Sivaji Ganesan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-10-01 (73 years old)
Deathday
2001-07-21
Place of Birth
Villuppuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Also known As
சிவாஜி கணேசன்
Sivaji Ganesan
Biography
Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar, commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. Well known for his versatility and acting skills with numerous roles depicted on screen, he remains one of the most respected stage and film actors in the history of Indian entertainment, with a career spanning close to five decades and nearly 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi to his credit. Arguably the preeminent leading man during the "Golden Age" of Tamil cinema, Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award at an int...
Acting
1963
as Sundaram
1953
1965
as Karna
1987
1992
as Chaturvedi
1975
as Kumaraiya / Sundaram
1986
as Inspector Rajasingam
1978
as Gopinath
1999
as Dharmalingam
1992
as Periya Thevar
1987
1987
1964
as Gopal
1964
as Karnan
1972
1974
1973
as Rajinikanth / Kannan
1952
as Gunasekaran
1968
as Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram
1973
as Sivaji
1986
1993
1986
1986
1986
as Rajasekar
1985
1978
1978
1979
1978
1978
1978
as Rajasekar / Sekar / Sundaramoorthy
1977
1977
as Dr. Ramesh
1976
1974
as S. P. Choudhry
1976
1972
1974
1973
as Rajaraja Cholan
1976
1975
1973
1973
as Rangadurai / Rajapart
1976
1971
1971
as Madhu
1968
as Madhan
1968
1967
as Madhan
1966
as Sundaram Pillai
1972
1973
as Gopal
1971
as Rangan
1971
1971
1968
1965
1967
as Veerabaghu
1968
as Thief, Vishnuchitta and Sage
1971
as Manickam
1967
1967
as Ravi
1965
1963
1966
1966
as Kalidas
1965
as Lord Shiva in Different Disguises
1962
1966
as Vidyapathi
1963
as Aalavanthan
1963
1964
1964
as Widowder Arputhraj/Drunkard/Doctor Karunagaran/Gunman/Villager/Leper/Actor Sathyavaan Singaram/Commissioner Veerapan/Bridegroom Anand
1963
1961
as Va. Vu. Chidambaram Pillai
1963
as Major Kumar
1962
1961
as Shankar
1963
1960
1960
as Rangan
1960
as Madhavan
1959
as Veerapandiya Kattabomman
1959
1962
as Thyagarajan
1957
as Chengodayyan
1958
as Mohan
1960
1958
as Parthiban and Vikraman
1957
1961
as Dr Ravi
1958
1956
as Dharmalinga Mudaliar
1957
1956
as Ashok
1953
as Anand
1954
1953
as Selvam
1957
1954
as Manohara
1956
as Tenali Ramakrishna
1954
as Ambalavannan / Ambalam
1954
as Rajan
1953
1956
1957
1998
1997
as Anantha Subramaniam
1992
1992
1983
1987
1986
as Chandrasekhar
1979
1979
1979
1986
as Rajasekhar
1991
1988
as D.I.G. Pandidurai
1972
as Anand
1995
as Durairasu Thevar
1961
as Rajasekharan
1987
as Rajasekhar
1997
as Ganesan
1955
as Muthayyan
1976
1985
as Rajasekhar
1999
as The author of Pooparika Varugirom
1980
1980
as Sathyamoorthy / Raja
1985
as Sage Vishwamitra / King Kaushika
1980
1955
as Sivagnanam
1981
1982
1981
1981
1981
as Sundaram
1980
1981
1980
as Yaman / Sathyamoorthy
1985
as Professor Gowrishankar
1984
1985
as Malaichami
1984
1984
1984
1984
as Captain Chidambaram
1984
1985
1984
as Nazeer
1984
1982
as Deenadayalan
1983
as Ramanathan / Raja
1984
1983
1983
1983
1985
1982
1982
1982
1982
1982
as Narashimaachari
1982
1982
as Rajasekar, Superintendent of Police
1982
1969
1970
as Muthaiah
1970
1969
as Bharath
1969
1970
as Shankar
1970
as Koteeswaran
1969
1969
1970
1958
1965
as Babu
1970
1980
1975
as Ravikumar
1966
as Captain Swamy
1977
as Alexander III of Macedon
1961
as Ramu / Raheem
1959
1955
as Vasudevan
1987
as Nagama Nayak
1954
as Sundararangathan
1968
1964
as Professor Krishnan
1959
as Varendran
1958
as Bharathan
1978
as Thacholi Othenakkurup
1970
as Guest appearance
1960
as Chandru
1954
as Sundar
1975
1961
as Anandan
1957
as Prince
1965
as Pazhani
1969
as Doctor Prabhakar / Doctor Babu
1952
as Umapathy
1972
1975
1958
1968
1976
1969
as Prabhu
1975
as Dr. Siva
1962
1971
as Ramu
1956
as Villalan
1961
as General Jeevagan
Production
1964
as Producer
1992
as Playback Singer
1968
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1980
as Screenplay
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