
Manivannan
Born
S Manivannan Rajagopal or popularly known mononymously as Manivannan, was an Indian film actor and director. In a career spanning three decades, Manivannan went from being a story and dialogue writer for veteran director Bharathiraja from 1980–82 to a successful director who thrived in experimenting with different genres, before becoming an actor. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan was one of the most experienced actors in the field and has directed exact 50 films.[4] Manivannan was mainly a supporting actor in films and often played the comedian or the villain's role. During his lifetime, he supported various political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He later became affiliated with the Naam Tamilar Katchi and had long supported its ideology of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism.
Filmography (218)

TMDb 3.0 / 10

As the man talking with Raja in railway station
TMDb 7.3 / 10
As Killer Manju
TMDb 2.0 / 10

As Purushothaman
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Kaasi
TMDb 5.7 / 10

As Manickavel
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Rasappa
TMDb 7.1 / 10

As Rahim Bhai
TMDb 6.0 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10
As Mani
TMDb 7.8 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 6.7 / 10

TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Preeti Father
TMDb 6.2 / 10


As Jeevan's grandfather

As Ramaiya
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Mani Gounder
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Palanisamy
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Vishwa's father
TMDb 4.7 / 10

As Arumugam
TMDb 7.1 / 10

As GD
TMDb 4.5 / 10

TMDb 5.5 / 10
As GOD
TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Exhibition Grounds Owner
TMDb 3.7 / 10

As Aavudapillai
TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Roja's Father

As Mani
TMDb 5.9 / 10

As Kesavan
TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Mani

TMDb 9.0 / 10


As Mani
TMDb 6.5 / 10

TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Susan

TMDb 7.3 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Subramani


As Kumarasamy
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Veeramani
TMDb 7.0 / 10
TMDb 2.0 / 10

TMDb 2.5 / 10

As Nellai Amaran
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Sundaram
TMDb 6.3 / 10

TMDb 2.0 / 10

As Ramasamy Gounder



As Peter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
TMDb 5.2 / 10

As Thangamani

As Reddiar


As Nizam Bhai
TMDb 3.5 / 10
As Cameo


As Velayudham
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Mani
TMDb 4.0 / 10

TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Madhavan's father
As Self
TMDb 3.0 / 10

TMDb 4.5 / 10

TMDb 5.6 / 10

TMDb 5.0 / 10

TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Rasappan
As Nagarajan
TMDb 5.8 / 10

TMDb 2.5 / 10


TMDb 9.0 / 10

As Ramalingam
TMDb 7.4 / 10

TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Mayakrishnan
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Kabuliwala
As Vedimuthu

As Mani
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Manimaran
TMDb 3.7 / 10

As Sivagnanam
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Nagamani's father

As Dharmalingam

As Dhanashekaran
TMDb 8.5 / 10

As Tiruchitrambalam
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Rajasekhar
TMDb 2.0 / 10
As Chokku
TMDb 4.9 / 10

As Ashram Staff
TMDb 4.8 / 10
As Muthannan
TMDb 8.0 / 10

TMDb 5.0 / 10

TMDb 10.0 / 10

As Varadarajan

TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Ashok
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Govindan
TMDb 5.6 / 10

As rajappan

As Mani
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Preeti's Father (Tamil version)
TMDb 5.5 / 10

TMDb 5.2 / 10

TMDb 7.7 / 10

As Smuggling boss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Kuberan Father

TMDb 6.5 / 10

As Scientist 'Science'
TMDb 7.6 / 10

As Auto Driver
TMDb 4.0 / 10

As Irulaandi
TMDb 6.7 / 10

As Mani

As Manikkam
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Chellappa
As Mohana Sundaram

TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Annamalai

As Narayanan
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Rathnavelu
TMDb 5.2 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Nagappan

TMDb 5.0 / 10

TMDb 7.5 / 10

As Singamuthu
TMDb 4.5 / 10

As Sivaji
TMDb 5.9 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Sandhya's father
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Chidhambaram

As Manian Gounder
TMDb 0.5 / 10

As Varadaraja Perumal
TMDb 5.3 / 10


As Mudaliyar
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Kaliyaperumal
TMDb 7.4 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10

As Karthik's colleague
TMDb 7.4 / 10

As Periyavar
TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Ramanathan
TMDb 5.8 / 10
As Ramanathan

As Mahadevan
TMDb 10.0 / 10

TMDb 5.5 / 10
TMDb 8.0 / 10

As Velasamy

As Special Appearance

As Mokkayam
TMDb 5.5 / 10

As Minister Kuppusamy


As Ayyavannan


As CD Shop Owner
TMDb 6.8 / 10

TMDb 4.8 / 10

TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Rajavelu
TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Ramasamy
TMDb 7.0 / 10

TMDb 5.5 / 10
As Virumandi

As Viswanathan / Kasinathan
TMDb 7.0 / 10

As JP
TMDb 6.3 / 10

TMDb 3.0 / 10

As Ajmal

As Gokulakrishnan

As ex-MLA Manimaran
TMDb 6.2 / 10

As Village Chief
TMDb 4.7 / 10

As Mani
TMDb 6.8 / 10


TMDb 5.0 / 10

As Madana Gopal
TMDb 3.0 / 10

As Sathyamoorthy's Father
TMDb 4.7 / 10


TMDb 6.5 / 10

TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Mayandi
TMDb 4.5 / 10

TMDb 5.0 / 10


As Sathya's father
TMDb 6.3 / 10
As Johnson

As Pandiyan

As Professor

TMDb 6.0 / 10

As Rishi's father
As Kottaval
As Kai Ezhuthu Gounder, Raja's father

As Mani, Balu's father

TMDb 2.0 / 10


As Gopalakrishnan Gounder
TMDb 5.5 / 10

TMDb 6.5 / 10



As Valli's Husband

As Mannangatti
As Manikandan
TMDb 4.0 / 10

TMDb 7.0 / 10


As Kamaraj
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb