Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Suriya
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saravanan Sivakumar
Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. One of the highest-paid Tamil film actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. Suriya has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and ten Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has featured six times in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
OverviewAI-generated
Suriya is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and stage actor. Born in Chennai, he began his work period in 1997. He is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravidar Kazhagam political parties. His notable works include his filmography, and he has received the Filmfare Awards South.
He speaks Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. Suriya is married to Jyothika, and they have one child. His father is Sivakumar, and his sibling is Karthik Siva kumar. He was educated at Loyola College and resides in Chennai. He follows Hinduism.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Suriya is referenced by 591 other articles, and connects out to The Times of India, Chennai and IMDb.
It sits within the topics 1975 births, 20th-century Indian male actors and 21st-century Indian male actors.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Saravanan Sivakumar known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter, best known for his work in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997), Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003). As of 2010, he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards…
Known for
- Karuppu — Saravanan aka Vettai Karuppu2026
- Vishwanath & Sons — Sanjay Vishwanath2026
- Retro — Paarivel Kannan / Jada Muni2025
- Sarfira — Businessman2024
- Kanguva — Kanguva / Francis Theodore2024
- Vikram — Rolex2022
- Rocketry: The Nambi Effect — Interviewer (Tamil version)2022
- Etharkkum Thunindhavan — Kannabiran2022
- Jai Bhim — Chandru2021
- Navarasa — Kamal2021
via TMDB
Key facts
- Person.name
- Suriya
- Person.image
- 280x280px
- Person.caption
- Suriya in 2025
- Person.birth_name
- Saravanan Sivakumar
- Person.birth_place
- Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.other_names
- Nadippin Nayagan
- Person.works
- Full list
- Person.alma_mater
- Loyola College, Chennai
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.relatives
- Sivakumar family
- Person.father
- Sivakumar
- Person.years_active
- 1997–present
- Person.awards
- Full list
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Chennai
- Spouse
- Jyothika
- Father
- Sivakumar
- Sibling
- Karthik Siva kumar
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Political party
- Dravidar Kazhagam
- Languages spoken
- Telugu
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Soorya sivakumar.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Chennai
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Suriya
- date of birth
- 1974-07-23
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- different from
- Suraia
- filmography
- Suriya filmography
- social media followers
- 8562268
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~29 min read
Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- Early career (1997–2002)
- Experimental roles and success (2003–2007)
- Continued commercial success and stardom (2008–2013)
- Career struggles and sporadic success (2014–2019)
- Career resurgence and critical acclaim (2020–present)
- Humanitarian and social causes
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- In the media
- Work and accolades
- References
- External links
Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. One of the highest-paid Tamil film actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. Suriya has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and ten Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has featured six times in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandhaa (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Following award-winning performances of a conman in Pithamagan (2003) and a hunchback in Perazhagan (2004), he played a man suffering from anterograde amnesia in the 2005 blockbuster Ghajini. He rose to stardom with dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Vasudev Menon's semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His status as an action star was established with roles of a smuggler in Ayan (2009), and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy. He also found success with the science fiction films 7 Aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016) and then went on to work in critically acclaimed films like Soorarai Pottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021), the former of which earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suriya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.