Birth Day: 1951-09-07
Place of birth: Chempu, Kerala, India
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born on September 7, 1951), popularly known as Mammootty , is a towering figure in Indian cinema, particularly in Malayalam films. With a career spanning over five decades, he has acted in more than 450 films, earning a reputation as one of the greatest actors in the Indian Film Industry. His ability to embody a diverse range of characters has made him a legendary figure, admired for his deep voice, commanding screen presence, and meticulous approach to acting. Mammootty's breakthrough came in the early 1980s with films like Yavanika (1982), which showcased his talent for portraying complex characters. His performance as Chandu Chekavar in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989) earned him his first National Film Award for Best Actor and established him as a leading star in Malayalam cinema. This film, along with others like Mathilukal (1990), directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, solidified his status as a versatile actor capable of taking on challenging roles. Throughout his career, Mammootty has received numerous accolades, including four National Film Awards for Best Actor. His portrayal of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (1999) is particularly noteworthy, demonstrating his ability to handle profound and socially relevant subjects. His performances in commercially successful films like The King (1995) and Big B (2007) showcase his versatility, appealing to a broad audience while maintaining a commitment to quality cinema. Mammootty's impact extends beyond acting; he is also a philanthropist involved in various social causes, focusing on education and healthcare for the underprivileged. He has also ventured into production, establishing his own production company and supporting new talent in the industry. Known for his humility and discipline, he continues to work on diverse projects that challenge him as an actor and resonate with audiences. He received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, in 2026 for his contributions to cinema, and earlier the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award, from the Government of India in 1998. He was also honoured with the Kerala Prabha Award by the Government of Kerala in 2022. Mammootty was named as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema" by CNN-News18. In recent years, Mammootty has remained relevant, with films like Unda (2019) and Peranbu (2018) demonstrating his commitment to meaningful storytelling. As he continues to evolve in his craft, Mammootty’s legacy as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema is firmly established, inspiring generations of filmmakers and actors alike.
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As 'Bullet' Walter Lopez -
As Karikkamuri Shanmugham -
As Dr. Daniel James -
As Karthikeyan -
As Moothon (voice) -
As Stanley Das -
As C.I Dominic -
As Caesar John -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Alexander Joseph -
As Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy -
As Turbo Jose -
As Kodumon Potti -
As Mathew Devassy -
As Christopher -
As RAW Chief Colonel Mahadev Menon 'The Devil' -
As George Martin -
As James / Sundaram -
As Sethurama Iyer -
As Self -
As Michael -
As Narrator -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Kuttan -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Luke Antony -
As Fr. Carmen Benedict -
As Kadakkal Chandran -
As Boss / Devan -
As Kalasadhan Ullaas -
As 'Madhura' Raja -
As John Abraham Palackal -
As Amudhavan -
As Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy -
As Chandroth Valiya Panicker / Kurup -
As S. I. Manikandan C.P. -
As Pullakkunnel Alex -
As Voice-over -
As Derick Abraham -
As Hari -
As Krishnakumar / KK -
As CI James Abraham -
As Self -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Rajakumaran -
As Edward Livingstone / Anto Antony -
As Narrator (Voice) -
As Nithyananda Shenoy -
As Self -
As David -
As Thoppil Joppan -
As CI Rajan Zechariah -
As Prakash Roy -
As Adv. Louis Pothen Narimadan -
As Durgaprasad -
As C.P Swathanthran -
As Alexander (archive footage) -
As Pallikkal Narayanan -
As Bhaskaran Pillai -
As Vijay Kumar -
As Akbar Ali -
As Joy -
As Shekarankutty -
As C.K. Raghavan -
As P.K. Venugopal/Venu -
As Tharakan Malik -
As Majeed/Majeed's father -
As Aravind Chandrasekhar -
As Kunjananthan -
As Immanuel -
As Mathukkutty -
As Raja Raja Kammath -
As Cleetus -
As Balachandran -
As Samson -
As Bavutti -
As Raja / Sivadas Naidu -
As Gopikrishnan -
As Joseph Alex -
As Abhijit / Karunan -
As Giri -
As Sameer -
As Pavithran -
As Kedarnath -
As Perumal -
As Narrator -
As Pranchiyettan -
As Pattazhi Madhavan Namboothiri / Kunjunni -
As Raja / Madhurai Raja / Pokkiri Raja -
As Self
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As Gopi Krishnan -
As Mohan/Bombay -
As KC Kuttan -
As Kutty Srank -
As Viswanatha Paniker -
As Veerendra Mallayya -
As Pazhassi Raja -
As Jimmy/Bhootham -
As Passenger in the bus -
As Machu -
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As CI Antony Simon -
