Jeeva Ravi

Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor and casting director who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in 3 (2012) and Jeeva (2014), with the latter film being a prefix for his stage name.

Jeeva Ravi
Born	R. Raveendran Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	R. Ravi
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

Career

Ravi is the grandson of film producer G. N. Velumani, who made films in the 1950s and 1960s. Ravi began his career as a casting director, before acting in serials in STAR Vijay and Sun TV. He gradually moved on to feature in films and got his first major breakthrough by portraying Shruti Haasan's father in Aishwarya Dhanush's drama film, 3 (2012). He subsequently appeared in more prominent roles in his following ventures, before gaining critical acclaim for his portrayal of a cricket coach in Suseenthiran's Jeeva (2014). The success of the film meant that he adapted 'Jeeva' as a prefix to his name and continued to play pivotal roles as a collector in AR Murugadoss's Kaththi (2014) and a commissioner in Kaaki Sattai (2015).^[1][2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2007–2008	Kana Kaanum Kaalangal	Sri Ram	Vijay TV
2010–2011	En Peyar Meenakshi
2011–2012	Pirivom Santhippoom
2012–2014	Merku Maambalathil Oru Kaadhal		Zee Tamil
2012–2017	Bhairavi Aavigalukku Priyamanaval	Bhairavi's father	Sun TV
2013–2015	Office	Karthikeyan's father	Vijay TV
	Thendral	Sakshi's father	Sun TV
2014	Mannan Magal		Jaya TV
2015	Valli	Chandrashekaran	Sun TV
2016–2017	Kakka Kakka		Raj TV
	Lakshmi Vandhachu	Puvi's father	Zee Tamil
2018	Kalyanamam Kalyanam	Dr. Chandrasekhar	Star Vijay
2018–2019	Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari	Rasathi's father	Zee Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Oviya	Ravi Verma	Colors Tamil
2019	Nila	Rajashekar	Sun TV
2019–2020	Aayutha Ezhuthu	Ravi	Star Vijay
	Gokulathil Seethai	Jaikrishna Rajashekar	Zee Tamil
2020	Uyire	Periyamaya Devar	Colors Tamil
	Chithi 2	Padma's second husband	Sun TV	Cameo appearance
2020–2023	Thirumagal	Parameshwaran
2023–2024	Mr. Manaivi	Sivakumar

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2016	Ctrl Alt Del	Gautham's father	YouTube
2019	Fingertip	Ramalingam	Zee5
2024	Inspector Rishi	Rishi's father	Amazon Prime Video

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Engaeyum Eppothum	Gautam's father
	Vellore Maavattam
	Mouna Guru
2012	3	Janani's father
	Saattai	Staff
2013	Vathikuchi
	Nugam
2014	Thalaivan	Police officer
	Jeeva	Coach
	Kaththi	Collector
	Meaghamann	Anil Nair
2015	Kaaki Sattai	Commissioner
	Indru Netru Naalai	Ravishankar
	Idhu Enna Maayam	Maya's father
2016	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Akila's father
	Moondraam Ullaga Por	Ravi
	Miruthan	Chief Doctor Dharan
	Aagam	Sai's father
2017	Si3	Mallaya
	Pagadi Aattam	John
	Dhayam	Personality Doctor
	Katha Nayagan	Thambidurai's father
	Aramm	Doctor
	Maayavan	Ravikumar
2018	Sketch	Police officer
	Tik Tik Tik	Police officer
	Imaikkaa Nodigal	George
2019	Boomerang	Siva's father
	Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene	Arjun's father	Telugu film
	Igloo
	Pancharaaksharam	Jeevika's father
2020	Thottu Vidum Thooram
	Draupadi	Advocate
	Ponmagal Vandhal	Suresh Pandiyan
	Andhaghaaram	Vasanth
	Oru Pakka Kathai	Saravanan's father	Released on ZEE5
2021	Calls	Nandhini's father
	Thittam Irandu	Abhishek
	Theerpugal Virkapadum	Aruna's husband
2022	Maaran	Ravi
	Ranga	Abinaya's father
	Nenjuku Needhi	Superintendent of police
	Doodi
2023	Kannai Nambathey	Police Commissioner
	Veeran	Kumaran's father
	Maaveeran	Nila's father
	Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku
	Infinity
	Nene Naa		Telugu film
	License	DSP
	Rule Number 4	Ravi
	Raid
	Aathmika
2024	Kalvan	IAS officer	Credited as R. Raveendran
	Vadakkupatti Ramasamy	District Collector
	Siragan	Sundar
	Rathnam	Malliga's uncle
	Sattam En Kaiyil	Arumugam
2025	Seesaw	Krishnamurti
	Vidaamuyarchi	Kayal's father
	Varunan		[3]
	Asthram	James
	Ten Hours