పరిచయం / Biography
ప్రారంభం
1966 ఏప్రిల్ 17న చెన్నైలో జన్మం; బిర్త్ నేమ్ కెన్నెడీ జాన్ విక్టర్. 1990 Tamil 'ఎన్ కాదల్ కణ్మణి'తో అరంగేట్రం.
Iconic career
60+ films Tamil + Telugu dubs + Hindi. 'సేతు' (1999 — Bala direction breakthrough), 'పితామగన్' (2003 — Bala — National Film Award Best Actor), 'అన్నియన్' (2005 — Shankar Tamil-Telugu dub), 'అపరిచితుడు' (2005 Telugu dub), 'శివాజీ' lyrics + 'రాజపాట్టై' (2011), 'పొన్నియిన్ సెల్వన్: I + II' (2022/2023 — Mani Ratnam). Padma Shri (2011) + National Film Award + 7 Filmfare South Best Tamil Actor.
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Origins
Born 17 April 1966 in Chennai as Kennedy John Victor. Debuted with Tamil's 'En Kadhal Kanmani' (1990).
Iconic career
60+ films across Tamil with Telugu dubs and Hindi. Bala's 'Sethu' (1999) was the breakthrough; 'Pithamagan' (2003, Bala) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. Shankar's Tamil-Telugu 'Anniyan / Aparichithudu' (2005), 'Raavanan' (2010), 'Raajapattai' (2011), and Mani Ratnam's 'Ponniyin Selvan: I + II' (2022/2023). Padma Shri (2011) + National Film Award + 7 Filmfare South Best Tamil Actor awards.
