Filmography

Filmography

As child actor

#	Year	Film	Role	Notes
1	1984	Vetri		Child actor
2		Kudumbam		Child actor
3	1985	Naan Sigappu Manithan		Child actor
4	1986	Vasantha Raagam		Child actor
5	1987	Sattam Oru Vilayaattu		Child actor
6	1988	Ithu Engal Neethi		Child actor

Actor

Key

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

#	Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
1	1992	Naalaiya Theerpu	Vijay	Cinema Express Award for New Face – Tamil	[5]
2	1993	Sendhoorapandi	Vijay		[6]
3	1994	Rasigan	Vijay		[6]
4	1995	Deva	Deva		[6]
5		Rajavin Parvaiyile	Raja		[7]
6		Vishnu	Vishnu (Krishna)		[8]
7		Chandralekha	Rahim
8	1996	Coimbatore Maapillai	Balu
9		Poove Unakkaga	Raja		[2]
10		Vasantha Vasal	Vijay
11		Maanbumigu Maanavan	Shiva
12		Selva	Selvan
13	1997	Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	Kannan
14		Love Today	Ganesh
15		Once More	Vijay
16		Nerrukku Ner	Vijay
17		Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Jeevanandam	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[9]
18	1998	Ninaithen Vandhai	Gokulakrishnan		[10]
19		Priyamudan	Vasanth		[11]
20		Nilaave Vaa	Seluvai		[12]
21	1999	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Kutty
22		Endrendrum Kadhal	Vijay
23		Nenjinile	Karunakaran
24		Minsara Kanna	Kannan (Kasi)
25	2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Gautham
26		Kushi	Shiva
27		Priyamaanavale	Vijay
28	2001	Friends	Aravindhan
29		Badri	Sribadrinathamoorthy	Remake of the Telugu film Thammudu
30		Shahjahan	Ashok
31	2002	Thamizhan	Suriya
32		Youth	Shiva	Remake of the Telugu film Chiru Navvuto
33		Bhagavathi	Bhagavathi
34	2003	Vaseegara	Boopathy	Remake of the Telugu film Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
35		Puthiya Geethai	Sarathy
36		Thirumalai	Thirumalai
37	2004	Udhaya	Udhayakumaran
38		Ghilli	Saravanavelu	Remake of the Telugu film Okkadu Dinakaran Best Actor Award Film Today Best Actor Award Madras Corporate Club Best Actor Award	[13]
39		Madhurey	Maduravel		[14]
40	2005	Thirupachi	Sivagiri	Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
41		Sukran	Sukran	Special appearance	[15]
42		Sachein	Sachein
43		Sivakasi	Sivakasi (Muthappa)[a]		[19]
44	2006	Aadhi	Aadhi	Remake of the Telugu film Athanokkade
45	2007	Pokkiri	Tamizh (Sathyamoorthy)[a]	Remake of the Telugu Film Pokiri Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Mathrubhumi Award for Best Actor – Tamil Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	[20]
46		Azhagiya Tamil Magan	Gurumoorthy, Prasad[b]	Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year
47	2008	Kuruvi	Vetrivel	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
48	2009	Villu	Pugazh, Major Saravanan[b]
49		Vettaikaaran	Ravi	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
50	2010	Sura	Sura	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
51	2011	Kaavalan	Bhoominathan	Remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard
52		Velayudham	Velu (Velayudham)	Edison Award for Best Actor Superstar Rajini Award Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
53	2012	Nanban	Panchavan Parivendan (Kosaksi Pasapugazh)[a]	Remake of the Bollywood film 3 Idiots Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (also for Thuppakki) Vikatan Award for Best Actor (also for Thuppakki)	[24]
54		Thuppakki	Jagadish Dhanapal	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Vikatan Award for Best Actor Techofes Award for Best Actor Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor Nominated—Edison Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chennai Times Film Award for Best Actor
55	2013	Thalaivaa	Vishwa Ramadorai	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Techofes Award for Favourite Actor Gaana Awards for most popular song- Vangana Vanakangana	[25]
56	2014	Jilla	Sakthi
57		Kaththi	Kathiresan, Jeevanandam[b]		[26]
58	2015	Puli

Guest roles

#	Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
1	2008	Pandhayam	Himself
2	2012	Rowdy Rathore	Himself	Hindi film	[27]