Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the

Tamil film industry Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood ...

. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside

Sivakarthikeyan Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985), also referred to as SK, is an Indian actor, singer, film producer, lyricist, and television presenter, who works predominantly in Tamil films. He has also won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, four Edison ...

in '' Ethir Neechal'' (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian for his performance in ''

Kaththi ''Kaththi'' (; ) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action social drama film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner Lyca Productions, along with Ayngaran International, as the co-produce ...

'' (2014), ''

Thangamagan ''Thanga Magan'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Velraj. Dhanush produced and stars in the film alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Amy Jackson. The film entered production in March 2015 and was released o ...

'' (2015) and ''

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'' (2016) and Edison Award for Best Appearance for the film ''

Tamizh Padam 2 ''Tamizh Padam 2: Police Athiyayam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language parody film written and directed by C. S. Amudhan and produced by S. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios. A sequel to the successful ''Thamizh Padam'' (2010), the f ...

'' (2018).

Personal life

Born in a middle-class brahmin family, Sathish barely attended school and worked part-time jobs alongside his studies to support his family. Interested in cinema, he joined Crazy Mohan's Troupe in 2001, at the age of 14 and performed for nearly 8 years as part of the troupe. Crazy Mohan saw potential in Sathish and took him as one of his own, educated him and supported him financially and helped him land small roles in '' Jerry'' and other small roles until 2009. He received many awards for his dramas in Crazy Mohan from Kamal Haasan and other celebrities. Sathish married Sindhu in December 2019 and the marriage was attended by many celebrities including

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, Jiiva,

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, and many others. The couple have a daughter named Niharika, born 4 November 2020.

Career

Sathish worked with

Crazy Mohan Mohan Rangachari (16 October 1952 – 10 June 2019) known professionally as Crazy Mohan, was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright. An engineer by profession, Mohan started writing plays and established his own drama troupe calle ...

in his theatre troupe for eight years, honing his histrionics and acting, while also helping write dialogues for his productions and acting in their stage play "Chocolate Krishna".

A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay, known professionally as Vijay, is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. An assistant director with Priyadarshan, he debuted as director with films such as '' Kireedam'' and the critically acclaimed ''Madr ...

made him a co-dialogue writer for ''

Poi Solla Porom ''Poi Solla Porom'' () is a 2008 Tamil comedy film directed by A. L. Vijay. It is a remake of the Hindi film '' Khosla Ka Ghosla'' and stars Karthik Kumar, debutante Piaa Bajpai, and Nedumudi Venu, alongside an ensemble supporting cast includin ...

'' (2008), before offering him an acting role in ''

Madrasapattinam ''Madrasapattinam'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language historical romantic drama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay. The film stars Arya and Amy Jackson, in her feature film debut, while Nassar, Cochin Hanifa, Lisa Lazarus, and Ale ...

'' (2010), but his debut was in the movie ''Jerry'' (2006) where he played a small role named fariq where he was shown in two shots without any dialogue. In 2013 he appeared in Senthil Kumar's '' Ethir Neechal'' portraying Peter, with a critic noting that

and Sathish "complement each other’s comic timing". His next notable role was as an IT professional Sandy in ''

Maan Karate ''Maan Karate'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language sports comedy film written and directed by Krish Thirukumaran. The film was written and co-produced by AR Murugadoss and produced by P. Madhan under banner of Escape Artists Motion Pictures. It s ...

'' (2014), written by AR Murugadoss. He played an important role in ''

'' (2014), co-starring Vijay in the lead role. He received Edison Award for Best Comedian for the films ''Kaththi'' (2014), ''

'' (2015) and ''

'' (2016). Sathish played the role of an antagonist in the 2018 parody film ''

'', which was written and directed by C. S. Amudhan. He marks his debut as a lead actor in ''

Naai Sekar ''Naai Sekar'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language science fantasy comedy film written and directed by debutant Kishore Rajkumar and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment. The film stars Sathish and Pavithra Lakshmi ...

'' (2022). Sathish has chosen a wise script and put up a solid performance as the story's lead.

Filmography

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* * {{authority control Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people Tamil comedians 1987 births People from Salem district