Hari Krishnan (Tamil actor)

Hari Krishnan Anbudurai is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in Madras (2014).^[2]

Hari Krishnan
Born	Hari Krishnan Anbudurai
Other names	Johnny Hari[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Career

Prior to acting, Hari Krishnan worked on several mime scripts in which he worked as a writer and actor.^[3] After playing supporting and minor roles in Pa. Ranjith's Attakathi (2012) and Maryan (2013), Hari Krishnan got his breakthrough with Ranjith's Madras (2014),^[4] in which he portrayed a vagabond of unsound mind named Johnny.^[5][6] After the success of the film, he went on to portray supporting roles in several of Ranjith's ventures and Vada Chennai (2018).^[7][8] He played a notable role in Sandakozhi 2 as a clan member who escapes from being killed from Pechi (played by Varalaxmi Sarathkumar) and is under the protection of Ayya (played by Rajkiran).^[9][10] He is set to play the lead role in a film titled Siragu, which is directed by Kutti Revathi and also stars debutante Akshitha and an untitled film produced by Ranjith.^[11][12][13]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Attakathi	Dinakaran's friend
2013	Maryan	Fisherman
2014	Madras	Johnny	Won—Edison Award for Best Supporting Actor[14]
2016	Kabali	Tiger
	Darling 2	Balaji
2017	Yaakkai	Noor
	Ivan Thanthiran	Gopi
2018	Annanukku Jai	Anaconda Moorthy
	Pariyerum Perumal	Pariyan's senior
	Vada Chennai	Raju
	Sandakozhi 2	Anbu
2019	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	Hari
2020	Paava Kadhaigal	Hari	Netflix film
2021	Devadas Brothers	Jegathesh
	Vinodhaya Sitham	Veena's husband
	Writer	Devakumar
2022	Natchathiram Nagargiradhu	Yashvandhiran
2023	Bommai Nayagi	Jeeva
	Kaadapura Kalaikuzhu	Tamil
	800	Vinoth
2024	Thangalaan	Varadhan
2025	Gentlewoman	Aravind	[15]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2022	Victim	Sekar's relative	SonyLIV