Vivek
Age: N/A | From: Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Vivekanandan , விவேக் , विवेक , വിവേക് , వివేక్ , Padmashri Vivek
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu, India
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 84
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Vivek was an Indian film actor, comedian, television personality, playback singer and activist working in the Tamil film industry. Introduced in films by director K. Balachander, he won 3 Filmfare Best Comedian – Tamil Awards for his performances in movies such as Run (2002), Saamy (2003), Perazhagan (2004) and 5 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Comedian for Unnaruge Naan Irundhal (1999), Run (2002) Parthiban Kanavu (2003), Anniyan (2005) and Sivaji (2007). He has acted more than 220 films. In 2009, Government of India awarded Vivek with the Padma Shri award for his contribution to the arts. Sathyabama University has conferred actor Vivek with an honorary doctorate for his contribution to the society through cinema. As a television personality, Vivek has hosted a number of events and has interviewed media personalities, notably A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Inspired by Kalam's environmentalism, Vivek founded the Green Kalam initiative in 2010 with the mission of planting one billion trees across Tamil Nadu.
Most Famous Work
Indian 2
(2024) Elango
Sivaji: The Boss
(2007) Arivu
Yennai Arindhaal
(2015) 'Revolver' Richard
Bigil
(2019) Nessi
Oopiri
(2016) Lawyer Lingam
Viswasam
(2019) Kesavan
Anniyan
(2005) Chari Singari
Mupparimanam
(2017) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Elango | |
| 2024 | Elango | |
| 2023 | Father Xavier | |
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2021 | Sigamani | |
| 2020 | Kannadasan | |
| 2019 | Nessi | |
| DIG Rudhran Ganesan | ||
| Kesavan | ||
| 2018 | Vishwanathan | |
| 2017 | Delhi | |
| Azhagu Sundaram | ||
| Ramachandran | ||
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
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| Raj | ||
| 2016 | Animal Arasu | |
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| Kaashmora's Father | ||
| Surya | ||
| Lawyer Lingam | ||
| 2015 | Vettaiyan/Pasupathy (Guest Appearance) | |
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| Pandian (Panda) | ||
| 'Revolver' Richard | ||
| Arnold | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Azhagusundaram | ||
| Bala | ||
| Yuvaraj Sukumar | ||
| Special Appearance | ||
| 2013 | Yettu Erimalai | |
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| 2012 | Saroja | |
| 2011 | Varun Sandhesh | |
| Child Chinna / James Pandiyan / Youth | ||
| Ghirivalam | ||
| Gumbidi Samy | ||
| 2010 | 'Emotional' Ekambaram | |
| Annamalai | ||
| London | ||
| Thirupathi | ||
| Yettu Erimalai | ||
| Singapetti Sringaram | ||
| 'Cola' Kumar | ||
| 2009 | N/A | |
| Kingfisher | ||
| Thanthoni | ||
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| Azhagappan | ||
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| Assault Arumugam | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
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| Gopal | ||
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| Madurai | ||
| Ops | ||
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| Mani / Nattamai | ||
| Mac | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| Shaktivel's Brother-in-Law | ||
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| Arivu | ||
| Thiru's Friend | ||
| Pons | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Pandi | ||
| Madhan | ||
| Manohar | ||
| Sathya's friend | ||
| V C Damodaran (VCD) | ||
| Bullet | ||
| Agniputra | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Chari Singari | ||
| Comedian | ||
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| 2004 | Prakash | |
| Harichandra | ||
| Ganesan | ||
| 'Auto' Sampath | ||
| Kuzhandhai | ||
| Bashir | ||
| 2003 | Kapil (Tamil version) | |
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| Ezhumalai | ||
| Shankar | ||
| Mangalam | ||
| Mani | ||
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| Sahadevan | ||
| Mano | ||
| Chandru | ||
| Venkataraman Iyer | ||
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| 'Super' Subbu | ||
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| Narayana Swamy | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
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| Althotta Bupathi | ||
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| Kandhasamy | ||
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| Shiva's Friend | ||
| Nandakumar | ||
| Auto Arumugam | ||
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| 2001 | Mano | |
| Dr. Putham | ||
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| Valaiyapathi | ||
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| Owner of provision store | ||
| Ramamoorthy | ||
| Hari | ||
| Madhan | ||
| Megaserial Mahadevan | ||
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| Jim | ||
| Chockalingam | ||
| Santosh | ||
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| Manimaran | ||
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Kalyanaraman | ||
| Chandru | ||
| Krishnan | ||
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| Dhandapani | ||
| Vicky | ||
| Kathirvela | ||
| Sethu | ||
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| Arasu | ||
| Ramesh | ||
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| 1999 | N/A | |
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| Madhi | ||
| Ramanathan | ||
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| Vicky | ||
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| Vivek | ||
| Vinod | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
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| Oyya | ||
| Panchu | ||
| Nagaraj | ||
| Valayapathi / Police inspector | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
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| Pazhanisamy | ||
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| Inspector Balram | ||
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| 1996 | Subash's Friend | |
| Raja | ||
| Kicha | ||
| 1995 | Kuppu | |
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| 1994 | Appu | |
| Araitchi Ariandndham, Ex-Finance minister | ||
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| Koteeswaran | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
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| Govind | ||
| Tamilarasan's Friend | ||
| 1992 | Narayanan | |
| Krishnamoorthy's son | ||
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| 1991 | N/A | |
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| 1989 | Vittal Manibharathi's Personal Assistant | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