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As Mike Phillipose -
As Appu / Achu -
As Himself -
As Parunthu Purushu
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As ACP Narendran -
As Himself (uncredited) -
As Adv. Ramesh Nambiar -
As Rameshan / Lakshmi Prasad -
As Major Sivaraman -
As Bilal John Kurishingal -
As Balachandran -
As Dr. S. R. Nathan -
As 'Superstar' Ashok Raj -
As Mahi aka Mayavi -
As David John Kottarathil -
As Kurisuveettil Pothan Vava -
As Balram / Tharadas -
As 'Current' Bhargavan -
As Devarmadom Narayanan -
As Gulan Kunjumon -
As Murugan -
As Monichan -
As Sethurama Iyer -
As Bellari Raja -
As Arakkalam Kochu Baby (Arakkalam Bhai) -
As Shivan -
As Inspector Vivek -
As Sulthanveettil Zakkir Hussein -
As Krishnan -
As Appukuttan Menon -
As Sethurama Iyer -
As Madhavan -
As Thacharayil Devarajan -
As Karikkamuri Shanmugham -
As Vishwa -
As Raghuram -
As Major Pattabhiraman -
As Sathyaprathapan -
As Adv. Gopinath -
As Phantom Pailey -
As Karmegham -
As Dany -
As Santhosh -
As Thirupathisamy -
As Ravi Mammen -
As Ramanathan IPS -
As Arackal Madhavanunni -
As Prabhu
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As Major Bala -
As Dada Mohammad Sahib / Subedar T.M. Abubacker -
As Ravindranath Menon -
As Adv. Nandagopal Marar -
As Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar -
As Kochu Kunju
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As Sivadas
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As Ezhupunna Sunny Tharakan -
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As Kannan -
As Col. Ravivarma Thampuran -
As Pallavoor Devanarayanan -
As Amarnath -
As Adv. Harikrishnan (Hari) -
As Maharaja -
As DIG Bharath Patteri -
As Chandy -
As Rasu Padayachi
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As Jathavethan -
As Sidharthan -
As Hareendran -
As Prakash -
As Nandagopalan -
As Vidyadharan -
As Chandrasekhar -
As Viswanath -
As Shankar Das -
As Dr. Anantha Padmanabhan -
As Satheesh Menon -
As Sudhakaran Nair -
As Mamangalath Madhavankutty -
As Adv. Kuruvilla Aniyan Kuruvilla -
As Thevalliparambil Joseph Alex IAS -
As Tailor Bhasi -
As Nandakumar Varma -
As Sethupathi
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As Vijayabhaskar -
As Balachandran
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As Mada -
As Vishnu -
As Ravishankar -
As Bhaskara Patelar -
As Group Capt. A. J. Eashwar -
As Shouwri -
As Chandradas -
As Kapil Dev Singh, Jailor -
As Ramesan Nair -
As Devadathan
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As Narasimha Mannadiyar -
As Meledathu Raghvan Nair -
As Christi
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As Gautham Krishna -
As Chidambaram -
As K. Viswanathan -
As Puttu' Urumees -
As Pathrose -
As Anantha Rama Sharma -
As Johnnie Varghese -
As Balachandran -
As Antony -
As Devaraj 'Deva' -
As Achootty -
As Sivan -
As P. Sukumaran -
As Daniel D'Souza -
As Nathu Narayanan -
As Inspector Balram -
As Capt. Hariharan -
As Azhagappan -
As Viswanaathan
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As Raja -
As Burglar with several names -
As Arackal Baby Mathew -
As Johny, Lawrence
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As Vaikom Muhammad Basheer -
As Himself -
As Haridas Damodaran I.P.S. -
As Venugopal -
As Alexander -
As Kottayam Kunjachan -
As Soorya Narayana Iyer -
As Vishnu Narayanan -
As Mr. Mathews -
As Major Ravindran Nair -
As Chandran -
As Adv. Bhaskera Pillai -
As Supervisor Ramabhadran -
As Chandu Chekavar -
As Sethurama Iyer -
As Varunni -
As Balachandran -
As Bharathan -
As Anantha Padmanabhan -
As Philipose Manavalan (Thampi) -
As Ben Narendran -
As Kuttapayi -
As Manu -
As Balan -
As Adv. Sethumadhavan
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As Perumal -
As Adv. George Korah -
As Khader -
As Chandran
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As Haridas
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As Aravindan -
As Sethurama Iyer -
As Vasu
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As Damu
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As Ravindran
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As Thampi -
As Balan Maruthempilly -
As G. Krishnamoorthy -
As Dr. Balu -
As Haridas -
As Dr. Vinayachandran -
As Dr. Padmanabhan -
As Roy Thampi
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As Raghavan -
As Kamarudden -
As Varghese
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As Babu -
As Sreedharan -
As Balram -
As Suresh
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As Madhavan Kutty -
As Zachariah -
As Brother Lawrence -
As Balachandran -
As Viswanathan -
As Dr. Sam/ Samuel George -
As Balachandran -
As Paramu
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As Harikrishnan -
As Sudhakaran -
As Dr Hari -
As Kiran (Business Man) -
As Prof. Mohandas -
As Sivaprasad -
As Nandakumar
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As Vijaya Chandran -
As Gopinath
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As Rajan
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As Srinivasan Nair
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As Vaishakhan
