance)
... 2001
Thenali Soman
... 2000
Saket Ram
... 2000
Ramalingam
... 1998
Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
... 1997
Pandyan / Avvai Shanmugi
... 1996
Senapathy / Chandra Bose
... 1996
Adhi Narayanan
... 1995
Dasu
... 1995
Shaktivel
... 1995
Dr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor
... 1994
Boss from Head Office
... 1994
Krishnaswamy
... 1994
Indrajeet
... 1993
Vadivelu
... 1993
'Sakthi' Sakthivel
... 1992
Singaravelan
... 1992
"Gunaa" Gunasekharan
... 1991
Michael / Madan / Kameshwaran / Raju
... 1990
Mayor G. K. Rayudu / Chandran
... 1989
Vetrivel IPS / Stephen Raj
... 1989
Johnson
... 1989
Raghupathy / Appu / Raja
... 1989
Udhayamoorthi
... 1988
A V Pandian
... 1988
James
... 1988
Sathyamurthy
... 1988
Unemployed graduate
... 1987
Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
... 1987
Ramu
... 1987
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Sethu and Chaplin Chellapa
... 1986
Murali Krishna / Hari Krishna
... 1986
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Commander Arun Kumar Vikram
... 1986
Bharath
... 1986
Sivayya
... 1986
Vishal "Vishy"
... 1985
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Ashok / Raja
... 1985
Kishen Kumar Khanna
... 1985
Raja
... 1985
... 1985
Kumar
... 1985
Murali
... 1985
David / James alias Shankar
... 1985
Sunny
... 1984
Madan/Upendra
... 1984
Suraj Singh
... 1984
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Sandeep
... 1984
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Bus conductor (Cameo)
... 1983
Somprakash/Somu
... 1983
Balakrishna (Balu)
... 1983
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Rakesh Kumar Shastri
... 1983
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Velu (Sam)
... 1982
Sunil Sharma (Sunny)
... 1982
Gopu
... 1982
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R. Srinivas 'Cheenu'
... 1982
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Rajasekaran
... 1982
Velusamy
... 1981
Dileep
... 1981
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Raja Shankar
... 1981
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S. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
... 1981
Cameo
... 1981
Blind Musician
... 1981
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Subramaniam
... 1981
... 1980
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Sundaram Rangan
... 1980
Guru / Ashok
... 1980
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Ravi
... 1980
Self
... 1979
Gowrishankar
... 1979
Dr. Chandiran
... 1979
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Chandru
... 1979
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Alavuddin
... 1979
Kamal
... 1979
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Rangadu & Dr.Shekar
... 1979
Ramu
... 1978
Arun
... 1978
Amrit Lal (uncredited)
... 1978
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Dileep
... 1978
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Vayanadan Thampan
... 1978
Prabhu
... 1978
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Babu / Rathnam
... 1978
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Balu
... 1978
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Sanjeevi
... 1978
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Raju
... 1978
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Vijayakumar
... 1977
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Chappani
... 1977
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Prem Kapoor
... 1977
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Janardhan (Johnnie)
... 1977
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Aarumugam
... 1977
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Balaji
... 1976
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Madhu
... 1976
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Kaanthan
... 1975
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Prasanna
... 1975
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Raja
... 1975
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Kumar
... 1974
Prasad
... 1974
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Appu
... 1974
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Thyagu
... 1973
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Jesus Christ (Uncredited role)
... 1971
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Child Artist
... 1963
Ravi
... 1963
Child Artist
... 1962
Child Artist
... 1962
Babu / Kumar
... 1962
Selvam (Child Artist)
... 1960
Marudhanayagam Pillai
Balram Naidu (Tamil/Telugu) / Pranab Kundu (Hindi)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rangaraya Sakthivel Naicker
Vikram