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Born · May 1, 1971 (53 years old)
Known For: Acting
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. 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.
AK
0.0
2025
Arjun
6.2
2025
Dark Devil
5.8
2023
ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
5.6
2022
Bharath Subramaniam
6.8
2019
Thooku Durai
6.3
2019
Ajay Kumar
4.8
2017
Ganesh / Vedhalam
5.9
2015
DCP Sathyadev IPS
6.9
2015
Vinayagam
5.2
2014
Ashok Kumar
6.2
2013
A passenger in flight - Cameo
7.2
2012
David Billa
6.0
2012
Vinayak Mahadevan
6.7
2011
Shiva and Shiva's Father
4.4
2010
Shiva
4.2
2008
David Billa / Saravana Velu
6.7
2007
Shaktivel
5.8
2007
Shiva
3.5
2007
Sivashankar, Vishnu and Jeeva
6.2
2006
Thirupathi
4.2
2006
Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar
4.5
2006
Vasu
5.5
2005
Guru and Jeeva
5.5
2004
Jana
4.4
2004
Paramaguru
2.5
2003
Sathees
0.0
2003
Shiva / Vishnu
6.4
2002
Raja
4.0
2002
Red
5.1
2002
Susima Maurya
6.5
2001
Chinna
6.1
2001
Citizen (Arivanandam/Abdullah/Anthony) and Subramani
6.4
2001
Dheenadhayalan (Dheena)
5.7
2001
Surya
5.0
2000
Manohar
6.9
2000
Sridhar
6.6
2000
Vaasu
6.6
1999
Subramani
4.8
1999
Jeeva
0.0
1999
Deva / Shiva
6.9
1999
Raghu
0.0
1999
Jayaram
0.0
1999
Ajay
6.6
1998
Sanjay (Guest Role)
6.5
1998
Jeeva
6.0
1998
Shiva
6.1
1998
Vijay
5.0
1997
Prabu
0.0
1997
Guru
5.5
1997
Kumar
0.0
1997
Nathan
0.0
1997
Surya
7.4
1996
Ramu (Minor Mapillai)
4.7
1996
Vasanth
4.5
1996
Krishna
3.0
1996
Jeeva
6.3
1995
Chandru
0.0
1995
Ashok
7.0
1994
Kumar
0.0
1994
Siddhartha
0.0
1993
Arjun
5.0
1993
Uncreditted role as a school boy
0.0
1990
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