Jasper (actor)

Jasper is an Indian actor, who has appeared in character roles, primarily with negative shades.^[1] Jasper has done close to 200 films in a career spanning more than fifteen years, he has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and a few other languages.^{[citation needed]}

Jasper
Born	(1972-02-06) 6 February 1972 (age 53) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	actor
Years active	2004-present

Career

Jasper was a software engineer before choosing to opt for a career in films. He made his acting debut in Gambeeram (2004) and appeared alongside actor Sarathkumar, who later also recommended him to feature in his next films Chatrapathy and Jithan (2004).^[2] He continued portraying supporting antagonistic roles throughout the late 2000s and won acclaim for his role as a gang member in Naanayam (2011), with a critic reporting he "gets noted".^[3]

Jasper portrayed one of Sathyaraj's henchmen in the Hindi film, Chennai Express (2013), featuring alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone. He was also present in a character role in Chimbu Deven's multi-starrer Puli (2015) and Siva's Vedalam (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Gambeeram	Naaga (Henchman)	[4]
	Bose
	Chatrapathy
	Attagasam	Thoothukudi Fernandez
2005	Jithan	Henchman
	Anniyan	Henchman
2008	Anjathe	Anti Kidnaping Team Member (Police Officer)
2010	Naanayam	Fareed's henchman
	Paiyaa	Goon chasing Charulatha
2011	Thambikottai	Amirthalingam's assistant
	Kanchana	Bhai
2013	Chennai Express	Henchman	Hindi film
	Vidiyum Munn	Doraisingam
2014	Burma	Don
	Vingyani
2015	Massu Engira Masilamani	Ghost
	Puli	Jalatharangan's assistant
	Vedalam	Manimaran's Brother
	Bengal Tiger		Telugu film
	Ragini IPS		Kannada film
2016	Sutta Pazham Sudatha Pazham
	Iru Mugan	Billy Murali
	Nagarahavu		Kannada film
2019	Vajra Kavachadhara Govinda	Swamy	Telugu film
2020	Laxmii	Muslim Priest	Hindi film