Jiiva is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Son of film producer R. B. Choudary, he started his career as a child actor in his father's films in 1996. He performed his first lead role in the 2003 romantic film Aasai Aasaiyai, before starring in Raam (2005), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cyprus International Film Festival. In his subsequent films, he has taken on roles of various types such as a stuntman in Dishyum (2006), a slum dweller in E (2006) and a psychopath in Kattradhu Thamizh (2007). On 21 November 2007, Jiiva married his childhood friend Supriya in New Delhi.[27] Supriya is a MBA graduate and an interior designer by profession. The two first met in 1994 when he was studying in a school in T Nagar.[28] They have a son named Sparsh born in 2010.

Filmography

• 2026Magudam — Producer
• 2026S. Saraswathi — Aditya
• 2026Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil — Jeeva Rathnam, Creative Producer
• 2025Aghathiyaa — Aghathiyan & Nanjilan
• 2024Black — Vasanth
• 2024Singapore Saloon — Reality Show Judge
• 2024Yatra 2 — YS Jagan
• 2023Custody — Vishnu
• 2022Coffee With Kadhal — Saravanan
• 2022Nitham Oru Vaanam — DSP Prabhagaran (Special Appearance)
• 2022Varalaru Mukkiyam — Karthik
• 202183 — Krishnamachari Srikkanth
• 2021Kalathil Santhippom — Ashok
• 2020Gypsy — Gypsy
• 2020Seeru — Manimaran
• 2019Gorilla — Jeeva
• 2019Kee — Siddharth & Marvin
• 2018Kalakalappu 2 — Seenu
• 2017Kadamban — Co-Producer
• 2017Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae — Vasu
• 2016Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru — Karthik Kumar (Cameo Appearance)
• 2016Kavalai Vendam — Aravind
• 2016Pokkiri Raja — Sanjeevi
• 2016Thirunaal — Blade Ganesh
• 2015Inji Iduppazhagi — Cameo Appearance
• 2014Chandra — Special Appearance
• 2014Yaan — Chandrasekhar (Chandru)
• 2013Endrendrum Punnagai — Gowtham
• 2012Mugamoodi — Anand/Bruce Lee/Mugamoodi
• 2012Nanban — Sevarkodi Senthil
• 2012Neethaane En Ponvasantham — Varun Krishnan
• 2012Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu — Special Appearance
• 2011Ko — Ashwin Kumar Jayaraman
• 2011Rowthiram — Shiva
• 2011Singam Puli — Ashok and Siva
• 2011Vandhaan Vendraan — Arjun
• 2010Boss Engira Baskaran — Cameo (Shiva)
• 2010Kacheri Arambam — Paari
• 2009Siva Manasula Sakthi — Siva
• 2008Thenavattu — Kottai
• 2007Kattradhu Thamizh — Prabhakar, Actor's Assistant
• 2007Pori — Hari
• 2007Rameswaram — Jeevan
• 2006Dishyum — 'Risk' Bhaskar
• 2006E — Easwaran
• 2006Keerthi Chakra — Havildar Jaikumar
• 2005Raam — Ramakrishnan
• 2003Aasai Aasaiyai — Vinod
• 2003Thithikudhe — Chinnu
• Golmaal
• Jiiva 46
• Jolliya Iruntha Oruthan
• Thagappan

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2018Tamizh Padam 2 — Self
• Lal Salam — Self
• The Kapil Sharma Show — Self