Goundamani (born Subramani Karuppaiya) is an Indian film actor and comedian. He is better known for his comic duo partnership in Tamil films with fellow actor Senthil. His real name "Mani" got the "Counter" prefix for his ability to give counter on the spot and off the script on stage and during shooting which eventually evolved into Goundamani as per Bhagyaraj who was writing scripts and title credits for Bharathiraja in his early days during the movie 16 Vayathinile.
While performing roles of a solo comedian in films, he often co-starred with Senthil to form a comedy duo. The pair was described as "Tamil cinema's Laurel and Hardy" and have performed slapstick humour in several Tamil films since the mid-1980s until the early 2000s. After recuperating from diabetes and respiratory illnesses during the late 2000s, he is about to feature in Vaaimai and also play the lead role in 49-O, which began productions in 2013. It is being directed by debutant Arokiadoss, a former assistant of Gautham Vasudev Menon.
The Film 49-O was released on 17 September 2015 and most of the critics gave positive reviews.
He had a successful career that spanned over three decade thanks to his timing and ability to reinvent himself from comedian to character artiste to villain to second hero to comedic duo.
Subbaiyaa
Anja Singam Maruthupandi
Annamalai
'Puncture' Pandian
Perusu
Auto Driver
Thangarasu
Sanjeevi
Mani
Kottaisamy
Ramanathan
Romeo
Visky
Mani
Gopal
Manager
Dharmalingam
Vellaiyangiri
Mechanic Maanikkam (motor mechanic)
Chinnappa
Sisubalan
Thavil
Thanneermalai / Aadiyapaatham / Ezhumalai
Kundalagesi
Govind
Kupusamy
Govindsamy
'Idea' Mani
house owner
Caravan Krishnan
Car Driver
Drums Mani
Pandiya
Panikutti Ramasamy
Chinnasamy
Hong Kong Annamalai
Kaali
Vasu
Muthu
Ramesh
George Kutty
Appakannu
Koothu
Varadhan
Kuyilkunju
Kundalakesi
Pannaiyar
Lawyer's P.A
Dhandabani
Mayilsamy
Brother-in-Law
Dhandapani
Karuppan
Govindan
Josiyar
Kathavarayan
Singaram (Chakravarthy's driver)
Gopi Krishna
Benny Quick
Landlord Chinna Pannai
Ranjith
Vellasamy
Tamizhmani / 'Pollachi' Ponnusamy
Sutti Josiyar
Kittu
Ranjith
All in All Azhaguraja
Mani
Guitarist
Royal Ramasamy
Azhagu Sundaram
Subramani
Thalayari Mama
Savuri
Ekambharam
Vijay´s Uncle
Devdas
Ulagavaayan
Diwakar's uncle
Joseph
Kathavarayan
Kaliyannan
Nayanam
Kaalai
Chettiar
Velu
Kathavarayan
Subramani
Thangamani
Comedian
Paavada Samy / Paavada Kanth