List of actors of Tamil origin
This list outlines the names of notable film actors of ethnic Tamil origin. The names are ordered by the actors' first or stage name.
Actors
- Aari Arujunan
- Ajay Rathnam
- Akhil
- Ameer
- Appukutty
- Arjunan
- Aruldoss
- Arun Pandian
- Arun Vijay
- Arvind Swamy
- Ashok Selvan
- Attakathi Dinesh
- Azhagam Perumal
- Aziz Ansari
- Bala Saravanan
- Bagavathi Perumal
- Besant Ravi
- Bharani
- Bharath
- Bonda Mani
- Ceylon Manohar
- Chaams
- Charle
- Charuhasan
- Crane Manohar
- Darshan Dharmaraj
- Delhi Ganesh
- Dhamu
- Dhanush
- Dhruv Vikram
- Elango Kumaravel
- Ennathe Kannaiah
- G. Marimuthu
- G. Ramanathan
- G.Srinivasan
- Ganja Karuppu
- Gautham Karthik
- Gemini Ganesan
- George Maryan
- Goundamani
- Gowtham Sundararajan
- Gundu Kalyanam
- Guru Somasundaram
- Harish Kalyan
- Idichapuli Selvaraj
- Irfan
- Ilavarasu
- Imman Annachi
- Inigo Prabhakaran
- J. Livingston
- Jai
- Jai Akash
- Jaishankar
- Janagaraj
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Jayam Ravi
- Jayaram
- Jiiva
- Jithan Ramesh
- K. Balaji
- K. Manikandan
- K. Sarangapani
- K. A. Thangavelu
- K. K. Soundar
- K. R. Ramasamy
- Kalaiyarasan
- Kalloori Vinoth
- Kali N. Rathnam
- Kamal Haasan
- Karthi
- Karthik
- Karunakaran
- Karunas
- Kathir
- Kavin
- King Ratnam
- Kishore DS
- Krishna
- Kullamani
- Kuralarasan
- LIC Narasimhan
- Loose Mohan
- M. K. Radha
- M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
- M. S. Bhaskar
- Mahanadhi Shankar
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- Manivannan
- Major Sundararajan
- Maran
- Michael Thangadurai
- Mime Gopi
- Mohan Raman
- Munishkanth
- Murali
- N. S. Krishnan
- Namo Narayana
- Nandha Durairaj
- Nassar
- Naveen Chandra
- Nellai Siva
- Nithin Sathya
- Nizhalgal Ravi
- O. A. K. Thevar
- O. A. K. Sundar
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- P. S. Veerappa
- P. U. Chinnappa
- Pandi
- Pandiarajan
- Pandiyan
- Pandu
- Pasi Narayanan
- Pasupathy
- Periya Karuppu Thevar
- Ponnambalam
- Poornam Viswanathan
- Pradeep Ranganathan
- Prabhu
- Prasanna
- Prashanth
- Pugazh
- Puneeth Rajkumar
- Pyramid Natarajan
- R. Madhavan
- R. Muthuraman
- R. K. Suresh
- R. S. Manohar
- Raghava Lawrence
- Rahul Ravindran
- Rajasekhar
- Rajesh
- Ramarajan
- Ramesh Aravind
- Ramki
- Ravi Mariya
- Ravi Raghavendra
- Ravichandran
- Rajendran
- Rajkiran
- Redin Kingsley
- Robo Shankar
- S.A. Ashokan
- S.J. Suryah
- S. S. Rajendran
- S. V. Ramadas
- S. V. Sahasranamam
- S. V. Venkataraman
- Sadhu Kokila
- Sai Dheena
- Sam Anderson
- Samuthirakani
- Santhanam
- Santhosh Prathap
- Saran Shakthi
- Sarathkumar
- Saravanan
- Sasikumar
- Sathyan
- Sathyaraj
- Scissor Manohar
- Selva
- Selva Rasalingam
- Sendhil Ramamurthy
- Sendrayan
- Seeman
- Senthil
- Shaam
- Shanmugasundaram
- Shiva
- Sibiraj
- Siddharth (actor)
- Silambarasan
- Singampuli
- Sivakarthikeyan
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Sivakumar
- Soori
- Soundararaja
- Sree Raam
- Sri
- Srikanth
- Subbu Panchu
- Sundar Raj
- Suresh Joachim
- Suriya
- Suruli Rajan
- Swaminathan
- T. Rajendar
- T. R. Ramachandran
- T. S. Balaiah
- Teejay Arunasalam
- Thambi Ramaiah
