Suriya filmography

Suriya is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Tamil language films. He made a commercially successful cinematic debut in Vasanth's Nerrukku Ner (1997). This was followed by roles in a series of critical and commercial failures, including Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998), Sandhippoma (1998) and Periyanna (1999). Suriya collaborated with Vasanth again in Poovellam Kettuppar (1999), his first film with future wife Jyothika.

In 2001, Suriya starred in Bala's Nandha as an ex-convict trying to find his place in society. The film was critically acclaimed and became a turning point in his career. His roles as a police officer in Gautham Menon's 2003 action film Kaakha Kaakha and a con man in Bala's drama, Pithamagan (2003), established him as one of Tamil cinema's leading actors. Suriya's performances in both films were praised, winning him a Best Actor nomination for the former and the Best Supporting Actor for Pithamagan at the 51st Filmfare Awards South. The following year, he played dual roles—a hunchback and a college student—in Perazhagan. Suriya's performance was again praised, and he received his first Filmfare Best Actor award. He was also acclaimed for his performance as a student leader in Mani Ratnam's Aaytha Ezhuthu (2004).

In 2005, Suriya starred in three films: Maayavi, Ghajini and Aaru. His performance in Ghajini as a businessman with anterograde amnesia was widely praised. Maayavi and Aaru were moderately successful. Over the next two years, Suriya starred in Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) and Vel (2007). Although the former was a box office bomb, Vel, where he played twins, was commercially successful. Suriya's next appearance was in the romantic drama, Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His dual role as father and son earned him another Filmfare Best Actor award.

Suriya's next three films were Ayan (2009), Aadhavan (2009) and Singam (2010). The latter, in which he starred with Anushka Shetty, was his most commercially successful film to date and spawned two sequels: Singam II (2013) and Si3 (2017). The actor made his Hindi and Telugu cinema debuts in Ram Gopal Varma's two-part gangster drama Rakta Charitra (2010). Suriya then played the Buddhist monk and creator of Shaolin Kung Fu, Bodhidharma, and his fictional descendant Aravind, in 7aum Arivu (2011). His only 2012 release was Maattrraan, in which he played conjoined twins. In 2015, Suriya released 36 Vayadhinile, the first film from his 2D Entertainment production company. He played three roles for the first time in Vikram Kumar's science fiction film, 24. It became one of the year's highest-grossing Tamil films and his performances earned him a Critics Award for Best Actor at Filmfare.

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

As an actor

Film	Year	Role(s)	Director(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
Nerrukku Ner	1997	Suriya	Vasanth
Kaadhale Nimmadhi	1998	Chandru	Indiran
Sandhippoma	1998	Vishwa	Indrakumar !T. Indrakumar
Periyanna	1999	Suriya	Chandrasekhar !S. A. Chandrasekhar
Poovellam Kettuppar	1999	Krishna	Vasanth
Uyirile Kalanthathu	2000	Suriya	Jaya !K. R. Jaya
Friends	2001	Chandru	Siddique
Nandha	2001	Nandha	Bala
Unnai Ninaithu	2002	Suriya	Vikraman
Shree	2002	Shree	Pushpavasagan
Mounam Pesiyadhe	2002	Gautham	Ameer
Kaakha Kaakha	2003	Anbuselvan	Menon !Gautham Menon	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Pithamagan	2003	Sakthi	Bala	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
Perazhagan	2004	Chinna, Karthik	Shanker !Sasi Shanker	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Aaytha Ezhuthu	2004	Michael Vasanth	Ratnam !Mani Ratnam
Maayavi	2005	Balaiah	Singampuli
Ghajini	2005	Sanjay Ramasamy (Manohar)	Murugadoss !AR Murugadoss	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Aaru	2005	Aarumugam	Hari
June R	2006	Raja	Varmha !Revathy S. Varmha	Special appearance
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	2006	Gautham	Krishna
Vel	2007	Vasudevan, Vetrivel	Hari
Kuselan	2008	Himself	Vasu !P. Vasu	Special appearance in the song "Cinema Cinema"
Vaaranam Aayiram	2008	Krishnan, Suriya Krishnan	Menon !Gautham Menon	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Ayan	2009	Devaraj Velusamy	Anand !K. V. Anand	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Aadhavan	2009	Madhavan Subramaniam (Aadhavan, Murugan)	Ravikumar !K. S. Ravikumar
Singam	2010	Duraisingam	Hari	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Rakta Charitra	2010	Surya Narayana Reddy	Varma !Ram Gopal Varma	Hindi-Telugu bilingual film. Appears in the second part.
Manmadan Ambu	2010	Himself	Ravikumar !K. S. Ravikumar	Special appearance in the song "Oyyale"
Ko	2011	Himself	Anand !K. V. Anand	Special appearance in the song "Aga Naga"
Avan Ivan	2011	Himself	Bala	Special appearance
7aum Arivu	2011	Aravind, Bodhidharma	Murugadoss !AR Murugadoss	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Maattrraan	2012	Akhilan, Vimalan	Anand !K. V. Anand	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Chennaiyil Oru Naal	2013	Himself	Khader !Shaheed Kadher	Special appearance
Singam II	2013	Duraisingam	Hari	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
Ninaithathu Yaaro	2014	Himself	Vikraman	Special appearance in the song "Kairegai"
Anjaan	2014	Raju Bhai (Krishna)	Lingusamy !N. Lingusamy
Massu Engira Masilamani	2015	Masilamani, Sakthi	Prabhu !Venkat Prabhu
Pasanga 2	2015	Thamizh Nadan	Pandiraj	Extended cameo appearance
24	2016	Athreya, Manikandan, Sethuraman	Kumar !Vikram Kumar	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South
Si3	2017	Duraisingam	Hari
Thaana Serndha Kootam	2018	TBA	Shivan !Vignesh Shivan	Filming

Other crew positions

Film	Year	Position	Notes	Ref(s)
Guru	2007	Dubbing artist	Hindi film
Anjaan	2014	Playback singer	Co-sang the song "Ek Do Theen Char" with Andrea Jeremiah
36 Vayadhinile	2015	Producer
Pasanga 2	2015	Producer
24	2016	Producer
The Ghazi Attack	2017	Narrator	Hindi-Telugu bilingual film
Kadugu	2017	Distributor
Magalir Mattum	2017	Producer