Joy Mathew profile
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Joy Mathew

20th September 1961 Chalissery, Kerala, India Acting

Joy Mathew is an Indian film director, film and theatre actor, playwright, and political activist. He is best known for playing the lead role in John Abraham's 1986 film Amma Ariyan which was voted one of the Top 10 Indian films by British Film Institute. In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the film Shutter which portrays unexpected incidents happening in two days and a night in the city of Kozhikode. The film had its Indian premiere at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala and international premiere at the 9th Dubai International Film Festival. It won the Silver Crow Pheasant Award for Best Feature Film (Audience Prize) at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala. He has written more than 20 plays in Malayalam including Athirthikkal (1989), Sankadal (1996), Pretoria – 18 Oct (1996) and Chille 73 (1997). He was honoured by Kerala Sahitya Academy and kerala Sangeeta Nataka Academy for two of his plays in 1995 and 1996. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the play Madhya Dharanazhi (1996).

120 Movies 2 TV Shows 122 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Haal poster
Haal 25th December 2025 as Bishop
Besty poster
Besty 24th January 2025 as Ustad
Chaaver poster
Chaaver 22nd September 2023 as Mukundan
2018 poster
2018 5th May 2023 as Chandy
Cabin poster
Cabin 21st October 2021 as Shankaran Mesthiri
Vaanku poster
Vaanku 21st January 2021 as Special Appearance
Uncle poster
Uncle 27th April 2018 as Vijayan
Clint poster
Clint 11th August 2017 as Doctor
Manamantha poster
Manamantha 5th August 2016 as Gayathri's Professor (Malayalam Version)
Loham poster
Loham 20th August 2015 as Arif Bhai
Rasputin poster
Rasputin 7th August 2015 as Vayalil Satheesan
Alif poster
Alif 27th February 2015 as Hajyar
Angels poster
Angels 28th November 2014 as Father Varghese Punyaalan
Njaan poster
Njaan 19th October 2014 as Self
Ithihasa poster
Ithihasa 10th October 2014 as The Librarian
7th Day poster
7th Day 12th April 2014 as P.T.R. Bhattathiri
1983 poster
1983 31st January 2014 as Gopi Aashaan
Nadan poster
Nadan 22nd November 2013 as G. Krishnakumar
Amen poster
Amen 21st March 2013 as Father Abraham Ottaplakal