Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the Tamil cinema. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside Sivakarthikeyan in Ethir Neechal (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian for his performance in Kaththi (2014), Thangamagan (2015) and Remo (2016) and Edison Award for Best Appearance for the film Tamizh Padam 2 (2018).
Personal life
Born in a middle-class iyer 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 many years as part of the troupe. He received many awards for the dramas from Kamal Haasan Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: and other celebrities.
Sathish married Sindhu in December 2019. The couple have a daughter.
Career Sathish worked with Crazy Mohan 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 plays Meesai Aanaalum Manaivi and Jurassic Baby as Cheenu. His debut was in the movie Jery (2006) where he played a small role. A. L. Vijay made him a co-dialogue writer for Poi Solla Porom (2008), before offering him an acting role in Madrasapattinam (2010).
In 2013 he appeared in Senthil Kumar's Ethir Neechal portraying Sivakarthikeyan's friend, with a critic noting that the duo "complement each other’s comic timing". His next notable role was as an IT professional Sandy in Maan Karate (2014), written by AR Murugadoss. He played an important role in Kaththi (2014), co-starring Vijay in the lead role.
He received Edison Award for Best Comedian for the films Kaththi (2014), Thangamagan (2015) and Remo (2016).
Sathish played the role of an antagonist in the 2018 parody film Tamizh Padam 2, which was written and directed by C. S. Amudhan.
He marks his debut as a lead actor in Naai Sekar (2022). He has delivered his next film as a hero in the horror comedy, titled Conjuring Kannappan (2023). He was later acted in the crime thrillers films such as Vithaikkaaran (2024) and Sattam En Kaiyil (2024).
Filmography + List of Sathish film credits Year Film Role Notes 2006 Jery Farooque credited as Sathish Ilampillai 2008 Poi Solla Porom as dialogue assistant2010Tamizh Padam PandiyaKola Kolaya Mundhirika Sukku Malli Madrasapattinam Pacha 2011 Mugaputhagam Sathish Short filmVaagai Sooda Vaa Kavattaiyan Mahaan Kanakku Mandotharan 2012Marina Makudu Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey Tarun Thaandavam Bullappan 2013Vathikuchi Vanaraj's friend Ethir Neechal Peter Nominated, Vijay Award for Best ComedianNaiyaandi Chinna Vandu's friend 2014 Maan Karate SandySigaram Thodu Kay Kay Uyirukku Uyiraga Karthik's friend Kaththi Ravi/Sodhu Edison Award for Best Comedian 2015 Aambala Shakthi Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum Raja Vai Raja VaiSathish ThangamaganKumaran Edison Award for Best Comedian 2016 Muthina KathirikaiSaravananMudinja Ivana Pudi Sathish Kotigobba 2 Satya's friend Kannada filmDevi Mad Max Abhinetri Telugu filmRekka Keerai 25th FilmRemo Vallikanth Edison Award for Best ComedianNominated, SIIMA Award for Best ComedianParandhu Sella VaaMani 2017BairavaaShanmugam Motta Shiva Ketta ShivaSathishYaar Ivan Srinivasan Hara Hara MahadevakiKathirSoloPattu Shekhar's friend Malayalam film; cameo appearance in "Kandu Nee Enne"SathyaBabu Khan VelaikkaranHari 2018Kalakalappu 2Gopal Solli Vidava Sanjay's friend Pakka 'Dhoni' Kumar's friendMr. Chandramouli PadmaniTamizh Padam 2 Pandiya (P) and Peeyar Dual role Edison Award for Best AppearanceGhajinikanth Mohan 2019BoomerangGopalJuly KaatrilMuraliAgni DeviSathyamoorthy IPSMr Local P. RajaGorilla SathishSixer Gimikly AruvamSorimuthu 2020 Seeru Kobi 2021 Bhoomi Bhoominathan's friend Teddy Shiva's friend 50th FilmSulthan Shakthi Guest appearanceFriendship Jeeva Annaatthe Sathyaseelan Guest appearanceRaajavamsam Kannan's friend 2022 Naai Sekar Sekar Debut as lead role Hostel Jeeva Ranga Adithyaa's friend Kanam Kathir Pistha Sathish Oh My Ghost Bharathi 2023 Varisu Vijay’s friend Kannai Nambathey Jagan Thudikkum Karangal AnnamalaiConjuring Kannappan Kannappan 2024 Vithaikkaaran Vetri and Shakthi Dual role Sattam En Kaiyil Gautham 2025 Sumo Inspector V. Anbu 2026 Mustafa Mustafa Karthik
Television +List of performances and appearances on television Year Title Role(s) Network Notes 2016 5th South Indian International Movie Awards Host Sun TV Co-hosted with Shiva 2017 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Co-hosted with Dhanya Balakrishna2021LOL: Enga Siri PaapomContestantAmazon Prime 2023 11th South Indian International Movie Awards Host Sun TV Co-hosted with Pavithra Lakshmi 2024 12th South Indian International Movie Awards Co-hosted with Bhavana Balakrishnan
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