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Kamal Haasan
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu. Among the most prominent…
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Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu. Among the most prominent and celebrated film auteurs in modern Indian cinema, his body of work spans over 240 films across six decades in a wide array of languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali. In addition to his extensive work as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist, he has also worked as an assistant director, choreographer, editor, make-up artist, narrator, television host, and film distributor. In 1987, he founded a literary magazine, Maiam, which he edited, while also writing over 100 poems and some books. He was conferred the Kalaimamani in 1978, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014, and the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier) by the Government of France in 2016. Haasan has also won the National Film Award four times (including three for Best Actor), and is also known for having starred in the most number of films (7) submitted by India in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2025, he was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to become a member of its actors' branch.
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2026
Seyon
Movie Producer
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2025
Thug Life
Movie Rangaraya Sakthivel
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2024
Amaran
Movie Producer
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2024
Meiyazhagan
Movie Playback Singer
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2024
Manorathangal
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2024
Indian 2: Zero Tolerance
Movie Veerasekaran Senapathy
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2024
Kalki 2898-AD
Movie Supreme Yaskin
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2024
Manjummel Boys
Movie Thanks
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2023
Leo
Movie Vikram (voice)
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2023
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2022
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2022
Vikram
Movie Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
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2020
Sinamkol
Movie Thanks
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2019
Happi
Movie Playback Singer
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2019
Kadaram Kondan
Movie Producer
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2018
Mega Icons
TV show Self
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2018
Vishwaroopam II
Movie Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
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2018
Bigg Boss
TV show Himself- Guest
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2018
Amoli
Movie Self - Narrator (Tamil)
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2017
Sathya
Movie Thanks
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2017
Bigg Boss Telugu
TV show Self
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2017
Bigg Boss
TV show Self - Host
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2017
Muthuramalingam
Movie Playback Singer
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2016
Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum
Movie Swami
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2016
The Kapil Sharma Show
TV show Self
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2015
Thoongaavanam
Movie CK Diwakar IRS
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2015
Papanasam
Movie Suyambulingam
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2015
Uttama Villain
Movie Uttaman/Manoranjan
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2013
Vishwaroopam
Movie Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
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2012
Celluloid Man
Movie Self
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2010
Manmadhan Ambu
Movie Major Raja Mannar
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2010
Four Friends
Movie Self
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2010
Enthiran
Movie Thanks
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2009
Unnaipol Oruvan
Movie Common Man
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2009
Eenadu
Movie The Anonymous Caller
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2008
Dasavatharam
Movie Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
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2006
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Movie Raghavan
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2006
Pudhupettai
Movie Playback Singer
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2006
Thandege Thakka Maga
Movie Writer
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2005
Rama Shama Bhama
Movie Dr. Shyam Sajjan
