Name
Ajith Kumar
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1971-05-01 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Biography
Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula 3 season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.
He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In 2014, Ajith Kumar was listed in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities.
He is also known as ‘Ultimate Star’ and ‘Thala’ by his fans. In 2025, he was awarded India’s prestigious Padma Bhushan award making him the 5th Kollywood Actor to receive the accolade.
Known For
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AK, a powerful gangster, surrenders to the police, in hopes that his wife and son will liv...
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Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save ...
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Two young women with differing views on love find themselves with three suitors in this mo...
- 2001 Aśoka as Susima Maurya
- 2007 Billa as David Billa / Saravana Velu
- 2023 Thunivu as Dark Devil
- 2010 Asal as Shiva and Shiva's Father
- 1999 Nee Varuvai Ena as Subramani
- 2008 Aegan as Shiva
- 2004 Attagasam as Guru / Jeeva
- 2001 Citizen as 'Citizen' Arivanandam / Abdullah / Anthony / 'Subramani' Subramaniam
- 2001 Dheena as Dheenadhayalan 'Dheena'
- 2007 Kireedam as Shaktivel
- 2000 Mugavari as Sridhar
- 2006 Varalaru as Sivashankar / Vishnu / Jeeva
- 2007 Aalwar as Shiva
- 2006 Thirupathi as Thirupathi
- 2006 Paramasivan as Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar
- 2005 Ji as Vasu
- 2004 Jana as Jana
- 2003 Anjaneya as Paramaguru
- 2003 Ennai Thalatta Varuvala as Sathees
- 2002 Villain as Shiva / Vishnu
- 2002 Raja as Raja
- 2002 Red as Red
- 1998 Kadhal Mannan as Shiva
- 1995 Aasai as Jeeva
- 1996 Kadhal Kottai as Surya
- 2000 Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven as Surya
- 2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain as Manohar
- 1999 Amarkalam as Vasu
- 1999 Vaali as Deva / Shiva
- 2011 Mankatha as Vinayak Mahadevan
- 1999 Anantha Poongattre... as Jeeva
- 1998 Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen as Sanjay (Guest Role)
- 1995 Rajavin Parvaiyile as Chandru
- 1993 Amaravathi as Arjun
- 1994 Pavithra as Ashok
- 1996 Kalloori Vaasal as Vasanth
- 1997 Nesam as Nathan
- 1997 Ullasam as 'Guru' Gurumoorthy
- 1998 Aval Varuvala as Jeeva
- 2025 Vidaamuyarchi as Arjun
- 2012 Billa II as David Billa
- 2013 Arrambam as Ashok Kumar
- 2001 Poovellam Un Vasam as Chinna
- 2014 Veeram as Vinayagam
- 1990 En Veedu En Kanavar as Uncreditted role as a school boy
- 1994 Paasamalargal as Kumar
- 1996 Vaanmathi as Krishna
- 1993 ప్రేమపుస్తకం as Siddhartha
- 1996 Minor Mappillai as Ramu (Minor Mapillai)
- 1997 Pagaivan as Prabhu
- 1997 Raasi as Kumar
- 1997 Rettai Jadai Vayasu as Vijay
- 1998 Uyirodu Uyiraga as Ajay
- 1999 Thodarum as Jayaram
- 1999 Unnai Thedi as Raghu
- 2015 Yennai Arindhaal as DCP Sathyadev IPS
- 2025 Good Bad Ugly as AK 'Red Dragon'
- 2015 Vedalam as Ganesh / Vedhalam
- Soon Dare Devil as Dare Devil
- 2017 Vivegam as Ajay Kumar
- 2019 Viswasam as Thooku Durai
- 2019 Nerkonda Paarvai as Bharath Subramaniam
- 2022 Valimai as ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
- 2027 Gladiators as Self
- Soon Untitled AK - Manu Anand Film
- Soon Mankatha 2
- Soon Untitled Shankar - Ajith Kumar Film
