Jayakrishnan

Jayakrishnan (born 11 April 1974) is an Indian film and television actor known for his work in the Malayalam industry.

Jayakrishnan
Born	(1974-04-11) 11 April 1974 (age 50) Kottayam, Kerala, India
Alma mater	NSS Hindu College, Changanassery
Occupation(s)	Actor, television presenter
Years active	1997–present

He was introduced as an actor by cinematographer and director Sunny Joseph with the serial Ninavukal Novukal in 1997. He has performed various roles throughout his career.

Jayakrishnan has also starred in other regional industries, including Telugu and Tamil.^[1] He briefly worked as a television presenter as the host of Top 5 Movies for Surya TV. Some of his notable serials are Thaali, Mazhayariyaathe, Kavyanjaly, Kasthuri (Tamil), and Abirami (Tamil).

Early life

Jayakrishnan was born on 11 April 1974 in a Hindu Nair family in Kuzhimattom, Kottayam to P.N Narayanan Kutty and the late Sreedevi. His father is a retired school teacher as well as a pranic healer. He has a sister named Jyothi, and sculpture artist K.S. Radhakrishnan is his cousin brother who took to painting inspired by Jayakrishnan's father.^[2]

Jayakrishnan received his school education at NSS High School, Kuzhimattom, where his father was an arts teacher. He graduated from NSS Hindu College, Changanassery. He developed a passion for acting from the theater performance arts club in his hometown; later he started out giving narrations for documentaries and made his acting debut on television in the serial Ninavukal Novukal by cinematographer and director Sunny Joseph.^[3]

Career

Jayakrishnan's character in the serial Sooryakanthi (1998) gave him a break in the entertainment industry. He worked with production companies including Balaji Telefilms, Seven Arts, and Manorama Vision.^[3] Jayakrishnan semi-retired from acting in serials after getting supporting roles from movies and concentrated on his business interests and social work. He has had supporting roles in films such as Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu, Mask, Pulimurugan, Abrahaminte Santhathikal, Kanal, Red Wine, Simhasanam, How Old Are You?, Karmayodha, Parunthu, Naatturajavu, and Roudram.^[4]

Personal life

Jayakrishnan married Priya in 2000, who holds a post graduate degree in library science and is a classical dancer. They have one son, Devanarayan, who was born in 2001. The couple lived separately for one year until 2011 when they filed for divorce by mutual consent.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Veguchukka Pagatichukka		Telugu film
1994	Habelinte Vayalukal
2000	Swayamvara Panthal	Nanthagopal
	The Warrant	Jyothir Ghosh
	Oru Cheru Punchiri	Bhaskaran
2001	Nagaravadhu	Harshan
2002	Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha	Kunjiraman
2003	Soudamini
2004	Naatturajavu	Doctor
2007	Paranju Theeratha Visheshangal	Mohan
2008	Mayakazhcha
	Roudram	CM's son
	Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam	Karthik Mohan
	Gulmohar	Unnikrishnan
	Parunthu	CI
2009	Colours
2010	Oru Naal Varum	Advocate
2011	Happy Durbar
	Bangkok Summer	Madhavan
2012	The King & the Commissioner	Sateesh Chandran
	Simhasanam	Krishnan Unni
	Manthrikan	Manappilli Bhattahiri
	Grihanathan	Doctor
	Oru Kudumba Chithram
	Karmayodha	Mohammed Riyaz IAS
	Chuzhali Kaattu	JP
	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Hari
	Vaadhyar	Balagopalan IAS
	101 Weddings	Scaria
	Ardhanaari	Balu Menon
2013	Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu	Surendran
	Oru Yathrayil
	Red Wine	Venugopal S
	Radio	Jayan
2014	Parayan Baaki Vechathu
	Garbhasreeman	'Blade' Antony Isaac
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu	CI
	How Old Are You?	Mohan (District Collector)
2015	Jamna Pyari	Officers
	Just Married
	Acha Din	Doctor
	Kanal	Police Officer
	Sir C. P.	Mathew
	Kumbasaram
2016	Daffedar	Viswanathan
	Paavada	Kallu Varkki, Joy's father
	Pulimurugan	Police officer, Raghurajan
2017	Kadam Katha
	Kuppivala
	Achayans	SI
	1971: Beyond Borders	Commando Anand
	Love Bonda
	Chembarathipoo
	Fukri	Raghunath
2018	Thenkasi Kattu
	Abrahaminte Santhathikal	Joseph
2019	Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu	SI Sebastian Paul
	Panthu
	Mask	George
	Orma	Sibi
2020	Safe	Jashik
	Mullapoo Viplavam
	Chila NewGen Nattuvisheshangal
2021	One	MLA Tom Mukkadan
	Mission C
	Kolaambi	Jacob George
	Vidhi: The Verdict
	Oru Thathvika Avalokanam	Padmakumar
2022	Panthrand (Twelve)
	Laughing Budha
	Pathaam Valavu
	CBI 5: The Brain	CI Josemon
2023	Otta		[6]
2024	Iyer in Arabia		[7]
	Kudumbasthreeyum Kunjadum		[8]
	Ezhuthola		[9]
	Chithini		[10]
TBA	Anand Sreebala †	TBA	[11]

Television Serials

Partial list

Year	Serial	Character	Language	Channel
1999	Ninavukal Novukal	Balu	Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2002	Anna	Hari	Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2000	Detective Anand	Detective Anand	Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2000	Thali	Keshu	Malayalam	Surya TV
2001	Valayam	SP Jayadevan IPS	Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2002	Yudham	Ravi	Malayalam	DD Malayalam
2003	Thulasidalam		Malayalam	Surya TV
2003	Sthree Oru Santhwanam		Malayalam	Asianet
2006	Swarnamayooram		Malayalam	Asianet
2006	Sindoorarekha		Malayalam	Asianet
2006	Kavyaanjali	Arun	Malayalam	Surya TV
2006-2008	Kasthuri (TV series)	Ram	Tamil	Sun TV
2007	Suryakanthi	Dathan	Malayalam	Surya TV
2007	Brahmamudi		Telugu	Gemini TV
2008	Swami Ayyappan		Malayalam	Asianet
2008	Namma Kudumbam		Tamil	Sun TV
2008	Mazhayariyathe		Malayalam	Surya TV
2009	Vadakakku oru Hridayam	Sadasivan Pillai	Malayalam	Amrita TV
2011	Abirami (TV series)		Tamil	Kalaignar TV
2012	Amma	Jagan	Malayalam	Asianet
2012	Manasaveena		Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2018	CBI Diary	CBI DySP Sharafudheen	Malayalam	Mazhavil Manorama
2024-2025	Premam	Vasudevan	Malayalam	Pocket FM