Sathyaraj profile
Actor profile

Sathyaraj

13th October 1954 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Acting

Sathyaraj is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well. He is known for his performance in Amaidhi Padai, Nadigan, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar among others. He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles. Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj has been vocal in the media about various issues, such as Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and water rights in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys and Kumaran Jewelry Shop.

224 Movies 4 TV Shows 228 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Thamma poster
Thamma 21st October 2025 as Elvis Karim Prabhakar
Coolie poster
Coolie 13th August 2025 as Rajasekar
Sikandar poster
Sikandar 29th March 2025 as Minister Rakesh Pradhan
Bioscope poster
Bioscope 3rd January 2025 as himself (special appearance)
Zebra poster
Zebra 22nd November 2024 as "A to Y" Baba
Munjya poster
Munjya 7th June 2024 as Padre Elvis Karim Prabhakar
Connect poster
Connect 22nd December 2022 as Arthur Samuel
Prince poster
Prince 21st October 2022 as Ulaganathan / Veluchamy
1945 poster
1945 7th January 2022 as INA Commander
Thambi poster
Thambi 19th December 2019 as Gnanamoorthy
Jersey poster
Jersey 19th April 2019 as Coach Murthy
Kanaa poster
Kanaa 21st December 2018 as Murugesan
Nota poster
Nota 5th October 2018 as Mahendran
Mersal poster
Mersal 18th October 2017 as Rathnavel
Hyper poster
Hyper 30th September 2016 as Narayana Murthy
Gethu poster
Gethu 14th January 2016 as Thulasi Raman
Isai poster
Isai 30th January 2015 as Vetriselvan
Poojai poster
Poojai 22nd October 2014 as A. D. S. P. Sivakkozhundhu
Nanban poster
Nanban 13th January 2012 as Virumandi 'Virus' Santhanam
Aagathan poster
Aagathan 11th February 2010 as Gen. Hareendranath Varma
Shankam poster
Shankam 11th September 2009 as Sivaiah
Periyar poster
Periyar 4th May 2007 as E. V. Ramasamy a.k.a. Periyar
6'2 poster
6'2 12th May 2005 as James
Iyer IPS poster
Iyer IPS 21st January 2005 as DCP Gopal Iyer and Venkatachalapathy
Jore poster
Jore 12th November 2004 as Sabapathy
Vettam poster
Vettam 20th August 2004 as Blind accordion player (uncredited)
Sena poster
Sena 12th April 2003 as 'Sena' Senathipathi
Military poster
Military 28th February 2003 as Madhavan(Military)
Maaran poster
Maaran 20th September 2002 as Maaran
Looty poster
Looty 14th January 2001 as Rasappa, Jeeva and English Kuppan
Vallal poster
Vallal 18th April 1997 as Durairasu
Villadhi Villain poster
Villadhi Villain 23rd June 1995 as Edison / Meenatchi Sundara Sasthiriyaar / Poo 'Kannan'
Amaidhi Padai poster
Amaidhi Padai 13th January 1994 as Amavasai (later MLA Nagaraja Cholan)/Inspector Thangavel
Pangali poster
Pangali 12th September 1992 as Sakthivel / Durai
Bramma poster
Bramma 5th November 1991 as Ravi Varma
Thaai Naadu poster
Thaai Naadu 16th February 1989 as Albert aka Anandhan & Brigader Tamizhmani
Jeeva poster
Jeeva 1st July 1988 as Jeeva
Vikram poster
Vikram 29th May 1986 as Sugirtharaja
Saavi poster
Saavi 10th October 1985 as Vijaykumar, an Ex-tennis player
Party poster
Party as "Ironfist Ayyanar" Karnan