Ajith Kumar

Actor

Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula 3 season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.

He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In 2014, Ajith Kumar was listed in Forbes India’s Top 100 Celebrities.

He is also known as ‘Ultimate Star’ and ‘Thala’ by his fans. In 2025, he was awarded India’s prestigious Padma Bhushan award making him the 5th Kollywood Actor to receive the accolade.

Known For

English Vinglish Not in library

English Vinglish

2012

Aśoka

Aśoka

2001
Mankatha Not in library

Mankatha

2011

Billa Not in library

Billa

2007

Yennai Arindhaal Not in library

Yennai Arindhaal

2015

Vivegam Not in library

Vivegam

2017

Vedalam Not in library

Vedalam

2015

Viswasam Not in library

Viswasam

2019

Arrambam Not in library

Arrambam

2013

Thunivu Not in library

Thunivu

2023

Acting

2026 Ajith Kumar - Life Of A Gladiator as Self
2025 Vidaamuyarchi as Arjun
2025 Good Bad Ugly as AK 'Red Dragon'
2023 Thunivu as Dark Devil
2022 Valimai as ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
2019 Viswasam as Thooku Durai
2019 Nerkonda Paarvai as Bharath Subramaniam
2017 Vivegam as Ajay Kumar
2015 Yennai Arindhaal as DCP Sathyadev IPS
2015 Vedalam as Ganesh / Vedhalam
2014 Veeram as Vinayagam
2013 Arrambam as Ashok Kumar
2012 Billa II as David Billa
2012 English Vinglish as A passenger in flight - Cameo
2011 Mankatha as Vinayak Mahadevan
2010 Asal as Shiva and Shiva's Father
2008 Aegan as Shiva
2007 Billa as David Billa / Saravana Velu
2007 Kireedam as Shaktivel
2007 Aalwar as Shiva
2006 Varalaru as Sivashankar / Vishnu / Jeeva
2006 Thirupathi as Thirupathi
2006 Paramasivan as Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar
2005 Ji as Vasu
2004 Attagasam as Guru / Jeeva
2004 Jana as Jana
2003 Anjaneya as Paramaguru
2003 Ennai Thalatta Varuvala as Sathees
2002 Villain as Shiva / Vishnu
2002 Raja as Raja
2002 Red as Red
2001 Aśoka as Susima Maurya In Library
2001 Citizen as Citizen (Arivanandam/Abdullah/Anthony) and Subramani
2001 Dheena as Dheenadhayalan (Dheena)
2001 Poovellam Un Vasam as Chinna
2000 Mugavari as Sridhar
2000 Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven as Surya
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain as Manohar
1999 Nee Varuvai Ena as Subramani
1999 Amarkalam as Vasu
1999 Vaali as Deva / Shiva
1999 Anantha Poongattre... as Jeeva
1999 Thodarum as Jayaram
1999 Unnai Thedi as Raghu
1998 Kadhal Mannan as Shiva
1998 Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen as Sanjay (Guest Role)
1998 Aval Varuvala as Jeeva
1998 Uyirodu Uyiraga as Ajay
1997 Nesam as Nathan
1997 Ullasam as Guru
1997 Pagaivan as Prabu
1997 Raasi as Kumar
1997 Rettai Jadai Vayasu as Vijay
1996 Kadhal Kottai as Surya
1996 Kalloori Vaasal as Vasanth
1996 Vaanmathi as Krishna
1996 Minor Mappillai as Ramu (Minor Mapillai)
1995 Aasai as Jeeva
1995 Rajavin Parvaiyile as Chandru
1994 Pavithra as Ashok
1994 Paasamalargal as Kumar
1993 Amaravathi as Arjun
1993 Prema Pustakam as Siddhartha
1990 En Veedu En Kanavar as Uncreditted role as a school boy
— AK 64
— Untitled AK - Manu Anand Film