Joy John Antony

Joy John Antony is an Indian television presenter, actor, mimicry artist, script writer, stage actor and stand up comedian. He made his debut through "Kursuthi Kuruppu", a show from Kochi’s City Channel and gained popularity though adventurous show Tenali raman and Vaalkannady. He was awarded as the best Television presenter in Minnalai Film and Television Awards 2014. Recently he had done a supportive role in an upcoming Tamil movie Santhithen Unnai.

Joy was born at Chemmakkadu, Kollam, Kerala as the only son of John Antony and Victoria Powleena. He had his schooling from GHS Perinad and afterwards attained master's degree from Fatima Mata National College, Kollam in the year 1997. He then migrated to Kochi for doing degree in Law at Maharaja’s Law College, Ernakulam [1997-2000].

In his schooldays itself, Joy practiced mimicking and participated local programs. During his college days, he was a regular participant in the State Youth Festivals, where he gained many prizes. He was the winner for Mimicry in 1995 Kerala University Youth Festival and 1997-98 MG University Youth Festival.

Joy John married Nishamol James, a Fashion Designer by profession, who also ails from Kollam and has a daughter Alfia N Joy. Now settled in Ernakulam, Joy is also practicing as an Advocate at Kerala High Court.

He started his Television career as a host in shows "Kuruthikkuruppu" and "Campus Flash" [1998-2000] by City Channel, the local cable channel of Cochin. And this program gave him an entry to the Main Channels in Kerala.

He then hosted… "Tenali Raman" [2000-2001], an adventure based program aired by Kairali TV and "Vaalkannady" [2000-2005]… the first ever family reality show by Asianet. Joy had successfully done various programs in different channels like, "Crazy TV" (his appearance as Censor Board Kochunni was an acclaimed one in which he pointed out the mistakes in movies), "Catch Bethalam" (interactive game show in various make overs), "Campus Chillies", "Star Singer", etc., He is currently doing "Humorous Talk Show" in Asianet Plus. He had also been a part in various mega events like Asianet Film Awards and Asianet Plus Events.

Joy John made his film debut through …. LollyPop. Later he acted in Malayalam many Malayalam movies. He has now entered Tamil film world through Santhithen Unnai.

He is also initiating a Stage Show named "Chilly's Super Show" which include interactive hilarious game performances where the spectators also become a part in the show, along with music, songs and stand-up comedies.

Television

• 1998-2000 Kuruthikkuruppu-Citi Channel as Presenter
• 1998-2000 Campus Flash-Citi Channel as Presenter
• 2000-2001 Tenali Raman–Kairali as Presenter
• 2000-2005 Vaalkannady Season 1–Asianet as Presenter
• 2006 Kalikkalam–Asianet as Presenter
• 2006 Star Singer Season 1–Asianet as Presenter
• 2006 Catch Bethalam–Asianet as Various Presenter
• 2006-2008 Vaalkannady Season 2–Asianet as Presenter
• 2006-2008 Crazy TV–Asianet Plus as Censor Board Kochunni
• 2006-2007 ente cinema-asianet as preseneter
• 2007 Smile Please as Presenter
• 2008-2013 Campus Chillies–Kairali We as Presenter
• 2014 Vaalkannady Season 3–Asianet as Presenter
• 2014 Humorous Talk Show-Asianet Plus as Presenter
• stage shows in abroad Singapore, UAE, sree lanka, maleshya
• all over India

Short Film

• 2011 Bad Smell

Albums

• 2006 Bucket Rap
• 2009 Smriti

Films

• 2008 LollyPop
• 2008 Kurukshetra (2008 film)
• 2009 Puthiya Mukham
• 2009 Calendar (2009 film)
• 2010 sudharil suddan(2010 film)
• 2012 Hero (2012 film)
• 2012 Good Idea
• 2015 Santhithen Unnai
• 2016 Template:JAGRATHA
• 2016 Template:MARUVASAM

• "Bad Smell Short Film". Ezhu Varnangal.