
M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam.
Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's Kalyana Agathigal (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role, before moving on to play villainous roles in S. P. Muthuraman's Velaikaran (1987) and Vanna Kanavugal. He played the protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai, though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan. He subsequently became a regular in Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's ventures, appearing in pivotal character roles in Roja, Thevar Magan (1992), Bombay (1994) and Kuruthipunal (1995).
Nassar made his directorial debut with Avatharam (1995), a film based on the backdrop of a folk art troupe. The film won critical acclaim, but failed to become a commercially successful venture.
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Ranjan
Bijjaladeva
Surya Prakash
Bijjaladeva
Inspector Rajesh
Ramachandra
Assistant commissioner Dharmaraj
Thirumeni
Mahalingam
Mr. Tabir
NIA Head
Rajaram/Manickam
Bijjaladeva
DGP
Peter
Commissioner Rajan
Judge
ACP S.P. Rao
Dr. Srinivasa Iyengar
Prema's Father
Chatterjee
ACP Teja
Tatikonda Chinnarao
Kulkarni
Nassar
Sneha's Father
Mayavar
Orphanage Caretaker
Narrain
Dr. Arvind Acharya
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Sundarapandi
Sivaji Muthaiyah
Siddhu's Father
Colonel Rayappa
Police Commissioner Ratnavelu
Chandramohan
Manikkam
Alex Pandian
Kabir Mhajan
Tamizh Sakthi
Constable Koteswara Rao
Adanna
Baapji
Aadhisesh Naidu
Shanmughavel
Sanju's Father
Ajay Bharadwaj
Veerapandiyan
Vissanna
Jayprakash (J.P.) (Krishnakant's Business Partner)
Shankar
Narayanan Pillai
Adityaraj Bahadur
Kandasamy Padayachi
College Founder
Bashyam
Ibrahim
Chakrapani
Chandrashekhar's Co-Scientist
Chief minister
Ayya Veluthambi
Donald Halloway
Satyanarayana Murthy
Assistant Commissioner Patil
Nanaji
A Person
Surya Prakash (Special Appearance)
Rajavel Mirasu
Ankineedu Prasad
Thyagarajan, Ravi's father
Home Minister
KI Sebastian
Murthy
Indrakant Varma
Sathya Mohan
Ajay's Relative
Kathiresan
Mahalingam
DIG
Chari and Narasimha's Father
Devarajan
Guest Appearance
Vinothan Subramani
Chief Jailer Jayanth
Shakthivel
Veerakathi
Raghunandhan
Veerapandiyan
Maya Thevar
Raju
Seena Thana
Venkatram
Ganesan, Murali's father
Burma/Paadai Ramasammy
Tamilnesan
Qadar
Raj
Baby
Malik
Lal
Ayyakanu
Ramachandrayya
M. Karuna
Teacher Venkatappa
DSP Mohan Krishna
Nallasivam
Krishnasamy (voice)
BRIG. Ramachandran
Head Villager - Cameo
Arun's Father
Master
Hippy Lahiri
Badri
Pasupathi
Lieutenant Manavalan
Raja Guru
S.I.Dakshina Murthy
Nanjil Shivaji's (Jil) father
Ram Bhupal Varma
Harichandra
Ratnam
Gaurav
Balu and Mahalakshmi’s Grandfather
Dr. Desikan
Mukil
Velan and Balan's Father
Kandaswamy
C. R. Kannan
Abdul Khader
Rishikodagan
'Punch' Pandian
Shridhar
Dhandapaani M
Magician
Dr. Sethupathi
Pavadai
Siraj Akhtar
Pounraj
Dr. Sekar
Nelly Saami
Raghupathi / "Chicago" Subba Rao
Priya's Father
Excorist Ezhumalai
Rangasamy
Narayan Anna
Roy Mamman (Lawrence Luther)
Wine Shop Owner
Police Commissioner
Sathyadev's father
Rudramurthy
Lt. Col. Santhosh Kumar (Voice)
Emtan
Basha
ACP Vikram Rathod
Chandru's father
Shanmugavel
Somayajulu
Head chef
Chitra's Father
Ramanarayana
Brig. K. N. Rao
Punch Ponds
Mahendra
Doctor
Ashwini Rao
Kumaraswamy
Gajjala Prasad
Nanda Kishore
Culprit
Chief Minister
Ravindra Varma
Dharmarathnam
Devarajan
Kulkarni
ICF Member Ramasamy
Selva Vinayagam
ACP Shekar IPS
Inspector Easwarapandian
Self
Varadharajan
Judge Bhupathi
Jayachandran
Vetrivel / Police
RamGopal, Madhan's cousin
Mahalingam, Kavya's father
Priya's Father
Guest appearance
Inspector Vijay
Chandrasekhara Reddy
Narayana Murthy / Ravi's Father
Ranjan
Gowtham IPS
Khader Bhai
S.P.
