Karthi is a Indian film actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, two SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. The younger brother of the actor Suriya and son of actor Sivakumar, Karthi initially joined Mani Ratnam as an assistant director and made his acting debut with Paruthiveeran (2007), which earned him several accolades including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He went on to star in hit films like Paiyaa (2010), Naan Mahaan Alla (2010), Siruthai (2011), Madras (2014), Thozha (2016), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kaithi (2019), Thambi (2019), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022), Sardar (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), establishing himself as a commercially successful leading actor of Tamil cinema.
Siruthai
(Ratnavel Pandian IPS / Rocket Raja)
Vaa Vaathiyaar
Paiyaa
(Siva)
Kaithi 2
(Dilli)
Saguni
(Kamalakannan)
Aayirathil Oruvan
(Muthu)
Naan Mahaan Alla
(Jeeva Pragasam)
Meiyazhagan
(Meiyazhagan)
Aayitha Ezhuthu
(Michael's Friend (Uncredited))
Alex Pandian
(Alex Pandian)
Biriyani
(Sugan)
All in All Azhagu Raja
(Azhagu Raja)
Mark Antony
(Narrator (Voice))
Vikram
(Dilli (voice))
Paruthiveeran
(Paruthiveeran)
Madras
(Kaali)
Japan
(Japan)
Komban
(Kombaiah Pandian)
Oopiri
(Seenu)
Kaashmora
(Kaashmora / Raj Nayak)
Kaatru Veliyidai
(Varun)
Sardar 2
(Agent Sardar Chandra Bose / Inspector Vijay Prakash)
Kanguva
(Rathaangasan/ Commander Ryan)
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru
(Theeran Thirumaran)
Kadaikutty Singam
(Gunasingam)
Dev
(Dev Ramalingam)
Kaithi
(Dilli)
Thambi
(Vicky (Saravanan))
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
(Vanthiyathevan)
Sulthan
(Vikram Alias Sulthan)
Sardar
(Chandrabose "Sardar"/Vijay Prakash)
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
(Vanthiyathevan)
Viruman
(Viruman)
Karthi 29
Bigg Boss
(Himself - Promo for Kadaikutty Singam)
The Kapil Sharma Show
(Self)
Cooku with Comali
(Self - Guest)