Name
Dhanush
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1983-07-28 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
Dhanush is an Indian actor, producer, director and playback singer. He is considered one of the most versatile and popular actors of his generation. After making his debut in 2002, he earned early recognition for playing unconventional heroes in films such as Kadhal Kondein (2003) and Pudhupettai (2006), before attaining wider mainstream popularity with a series of hit films. His performance in Aadukalam (2011) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. Dhanush gained wider popularity in Hindi cinema with Raanjhanaa (2013) and continued to balance commercial and critically acclaimed films such as Velaiilla Pattadhari (2014), Vada Chennai (2018), Asuran (2019), and Thiruchitrambalam (2022). He made his Hollywood debut with The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018) and his directorial debut with Pa Paandi (2017).
Known For
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When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by ...
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A young man navigates the complexities of unrequited love, finding that even as years pass...
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Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking pe...
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Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past lov...
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Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him ...
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Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates...
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Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing ...
- 2023 Vaathi as Balamurugan
- 2011 Aadukalam as K. P. Karuppu
- 2011 Seedan as Saravanan
- 2011 Mappillai as Saravanan
- 2011 Venghai as Selvam
- 2009 Padikathavan as Radhakrishnan (Rocky)
- 2007 Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram as Azhagu Sundaram (Parattai)
- 2008 Yaaradi Nee Mohini as Vasu
- 2007 Polladhavan as Prabhu
- 2006 Pudhupettai as 'Kokki' Kumar
- 2010 Uthama Puthiran as Sivaramakrishnan / Dhandapani
- 2010 Kutty as Kutty
- 2004 Sullan as Subramani
- 2005 Devathayai Kanden as Babu
- 2002 Thulluvadho Ilamai as Mahesh
- 2003 Kadhal Konden as Vinod
- 2004 Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan as Saravanan
- 2003 Thiruda Thirudi as Vasu
- 2024 Raayan as Kathavaraayan 'Raayan'
- 2011 Mayakkam Enna as Karthik Swaminathan
- 2025 Tere Ishk Mein as Shankar Gurrukkal
- 2005 Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam as Srinivasan
- 2012 3 as Ram
- 2004 Dreams as Shakti
- 2006 Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam as Thirukumaran 'Thiru'
- 2013 Ethir Neechal as Self - Dancer
- 2013 Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath as Self
- 2024 Captain Miller as Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller
- 2013 Raanjhanaa as Kundan Shankar
- 2013 Maryan as Mariyaan
- 2025 Kuberaa as Deva Kalam
- 2013 Naiyaandi as Chinna Vandu
- 2014 Velaiyilla Pattathari as Raghuvaran
- 2015 Anegan as Ashwin, Murugappa and Kaali
- 2015 Maari as Maari
- 2015 Shamitabh as Danish
- 2015 Vai Raja Vai as Kokki Kumar (Guest appearance)
- Soon Ilaiyaraaja as Ilaiyaraaja
- Soon Pudhupettai 2
- 2015 Thangamagan as Thamizh Vijayraghavan
- 2016 Thodari as Poochiappan
- 2016 Kodi as Kodi & Anbu
- 2018 Vada Chennai as Anbu
- 2025 Idli Kadai as Murugan
- 2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota as Raghu
- 2017 Pa Paandi as Younger Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi)
- 2017 Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 as Raghuvaran
- 2018 The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir as Ajatashatru Lavash Patel
- 2018 Maari 2 as Maariyappan aka Maari
- 2019 Asuran as Sivasaamy
- 2021 Atrangi Re as Vishu
- 2020 Pattas as Sakthi (Pattas) & Thiraviyam Perumal
- 2021 Jagame Thandhiram as Suruli
- 2021 Karnan as Karnan
- 2022 Maaran as Mathimaaran
- 2022 The Gray Man as Avik San
- 2022 Naane Varuvean as Prabhu/Kadhir
- 2022 Thiruchitrambalam as Thiruchitrambalam
- 2026 OM: Chapter 1 as Chezhiyan / Thirukumaran
- Soon Vada Chennai II: Anbuvin Ezhichi as Anbu
- Soon Honest Raj
- Soon D56 as Paari
- 2026 Kara as Karasaami
- Soon Untitled Dhanush - 7 Screens Film
- Soon Untitled Dhanush - Mari Selvaraj Film
- Soon Aayirathil Oruvan 2
- Soon Kalam: The Missile Man of India as Kalam
- Soon Thamizh Murugan as Murugan
- Soon Untitled Aanand L. Rai/Dhanush Film
- Soon Velpari as Velpari
- Soon D57
- Soon Untitled P. S. Mithran - Bhansali Film
- 2008 Kuselan as Self
- 2013 Comedy Nights with Kapil ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Nayanatara ( 846 episodes )
