Sathyan (Tamil actor)

Sathyan Sivakumar and known mononymously as Sathyan, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Tamil cinema. He is the only son of veteran producer, Madhampatty Sivakumar.^[1] Making debut as a junior artist in the movie Poovum Puyalum and as lead in Ilaiyavan, he subsequently has been appearing mainly in supporting and comedic roles in over sixty Tamil films.^[2]

Sathyan
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1998–present
Father	Madhampatty Sivakumar
Relatives	Sathyaraj (uncle) Sibiraj (cousin)

Early life

Sathyan was born to film producer Mathampatti Sivakumar. Actor Sathyaraj is his uncle, while Sibiraj is his cousin. Sathyan studied at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore. After graduating with a BBM degree, he entered the film industry by playing the lead role in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ilaiyavan, which was produced by his father himself. He then acted in Kanna Unnai Thedukiren, both of these films which featured him in lead role failed at box-office and Sathyan chose to portray comedy roles.^[3] He later appeared in a pivotal role in Maayavi (2005), where he worked alongside Suriya and Jyothika.^[2]

After a series of small supporting roles, he received another break portraying the role of Srivatsan in Shankar's Nanban (2012) and then featured alongside Vijay again in a pivotal role in A R Murugadoss's Thuppakki. He featured as one of the four main leads in boy-adventure films Onbadhule Guru (2013) and Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (2013), while also starring in the commercially successful romantic comedy, Raja Rani (2013).

Filmography

Actor

List of Sathyan film credits as actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Poovum Puyalum		Special appearance in the song "Paar Thambi Sahayam"
1998	Kaadhale Nimmadhi	Akash
2000	Ilaiyavan	Bharathi
2001	Kanna Unnai Thedukiren	Prakash
2002	Mutham	Pazhani
2003	Boys	Dheepu
2004	Kovil	Shakthivel's friend
	Jai	College Student
	Arul	Senthil
	Manmadhan	Inspector Shakthi
	Maha Nadigan
2005	Devathayai Kanden
	Maayavi	Sathyaraj
	Sachein
	February 14	Arvind Swamy
	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu	Kumara
	Ghajini	Server / Fake Sanjay
	Aaru	Kailash
2006	Paramasivan	Police
	Thirupathi	Thirupathi's friend
	Vathiyar	Easwara Pandian's sidekick
	Vallavan	Subbu
2007	Aalwar	Ponds's friend
	Viyabari	Ad Film Model
	Kireedam	Sakthivel's friend
	Mudhal Mudhalai
	Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Guru's friend
2008	Velli Thirai	Thirupathi
	Santosh Subramaniam	Muthu
	Aegan	Mani
2009	A Aa E Ee	Elango's friend
	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Shanmugam
	Solla Solla Inikkum	Sathyan
	Aadhavan	Murugan
	Palaivana Solai	Aadhi
	Sirithal Rasipen	Purushothaman
	Vettaikaaran	Sugu
2010	Porkkalam	Sathya
	Rasikkum Seemane	Nandhu's associate
	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	Vishnu
	Thillalangadi	Dass
	Vallakottai	Giri
2011	Maapillai	Chinna's friend
	Konjam Sirippu Konjam Kobam
	Kasethan Kadavulada
	Vellore Maavattam
	Raa Raa
	Rowthiram	P.Ramanujam
	Yuvan Yuvathi	Chacha
2012	Nanban	Srivatsan (Silencer)
	Sinam	Sathya
	Thuppakki	Balaji
2013	Onbadhule Guru	Ranga
	Kantha	Thamizh
	Moondru Per Moondru Kadal
	Thillu Mullu	Sathyan
	Raja Rani	Iyappan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian
	Naiyaandi	Paraman
	Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham	Gopi
2015	Puli	Sama
2016	24	Saravanan
	Wagah	Pazhani
2017	Mersal	Maniya
	Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru	Theeran's friend
	Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal	Radha
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Muthukrishnan
	Gulaebaghavali	Mayilvakanam
2019	Raatchasi	PT Master
	Petromax	Nandha
	Capmaari	J.D
2020	Bheeshma	Parimal's Boss	Telugu Film
2021	Iruvar Ullam
	Annaatthe	Angayarkanni's brother
2022	Radhe Shyam	Anand Rajput's assistant	Telugu and Hindi
	Bestie
2023	Ariyavan
	Ghosty	Mayil	[4]
	Jigarthanda DoubleX	Durai Pandian

Dubbing artist

List of Sathyan film credits as dubbing artist

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2019	Frozen II	Olaf	Tamil dubbed version[5]

References

1. Sathyan. "Tamil Movie Interview : Satyan". Behindwoods.com (Interview). Retrieved 3 January 2012.
2. Sathyan (6 November 2010). "My First Break: Sathyan". The Hindu (Interview). Interviewed by S. R. Ashok Kumar. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
3. "A transition well remembered". The Hindu. 26 July 2008. ISSN 0971-751X.
4. Chandhini R (17 March 2023). "Ghosty Movie Review: An irreverent, tasteless horror comedy". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
5. The Hindu (14 November 2019). "Tamil actors share their 'Frozen 2' experience". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

External links

• Sathyan at IMDb