J. Livingston

Philip Livingston Jones, commonly credited by his mononym Livingston, is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter who usually plays supporting and comedy roles in Tamil films.
He is known for the films Captain Prabhakaran, Sundara Purushan and Sollamale. He has acted over 180 films.

Career

He wrote the screenplay for the movies Kanni Rasi and Kaakki Sattai along with G. M. Kumar.
His first starring role was in Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran. He started out playing villains and graduated to playing lead roles with Sundara Purushan, Sollamale, Viralukketha Veekkam, En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri and Engalukkum Kaalam Varum are other films in which he has appeared in lead roles.
At the peak of his career in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Livingston opted to take on a mix of lead roles, antagonistic roles and cameo roles.

Personal life

Livingston was born in a Christian family in Chennai, Tamilnadu.
His father, Samuel Jones worked as a supervisor in Binny and Co., while his mother was a homemaker who was of Malaysian Tamils descent.
He attended ELM Fabricus Hr.Sec. School in Purasawalkam until grade 10 after which he pursued his cinema career.
On 6 September 1997, he married Jessy Irudayaraj a Roman Catholic in a private ceremony in Chennai. The couple has two daughters, Jovita and Gemma.