Babu's Advocate
Pandian
Nazeera's father
Nachiappan / Pechiappan Rajamani
Commissioner Ahmed Khan IPS
Chinnaya
Sivaraman
Colonel Devan Nambiar
Nassar
Murugan
ivam
Karthikeyan
Rudraraju
Selvaraaj
Rajan
Kathalikaattu Thirumeni
Johnson
Chief Minister
Jayadev
George
Kuppusamy
Sage
Pichchaiah Naidu Sr./ Chai's Grandfather
Inspector
Johnny
Inspector Hassan F.
Sethupathy
Kodandaraman
Maayan
Arokkyasami
Muttharasan
Vellathurai
Nassar
Jayaramireddy
Raghu
DK
Jai Krishna Simha
Assistant Commissioner of Police
Sandana Pandian
Ranjan
Ruchi's Father
Sulaiman Sait
Indra Raja Reddy
Aalwar
Arivudaiyan
Rangan
Raghavan
Sripathi
DGP
Yugandhar Prasad
Velappan Asaan
Baba
Gunasekaran
Pedababu
Stephen
Spirit Priest
Raghava Rao
Ameer Bhai
Dean Ramachandra
Susa Michael
Raghupathy
Pandian
Vincent Selvakumar
Bhavanam Venkatram Reddy
Shanthi’s Husband
Abhinay's father
Reporter
SSP Ashok
Kali Muthu
Director Pazhani Bhaskaran
Subramaniam
Burma's father
Papa Rao
Guest Appearance
Subbayya
Chief Minister
Ilanthiraiyan
Prakash Kumar
Dr Mathew (English Version)
P K Roy
GK
Ramamurthy
Nair
Thavathiru Sivadas Swamigal
Dhanakodi
Retired Police Officer
Raja's father
Grave digger
Benjamin Button
C.I. Venkatachala Iyer
Raghavendra Rao Sharma
Kumar
Lingam's father
Mugunthan Sathasivam
Sambasivudu
Raja
Rice Plate Reddy
Thampy
Mr. Nadar
Sridhar Mahadevan
Devananthan
Meghana's father
Bharadwaj
Father Kuriakose
CBI officer
Dr. James
Aalavandhar
Dileep
Abdul Malik
Psychiatrist
Narendran
Professor Ram Chandra
Mottai Maadi Siddhar
Ravichandran Rao
JK
Raghavan
Nallamuthu
Suryanarayana
Guru
Sruthi's father
Rayappa
Rajasekhar
Nallasivam
Thiagarajan
Thangaraj
Sengannan
S.K.T. alias Major S.Krishna Tulasi
Professor Chezhiyan
Father Noyal
Marshall P. Jose
Dr. Stephen Raj
Haja Bhai
Rangi Kuttapaul
Birla Bose
Vel's adoptive father
Jameendar
Kizhakku Kattai
Police Academy Chief
Krishnamurthy
Abul Hasan Qutb Shah aka Abul Hasan Tana Shah
Rudrayya
Shasangan
Police Commissioner
Vairaghya Bhoopathy
Kannayiram, Thangam's husband
Advocate Singara Sithan
Teacher
Beeda Settu
Self
Shanmugam
Jayaraman Kathirvelu
Narrator
Asha's father
Thala Vatti Maari
Madhava rao
Thoguthi
Kathalingam
Soundarapandyan