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Sathyaraj

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Sathyaraj

Born Oct 13, 1954 · 71 years235 titles 230 movies · 5 TV
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Biography

Sathyaraj is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well. He is known for his performance in Amaidhi Padai, Nadigan, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar among others. He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles. Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj has been vocal in the media about various issues, such as Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and water rights in Tamil Nadu. In 2011, he had a brief career as a television host for the game show Home Sweet Home on STAR Vijay. He has also served as a brand ambassador for Pothys and Kumaran Jewelry Shop.

Also known as

Rangaraj · Satyaraj · சத்யராஜ்

Born

Oct 13, 1954

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

233

Acting credits

1

Directing

2

Writing

2

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1978 2 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1982 3 title(s)

1983 4 title(s)

1984 8 title(s)

1985 20 title(s)

1986 9 title(s)

1987 10 title(s)

1988 5 title(s)

1989 3 title(s)

1990 6 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 5 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 3 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 4 title(s)

2001 4 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 7 title(s)

2005 6 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 5 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 6 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 6 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 5 title(s)

2016 5 title(s)

2017 4 title(s)

2018 4 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2021 3 title(s)

2022 9 title(s)

2023 7 title(s)

2024 7 title(s)

2025 11 title(s)

2026 6 title(s)

Undated 13 title(s)