Vincent Asokan is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in

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films.

Personal life

Vincent is the son of actor S. A. Ashokan. He is married and has two sons.

Career

Vincent Asokan made his debut in director A. Venkatesh's '' Aai'' (2004) and has since played villain in close to 30 films. He played supporting roles in flicks like '' 6'2'' (2005), ''

Thotti Jaya ''Thotti Jaya'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language gangster drama film written and directed by Durai and produced by Kalaipuli Dhanu. The film stars Silambarasan and Gopika, while Pradeep Rawat (in his Tamil debut) essays a supporting role. The s ...

'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2006), ''

Nee Venunda Chellam ''Nee Venunda Chellam'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action romance film, written and directed by L. Venkatesan, starring Ramesh, Gajala and Namitha in lead roles, with Thilakan, Vivek and Vincent Asokan playing supporting roles. The music ...

'' (2006), ''

Thagapansamy ''Thagapansamy'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Shivashanmughan and produced by Tiruchi Gopalji. The film stars Prashanth and Pooja, while Namitha, Karunas and Vincent Asokan played other supporting roles. Featuring ...

'' (2006), ''

Pokkiri ''Pokkiri'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film ''Pokiri'' starring Mahesh Babu. The film stars Vijay and Asin with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadivelu ...

'' (2007), ''

Aalwar ''Aalwar'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Chella Ayyavu and produced by Mohan Natarajan. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Asin and Keerthi Chawla. Lal, Vivek, Shwetha Bandekar and Aditya Srivastava appearing in othe ...

'' (2007) and '' Murugaa'' (2007). He won the Best Villain Award for his role in ''

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'' (2009). In 2014, Vincent also does occasional cameos like in the movie ''Eppodhum Vendraan'', where he plays a cop. In '' Ennamo Nadakkuthu'', director Rajapandi cast him as a boxer. In ''

Thalaivan ''Thalaivan'' is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ramesh Selvan and produced by Chithirai Selvan. The film features Bas, the younger brother of politician T. T. V. Dhinakaran and Nikesha Patel in the lead roles, while the ensemble cast features San ...

'', directed by

Ramesh Selvan Ramesh Selvan is an Indian film director, who has made Tamil films. Career Ramesh Selvan made his debut as a film maker with the action film ''Ulavuthurai'' (1998) starring Vijayakanth in lead role before making the revenge drama ''Jananam'' ( ...

he played a very authoritative character of a don. He played a small role in the action thriller ''

Sandamarutham ''Sandamarutham'' () is a 2015 Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. Venkatesh which has R. Sarathkumar in dual lead roles and who also written the story of the film. This is his first time playing dual roles of the protagonist and ...

'' (2015) which also had

Sarath Kumar Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film A ...

in dual lead roles. In director Cable Shankar's ''

Thottal Thodarum ''Thottal Thodarum'' is a 2015 Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by noted critic and writer Cable Sankar. The film features Thaman Kumar and Arundhati (actress), Arundhati in the lead roles, while Vincent Asokan plays a ...

'', he achieved another pinnacle of acting by playing the role of a hired assassin with no dialogues and conveying terror via his expressions and menacing looks. Vincent also played a violent person in A. Venkatesh's ''

Killadi ''Killadi'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by A. Venkatesh, and produced by Salem Chandrasekharan. It stars Bharath and Nila, while Vivek and Roja play pivotal roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. ...

'' (2015). In 2016, he played a supporting role in a suspense-drama film ''

Ennul Aayiram ''Ennul Aayiram'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language thriller drama film written and directed by Krishna Kumar. It stars newcomers Maha and Marina Michael with Vincent Asokan and Krishnamoorthy in supporting roles. The film, which has music compo ...

'', written and directed by Krishna Kumar.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asokan, Vincent Indian male film actors Tamil male actors Living people Male actors from Chennai Male actors in Tamil cinema 1965 births