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Aliases: அஜித் குமார் , AK , Thala Ajith , AjithKumar
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula 3 season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In 2014, Ajith Kumar was listed in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities. He is also known as ‘Ultimate Star’ and ‘Thala’ by his fans. In 2025, he was awarded India’s prestigious Padma Bhushan award making him the 5th Kollywood Actor to receive the accolade.
Most Famous Work
Vidaamuyarchi
(2025) ArjunAśoka
(2001) Susima MauryaViswasam
(2019) Thooku DuraiBilla
(2007) David Billa / Saravana VeluMankatha
(2011) Vinayak MahadevanBilla II
(2012) David BillaValimai
(2022) ACP Arjun Kumar IPSKandukondain Kandukondain
(2000) ManoharActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2025 | AK 'Red Dragon' | |
Arjun | ||
2023 | Dark Devil | |
2022 | ACP Arjun Kumar IPS | |
2019 | Bharath Subramaniam | |
Thooku Durai | ||
2017 | Ajay Kumar | |
2015 | Ganesh / Vedhalam | |
DCP Sathyadev IPS | ||
2014 | Vinayagam | |
2013 | Ashok Kumar | |
2012 | A passenger in flight - Cameo | |
David Billa | ||
2011 | Vinayak Mahadevan | |
2010 | Shiva and Shiva's Father | |
2008 | Shiva | |
2007 | David Billa / Saravana Velu | |
Shaktivel | ||
Shiva | ||
2006 | Sivashankar, Vishnu and Jeeva | |
Thirupathi | ||
Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar | ||
2005 | Vasu | |
2004 | Guru and Jeeva | |
Jana | ||
2003 | Paramaguru | |
Sathees | ||
2002 | Shiva / Vishnu | |
Raja | ||
Red | ||
2001 | Susima Maurya | |
Chinna | ||
Citizen (Arivanandam/Abdullah/Anthony) and Subramani | ||
Dheenadhayalan (Dheena) | ||
2000 | Surya | |
Manohar | ||
Sridhar | ||
1999 | Vasu | |
Subramani | ||
Jeeva | ||
Deva / Shiva | ||
Raghu | ||
Jayaram | ||
1998 | Ajay | |
Sanjay (Guest Role) | ||
Jeeva | ||
Shiva | ||
1997 | Vijay | |
Prabu | ||
Guru | ||
Kumar | ||
Nathan | ||
1996 | Surya | |
Ramu (Minor Mapillai) | ||
Vasanth | ||
Krishna | ||
1995 | Jeeva | |
Chandru | ||
1994 | Ashok | |
Kumar | ||
1993 | Siddhartha | |
Arjun | ||
1990 | Uncreditted role as a school boy | |
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