Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 07, 1954
Place of Birth
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Credits
264 titles
Kamal Haasan
Biography
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian filmmaker and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu. Among the most prominent and celebrated film auteurs in modern Indian cinema, his body of work spans over 230 films across six decades in a wide array of languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali. In addition to his extensive work as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist, he has also worked as an assistant director, choreographer, editor, make-up artist, narrator, television host, and film distributor. In 1987, he founded a literary magazine, Maiam, which he edited, and has written over 100 poems and some books. He was conferred the Kalaimamani in 1978, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014, and the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier) by the Government of France in 2016. Haasan has also won the National Film Award four times (including three for Best Actor), and is also known for having starred in the most number of films (7) submitted by India in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2025, he was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to become a member of its actors' branch.
Known For
Filmography
Seyon
Producer
Thug Life
Rangaraya Sakthivel
Amaran
Producer
Meiyazhagan
Playback Singer
Manorathangal
Self - Narrator (voice)
Indian 2: Zero Tolerance
Veerasekaran Senapathy
Kalki 2898-AD
Supreme Yaskin
Leo
Vikram (voice)
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vikram
Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
Sinamkol
Thanks
Happi
Playback Singer
Kadaram Kondan
Producer
Mega Icons
Self
Vishwaroopam II
Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
Bigg Boss
Self
Amoli
Self - Narrator (Tamil)
Sathya
Thanks
Bigg Boss Telugu
Self
Bigg Boss
Self - Host
Muthuramalingam
Playback Singer
Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum
Swami
The Kapil Sharma Show
Thoongaavanam
CK Diwakar IRS
Papanasam
Suyambulingam
Uttama Villain
Uttaman/Manoranjan
Vishwaroopam
Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
Celluloid Man
Self
Manmadhan Ambu
Major Raja Mannar
Four Friends
Self
Enthiran
Thanks
Eenadu
The Anonymous Caller
Unnaipol Oruvan
Common Man
Dasavatharam
Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Raghavan
Pudhupettai
Playback Singer
Thandege Thakka Maga
Writer
Rama Shama Bhama
Dr. Shyam Sajjan
Ramji Londonwaley
Original Story
Mumbai Xpress
Avinasi/Avinash
Vasool Raja MBBS
'Vasool Raja' Rajaraman Venkatraman
Virumaandi
Virumaandi Thevar
Nala Damayanthi
Self
Anbe Sivam
Nalla Sivam
Panchatanthiram
'Ram' Ramachandramurthy
Pammal K. Sambandam
Pammal K. Sambandam
Paarthale Paravasam
Self (Guest Appearance)
Aalavandhan
Nandu / Vijay kumar
Thenali
Thenali Soman