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Thiagarajan
- Thyagu
- V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)
- V. Ravichandran
- V. K. Ramaswamy
- V. I. S. Jayapalan
- V. S. Raghavan
- VTV Ganesh
- Vadivelu
- Vagai Chandrasekhar
- Vasanth Ravi
- Vela Ramamoorthy
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy
- Vetri
- Vidharth
- Vignesh
- Vijay
- Vijay Antony
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Vijay Vasanth
- Vijayakumar
- Vikram
- Vikram Prabhu
- Vikranth
- Vimal
- Vinod Raj
- Vinoth Kishan
- Vivek
- Y. G. Mahendran
- Yogi Babu
- Yugi Sethu
Actresses
- Aathmika
- Abhirami
- Adah Sharma
- Akshara Haasan
- Amara Karan
- Ammu Abhirami
- Amritha Aiyer
- Athulya Ravi
- Chandini Tamilarasan
- Charithra Chandran
- C. R. Vijayakumari
- C. T. Rajakantham
- Deepa Shankar
- Deepa Venkat
- Dhansika
- Disco Shanthi
- Divyabharathi
- Dushara Vijayan
- E. V. Saroja
- Esha Deol
- Gayathrie
- Gandhimathi
- Geraldine Viswanathan
- Hema Malini
- Hemalatha
- Indhuja Ravichandran
- Indira Krishnan
- J.Jayalalithaa
- Joshna Fernando
- Janani Iyer
- Jeevitha
- K. Thavamani Devi
- K. B. Sundarambal
- Kalpana Iyer
- Kanika
- Kanmani Manoharan
- Keerthi Pandian
- Keerthy Suresh
- Kruthika Jayakumar
- Kumari Rukmani
- Kutty Padmini
- Kuyili
- Lakshmi (actress)
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
- Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
- Lalitha Kumari
- Latha Sethupathi
- M. N. Rajam
- M. R. Santhanalakshmi
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- Malavika Avinash
- Manochitra
- Manorama
- Meenakshi Seshadri
- Meera Vasudevan
- Meghana Raj
- Menaka
- Mirnalini Ravi
- Mrudhula Bhaskar
- N. C. Vasanthakokilam
- Neelima Rani
- Nanditha Jennifer
- Niranjani Shanmugaraja
- Nisha Krishnan
- Nivetha Pethuraj
- Ooha
- P. A. Periyanayaki
- Padma Lakshmi
- Padmapriya Janakiraman
- Poornima Bhagyaraj
- Poornima Indrajith
- Preity Mukhundhan
- Priya Anand
- Priyanka Arul Mohan
- Priya Bhavani Shankar
- Priyamani
- Preetha Vijayakumar
- Radhika Preeti
- Radhika Sarathkumar
- Ramya Krishnan
- Ramya Pandian
- Ranjitha
- Rathi Arumugam
- Regina Cassandra
- Rekha
- Rukmani Devi
- Rukmini Vijayakumar
- Rupa Manjari
- Riythvika
- S. N. Lakshmi
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- Sanchana Natarajan
- Sangeetha Krish
- Sathyakala
- Sathyapriya
- Semmalar Annam
- Shammu
- Shanthi Krishna
- Sheela Rajkumar
- Shivani Rajashekar
- Shivathmika Rajashekar
- Shruti Hassan
- Simone Ashley
- Sri Priyanka
- Sridevi
- Sridevi Vijayakumar
- Sripriya
- Srividya
- Sruthi Hariharan
- Sukanya
- Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Sumathi
- Swarnamalya
- Tanya Ravichandran
- Teju Ashwini
- Trisha (actress)
- T. A. Madhuram
- T. R. Rajakumari
- T. P. Rajalakshmi
- T. V. Rathnam
- Tharini Mudaliar
- U. R. Jeevarathnam
- V. N. Janaki
- Vadivukkarasi
- Vanitha Krishnachandran
- Varshini Sounderajan
- Vasundhara Devi
- Vasundhara Kashyap
- Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
- Vidya Balan
- Vidyullekha Raman
- Vimala Raman
- Vindhya
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
- Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan
- Vyjanthimala