Ajith Kumar filmography


Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. Apart from a small role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar, his professional career began three years later with his debut as a lead actor in Tamil cinema with Amaravathi. Despite being a moderate success, the film helped him obtain more modelling assignments. He followed it up the same year with Prema Pusthakam, his only Telugu film to date. After Amaravathi release, Ajith opted against acting, and instead tried pursuing a career in auto racing. While training for an amateur race, he injured his back and underwent three major surgeries, leaving him bed-ridden for a year and a half. After recovering from the injury, he played supporting roles in Paasamalargal and Pavithra. After this, he co-starred with Vijay in Rajavin Parvaiyile. That same year, he had his breakthrough with the romantic thriller Aasai. His performance earned him critical acclaim and established him as an up-and-coming actor in Tamil cinema.
He was next seen as the main lead in Agathiyan's epistolary Kadhal Kottai, a critical and commercial success. In 1997, he had five releases, all of which were commercial failures. Ajith's dual portrayal of twin brothers—where one is deaf-mute—in S. J. Suryah's Vaalee won him his first [Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Tamil language|Tamil Actor]. Impressed with his performance in that film, Rajiv Menon cast Ajith in the ensemble drama Kandukondain Kandukondain which was also commercial and critical success. The following year, he collaborated with debutant director AR Murugadoss on the action film Dheena. The film was successful in establishing his reputation as an action hero and earning him the nickname "Thala". He earned critical acclaim for his dual role performance in the vigilante film Citizen, and the film was commercial success. and a Best Actor nomination at Filmfare for the drama Poovellam Un Vasam. His last release of the year was Santosh Sivan's Hindi film Aśoka, where he played a brief antagonistic role opposite Shah Rukh Khan. His -role performance as twin brothers in K. S. Ravikumar's film Villain won him a second Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.
Between 2003 and 2005, Ajith cut back on his acting career to focus on his racing career. During this time, he had his only commercial success with Attahasam. Two years later he starred in Ravikumar's Varalaru, in which he played three different roles. It became the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year, and Ajith went on to receive his third Best Tamil Actor award at Filmfare for his performance. In 2007 he was seen in two remakesKireedam and Billa, both of which were big box office hits. His next two releases, Aegan and Aasal, were critical and commercial failures.
Ajith played an antihero—as a money-minded, suspended police officer—in Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha. It had the biggest opening of that year for a Tamil film, and became Ajith's biggest commercial success to that point. His next release, Billa II, Tamil cinema's first prequel, opened to mixed reviews. He followed that with the multi-starrer Arrambam and Siva's masala film Veeram, both of which were commercially successful. In 2015 he collaborated with Gautham Vasudev Menon for the crime thriller Yennai Arindhaal. His performance as an undercover police officer earned him a Best Tamil Actor nomination at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South. His second release of the year, Vedalam, had the biggest opening day in Tamil cinema and was among the highest grossing Tamil films of the year.

Film

  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
YearFilmRoleNotes
1990En Veedu En KanavarSchool boyChild artist
1993AmaravathiArjunDebut as lead actor
1993Prema PusthakamSreekarTelugu film
1994PaasamalargalKumar
1994PavithraAshok
1995Rajavin ParvaiyileChandru
1995AasaiJeevanantham
1996VaanmathiKrishna
1996Kalloori VaasalVasanth
1996Minor MappillaiRamu
1996Kadhal KottaiSurya
1997NesamRanganathan
1997RaasiKumar
1997UllaasamGuruAlso playback singer for "Valibam Vaazha Sollum"
1997PagaivanPrabhu
1997Rettai Jadai VayasuVijay
1998Kaadhal MannanShiva
1998Aval VaruvalaJeeva
1998Unnidathil Ennai KoduthenSanjayCameo
1998Uyirodu UyiragaAjay
1999ThodarumJayaram
1999Unnai ThediRaghu
1999VaaleeShiva/DevaAlso playback singer for "Oh Sona"
1999Anantha PoongatreJeeva
1999AmarkkalamVasu25th film
1999Nee Varuvai EnaSubramaniExtended Cameo
2000MugavareeSridhar
2000Kandukondain KandukondainManohar
2000Unnai Kodu Ennai TharuvenSurya
2001DheenaDheenadhayalan
2001CitizenCitizen/Subramani
2001Poovellam Un VasamChinna
2001AśokaSusimaHindi film; special appearance
2002RedRed
2002RajaRaja
2002VillainShiva/Vishnu
2003Ennai Thalatta VaruvalaSathishExtended Cameo
2003AnjaneyaParamaguru
2004JanaJanarthanan
2004AttahasamGuru/Jeeva
2005JiVasu
2006ParamasivanSubramaniyam Siva
2006ThirupathiThirupathi
2006VaralaruShivashankar /Vishnu / Jeeva
2007AalwarShiva
2007KireedamSakthivel
2007BillaDavid Billa / Saravanavelu
2008AeganShiva
2010AasalJeevanantham / Shiva Also screenwriter
2011MankathaVinayak Mahadev50th film
2012Billa IIDavid Billa
2012English VinglishA flight passenger
2013ArrambamAshok Kumar
2014VeeramVinayagam
2015Yennai ArindhaalSathyadev
2015VedalamGanesh
2017VivegamAjay Kumar
2019ViswasamThookku Durai
2019Nerkonda PaarvaiBharath Subramaniam
2022ValimaiArjun Kumar
2023ThunivuDark Devil
2025VidaamuyarchiArjun
2025Good Bad UglyAK