Name
R. Madhavan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-06-01 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Biography
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, writer and film producer. He has been described as one of the few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, appearing in films from seven different languages. Madhavan has received two Filmfare Awards, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations. Madhavan began his acting career with television guest appearances, including a role on the Zee TV prime-time soap opera Banegi Apni Baat in 1996. After appearing in commercials and in small roles, he later gained recognition in the Tamil film industry through Mani Ratnam's successful romance film Alaipayuthey (2000).
In addition to his acting career, Madhavan has worked as a writer on his films, hosted television programmes and has been a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.[5] He has also worked as a film producer, first making Evano Oruvan with Leukos Films, before setting up Tricolour Films to produce Saala Khadoos (2016). Madhavan is noted for his philanthropic activities and promotes various causes such as environment, health and education. He is particularly vocal about the protection of animals and was awarded PETA's Person of the Year recognition in 2012.
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- 2009 Guru En Aalu as Guru
- 2009 3 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi
- 2006 Rang De Basanti as Ajay Rathod
- Soon Adhirshtasaali
- 2003 Anbe Sivam as Anbarasu
- 2010 Teen Patti as Prof. Shantanu Biswas
- 2002 Kannathil Muthamittal as Thiruchelvan
- 2007 Guru as Shyam Saxena
- 2025 Test as Saravanan
- 2004 Aayitha Ezhuthu as Inbasekaran
- 2001 Dum Dum Dum as Adhithyan
- 2008 Mumbai Meri Jaan as Nikhil Agarwal
- 2001 Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein as Madhav "Maddy" Shastri
- 2001 Minnale as Rajesh Shivakumar
- 2003 Nala Damayanthi as Ramji Narayanaswami Iyer
- 2000 Alaipayuthey as Karthik Varadharajan
- 2009 Yavarum Nalam as Manohar
- 2010 Manmadhan Ambu as Madanagopal
- 2012 Vettai as Thiru Murthy
- 2006 Thambi as Thambi Velu Thondaiman
- 2007 Aarya as Aarya
- 2007 Evano Oruvan as Sridhar Vasudevan
- 2006 Rendu as Sakthi / Kannan
- 2001 Paarthale Paravasam as Dr. Madhava
- 2005 Priyasakhi as Sandhana Krishnan (Sakhi)
- 2002 Run as Siva
- 2008 Vaazhthugal as T. Kadhiravan
- 2005 Kettavarellam Padalam
- 2012 Jodi Breakers as Sid
- 2025 Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh as Neville McKinley
- 2011 Tanu Weds Manu as Manoj "Manu" Sharma
- 2003 Lesa Lesa as Deva Narayanan (Guest Appearance)
- 2003 Jay Jay as Jagan
- 2011 Big in Bollywood as Himself
- 2002 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar as Krish Kumar
- 2004 Aethiree as Subramani aka 'Bottle' Mani
- 2024 Shaitaan as Vanraj Kashyap
- 2022 Dhokha: Round D Corner as Yathaarth Sinha
- 2000 Ennavale as James Vasanthan
- 2003 Priyamaana Thozhi as Ashok
- 2004 Nothing but Life as Roby Thomas
- 2015 Tanu Weds Manu: Returns as Manoj 'Manu' Sharma
- 2016 Irudhi Suttru as Prabhu Selvaraj
- 2015 Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Tom
- 2025 De De Pyaar De 2 as Rakesh Khurana
- 1997 Operation Cobra as Inspector Ravi
- 2007 Delhii Heights
- 2008 Halla Bol as Himself (uncredited)
- 2025 Dhurandhar as Ajay Sanyal
- 2017 Vikram Vedha as Vikram
- 1996 Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin as Singer in Club (Uncredited Role)
- 2005 Ramji Londonwaley as Ramnarayan Tiwari (Ramji)
- 2017 Magalir Mattum as Surendar (Cameo)
- 2010 Om Shanti as RJ Maddy (extended cameo)
- 2018 Savyasachi as Arun Raj
- 2018 Zero as Kartik Srinivasan
- 2022 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Nambi Narayanan
- 2020 Nishabdham as Anthony
- 2009 Sikandar as Lt. Col. Rajesh Rao
- 2021 Maara as 'Maara' Manimaaran
- 2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai as Narrator (segment "Ilamai Idho Idho")
- 2013 Sunglass
- 2022 Amriki Pandit as Purab
- 2024 Hisaab Barabar as Radhe Mohan Sharma
- 2025 Aap Jaisa Koi as Shrirenu Tripathi
- 2005 Made in USA as Roby Thomas
- Soon Circle
- 2026 G.D.N as GD Naidu
- Soon Shaitaan 2
- Soon Bridge
- 2026 Dhurandhar: The Revenge as Ajay Sanyal
- Soon 4 Idiots as Farhan Qureshi
- 2018 Mega Icons ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2018 The Final Table ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Decoupled ( 8 episodes ) as Arya Iyer
- 1998 Saaya ( 130 episodes ) as Shekhar
- 2018 Breathe ( 8 episodes ) as Danny Mascarenhas
- 1993 Banegi Apni Baat ( 14 episodes ) as Ashley
- 2023 The Railway Men - The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 ( 4 episodes ) as Rati Pandey
- 1997 Ghar Jamai ( 72 episodes ) as Malayatoor Subramaniam Namboodiripad (Subbu)
- Soon Legacy ( 1 episode )
- 1998 C.I.D. ( 1 episode ) as Self
