This list outlines the names of notable film actors of ethnic Tamil origin. The names are ordered by the actors' first or stage name.
Actors
- Ajith Kumar (Half Tamil)
- Arun Vijay
- Ashok Selvan
- Ashwin Kakumanu
- Attakathi Dinesh
- Aziz Ansari
- Bharath
- Gautham Karthik
- Gemini Ganesan
- Goundamani
- Harish Kalyan
- Jai
- Jaishankar
- Janagaraj
- Jay Chandrasekhar
- Jayam Ravi (Half Tamil)
- Jayaram
- Jiiva (Half Tamil)
- Kalaiyarasan
- Kamal Haasan
- Karthi
- Karthik
- Karunas
- Kathir
- Kreshna
- Manivannan
- Major Sundararajan
- Muthuraman
- Nandha Durairaj
- Nassar
- Poornam Viswanathan
- Prabhu
- Prasanna
- Prashanth (Half Tamil)
- R. Madhavan
- Raghava Lawrence
- Rajasekhar
- Ramarajan
- Ravichandran
- S.A. Ashokan
- S.J. Suryah
- Samuthirakani
- Santhanam
- Sarathkumar
- Sasikumar
- Sathyaraj
- Selva Rasalingam (Half Tamil)
- Sendhil Ramamurthy (Half Tamil)
- Senthil
- Shaam[1]
- Shiva
- Sibiraj
- Siddharth (actor)
- Silambarasan
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Sivakarthikeyan
- Sivakumar
- Soori
- Sri[2]
- Suriya
- Suruli Rajan
- T. Rajendar
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Vadivelu
- Vidharth
- Vijay
- Vijay Antony
- Vijay Sethupathi
- Vijayakanth
- Vijayakumar
- Vikram
- Vikram Prabhu
- Vikranth
- Vimal
- Vivek
- Yogi Babu
Actresses
- Abhirami[3][4]
- Adah Sharma
- Amara Karan
- Ammu Abhirami
- Athulya Ravi
- Chandini Tamilarasan[5]
- C. R. Vijayakumari
- Devadarshini
- Dhansika[6]
- E. V. Saroja
- Esha Deol (Half Tamil)
- Gayathrie
- Ganthimathi
- Hema Malini[7]
- Geraldine Viswanathan (Half Tamil)
- Indhuja Ravichandran
- Jangiri Madhumitha
- Joshna Fernando
- Janani Iyer
- Kalpana Iyer
- Kanika
- Keerthy Suresh (Half Tamil)
- Kruthika Jayakumar
- K. B. Sundarambal
- Kutty Padmini
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli[8]
- M. N. Rajam
- M. S. Subbulakshmi
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
- Malavika Avinash[9]
- Manochitra[10]
- Manorama
- Meena.[11] (Half Tamil)
- Meenakshi Seshadri[12]
- Meera Vasudevan[13]
- Menaka[14]
- Mindy Kaling
- Mrudhula Bhaskar[15]
- N. C. Vasanthakokilam
- Nivetha Pethuraj
- Padma Lakshmi[16]
- Padmapriya Janakiraman[17]
- Pearle Maaney.[18] (Half Tamil)
- Priya Anand[19] (Half Tamil)
- Priyanka Arul Mohan (Half Tamil)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar
- Priyamani
- Preetha Vijayakumar
- Ramya Krishnan
- Ranjitha
- Regina Cassandra[20]
- Rekha.[7] (Half Tamil)
- Rukmini Vijayakumar
- Rupa Manjari[21]
- Riythvika
- S. N. Lakshmi
- Sanchana Natarajan
- Sathyakala
- Sathyapriya
- Shammu[22]
- Shruti Hassan (Half Tamil)
- Simone Ashley
- Sridevi
- Sridevi Vijayakumar
- Sripriya
- Sruthi Hariharan[23]
- Sukanya
- Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Sumathi
- Swarnamalya
- Tanya Ravichandran
- Trisha Krishnan
- T. A. Madhuram
- T. R. Rajakumari
- T. P. Rajalakshmi
- Tharini Mudaliar
- Vadivukkarasi
- Vasundhara Devi
- Vani Bhojan
- Vidya Balan
- Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan
- Vyjanthimala
Footnotes
- ↑ Srinivasan, Sudhir (23 May 2015). "'Acting is the last thing an actor should do'" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (6 May 2012). "Starry dreams" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
- ↑ "A chat with Abhirami". The Hindu. 2003-05-14. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24.
- ↑ "Chandini from Chennai". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ↑ "Bala's new Tamil heroine!". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 [1]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ thmrn (2004-06-28). "Playing many roles". The Hindu.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News, Latest News India, Current News Headlines". News18. Archived from the original on 2014-05-30.
- ↑ "Actress Meena's father passes away - Telugu Movie News - IndiaGlitz".
- ↑ "The Hindu : Metro Plus Tiruchirapalli / Personality : Second Coming". www.hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006.
- ↑ "Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz".
- ↑ "Menaka was treated like a queen".
- ↑ "I wish to act with Suriya, says Mrudhula Baskar". 5 March 2014.
- ↑ "Talk of The Town". The Hindu. 2002-01-23.[dead link]
- ↑ "I am a Tamilian".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "People think I'm of Arab origin: Pearle Maaney - Times of India".
- ↑ "Priya Anand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". www.idlebrain.com.
- ↑ "'Telugu films are my priority': Regina Cassandra". 4 May 2014.
- ↑ "I still prefer Kollywood: Rupa Manjari - Times of India".
- ↑ "Actress Shammu - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie Actress Interviews - Kanchivaram Malayan Mayilu". www.behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "'I Don't Want To Be a Glam Doll'".