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Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

Birthday: 1971-05-01 | Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Good Bad Ugly

as    AK 'Red Dragon'

2025
Vidaamuyarchi

as    Arjun

2023
Thunivu

as    Dark Devil

2022
Valimai

as    ACP Arjun Kumar IPS

2019
Nerkonda Paarvai

as    Bharath Subramaniam

2019
Viswasam

as    Thooku Durai

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
English Vinglish

as    A passenger in flight - Cameo

2012
Billa II

as    David Billa

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 and Jeeva

2006
Paramasivan

as    Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar

2006
Thirupathi

as    Thirupathi

2005
Ji

as    Vasu

2004
Attagasam

as    Guru / Jeeva

2003
Anjaneya

as    Paramaguru

2003
Ennai Thalatta Varuvala

as    Sathees

2002
Red

as    Red

2002
Villain

as    Shiva / Vishnu

2001
Citizen

as    Citizen (Arivanandam/Abdullah/Anthony) and Subramani

2001
Aśoka

as    Susima Maurya