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.

Filmography

• 2025Good Bad Ugly — AK 'Red Dragon'
• 2025Vidaamuyarchi — Arjun
• 2023Thunivu — Dark Devil
• 2022Valimai — ACP Arjun Kumar IPS
• 2019Nerkonda Paarvai — Bharath Subramaniam
• 2019Viswasam — Thooku Durai
• 2017Vivegam — Ajay Kumar
• 2015Vedalam — Ganesh / Vedhalam
• 2015Yennai Arindhaal — DCP Sathyadev IPS
• 2014Veeram — Vinayagam
• 2013Arrambam — Ashok Kumar
• 2012Billa II — David Billa
• 2011Mankatha — Vinayak Mahadevan
• 2010Asal — Shiva and Shiva's Father
• 2008Aegan — Shiva
• 2007Aalwar — Shiva
• 2007Billa — David Billa / Saravana Velu
• 2007Kireedam — Shaktivel
• 2006Paramasivan — Subramanium Siva / Paramasivan / Eshwar
• 2006Thirupathi — Thirupathi
• 2006Varalaru — Sivashankar / Vishnu / Jeeva
• 2005Ji — Vasu
• 2004Attagasam — Guru / Jeeva
• 2004Jana — Jana
• 2003Anjaneya — Paramaguru
• 2003Ennai Thalatta Varuvala — Sathees
• 2002Raja — Raja
• 2002Red — Red
• 2002Villain — Shiva / Vishnu
• 2001Aśoka — Susima Maurya
• 2001Citizen — 'Citizen' Arivanandam / Abdullah / Anthony / 'Subramani' Subramaniam
• 2001Dheena — Dheenadhayalan (Dheena)
• 2001Poovellam Un Vasam — Chinna
• 2000Kandukondain Kandukondain — Manohar
• 2000Mugavari — Sridhar
• 2000Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven — Surya
• 1999Amarkalam — Vasu
• 1999Anantha Poongattre... — Jeeva
• 1999Nee Varuvai Ena — Subramani
• 1999Thodarum — Jayaram
• 1999Unnai Thedi — Raghu
• 1999Vaali — Deva / Shiva
• 1998Aval Varuvala — Jeeva
• 1998Kadhal Mannan — Shiva
• 1998Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen — Sanjay (Guest Role)
• 1998Uyirodu Uyiraga — Ajay
• 1997Nesam — Nathan
• 1997Pagaivan — Prabu
• 1997Raasi — Kumar
• 1997Rettai Jadai Vayasu — Vijay
• 1997Ullasam — 'Guru' Gurumoorthy
• 1996Kadhal Kottai — Surya
• 1996Kalloori Vaasal — Vasanth
• 1996Minor Mappillai — Ramu (Minor Mapillai)
• 1996Vaanmathi — Krishna
• 1995Aasai — Jeeva
• 1995Rajavin Parvaiyile — Chandru
• 1994Paasamalargal — Kumar
• 1994Pavithra — Ashok
• 1993Amaravathi — Arjun
• 1993ప్రేమపుస్తకం — Siddhartha
• 1990En Veedu En Kanavar — Uncreditted role as a school boy
• Dare Devil — Dare Devil
• Mankatha 2
• Untitled AK - Manu Anand Film
• Untitled Shankar - Ajith Kumar Film

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Gladiators — Self