Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula 3 season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.
He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. In 2014, Ajith Kumar was listed in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities.
He is also known as ‘Ultimate Star’ and ‘Thala’ by his fans. In 2025, he was awarded India’s prestigious Padma Bhushan award making him the 5th Kollywood Actor to receive the accolade.
AK 'Red Dragon'
Susima Maurya
Arjun
David Billa
A passenger in flight - Cameo
Vinayak Mahadevan
Thooku Durai
David Billa / Saravana Velu
Vinayagam
Dark Devil
Manohar
Dheenadhayalan (Dheena)
Subramani
Surya
ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
Sridhar
Red
Raja
Ajay Kumar
Jeeva
Ganesh / Vedhalam
Shaktivel
Vasu
Shiva
Thirupathi
Guru / Jeeva
Sivashankar / Vishnu / Jeeva
Bharath Subramaniam
Kumar
Surya
Arjun
DCP Sathyadev IPS
Deva / Shiva
Ashok Kumar
Paramaguru
Jayaram
Citizen (Arivanandam/Abdullah/Anthony) and Subramani
Raghu
Shiva
Jana
Chinna
Vasu
Jeeva
Ashok
Guru
Sathees
Shiva / Vishnu
Sanjay (Guest Role)
Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar
Shiva
Krishna
Uncreditted role as a school boy
Chandru
Prabu
Nathan
Jeeva
Ajay
Kumar
Shiva and Shiva's Father
Ramu (Minor Mapillai)
Vasanth
Vijay
Siddhartha