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As Mohandas C. K. -
As Viswanathan -
As Aravindan
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As Adv. Ravindranath -
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As Sekharan Master -
As Mahesh
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As DYSP Prathapan -
As Thampi
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As Yatheendran
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As Dr. Rajasekhran -
As Sultan Abdul Razak -
As Dr. Isaac
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As Jayadevan -
As Dr. MK Haridas
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As Ajayan
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As Jameskutty
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As Unnikrishnan -
As Balachandran -
As Vijayan -
As Sreekumar -
As Sreedharan
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As Dr. Rajagopal -
As Johny -
As Muraleedharan Master -
As Anirudhan -
As Gopalan Kutty
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As Vijayan
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As Mohandas
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As Jayaraman -
As Ravindran -
As Jose -
As Dr.Jeevan Thomas -
As Sivan -
As Louis -
As Ummer -
As Prakasan -
As Vijayan
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As Gopalan -
As Ram Mohan -
As Ravi Varma -
As Dr. Ramachandran -
As Mohan Kumar -
As Vijayan -
As Gopan -
As Devan
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As Madhavankutty -
As Babu -
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As S. N. Balachandran
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As Devadasan
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As Jayadevan
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As Anand
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As George Kutty
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As Babu
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As Zulfikar
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As Achuthan Nair
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As Ismail -
As Usman -
As Jayadevan -
As Chandhran
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As Antony -
As Jayaraj -
As Sukumaran Nair -
As Ratheesh -
As Jayamohan
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As Jose -
As P. G. Venugopal
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As Gopikuttan Pillai -
As Sethu
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As Kochu Baby -
As Krishnanunni -
As Arjunan -
As Roy Varghese -
As Tharadas -
As Dr. Surendran
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As Rajan -
As Ravi -
As Ravi -
As Karunan -
As Jose -
As Balagopalan -
As Babu -
As John
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As Gopi -
As Prem Sagar -
As Man at the Park -
As Hamsa
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As Divakaran -
As Balachandran -
As Ananthan
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As Madhu
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As Usman
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As Ramesh -
As Ravi -
As Balachandran -
As Raju
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As Raju -
As Unni -
As Dileep / Tony -
As Adv. M. S. Jayamohan -
As Mammootty -
As Gopi -
As Captain Thomas -
As Musthafa
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As Sankara Narayanan Thampi
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As Surendran -
As Unnikrishnan -
As Raghu
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As Balu -
As Jagadish -
As Venugopal
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As Shereef
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As Vasu
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As Kunjali
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As Sivan
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As Shameer -
As Johny -
As Babu
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As Babu
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As Jayadevan
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As Ramesh
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As Rajasekhara Menon
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As Vasu
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As Self -
As Prabhakaran
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As Sub Inspector Balachandran -
As Beeran
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As Rahim
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As Suresh
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As Muthukoya -
As Kammaran -
As Salim -
As Jabbar -
As Sivaraman -
As Janardhanan
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As Rajashekharan
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As Deepthi's Father -
As Jacob Eeraly -
As Salim -
As Krishnadas -
As Thankappan
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As Thoman Kutty -
As Rajappan -
As Vasu -
As Madhavankutty -
As Vijayan -
As New Ferryman (uncredited)
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As Man in the crowd (uncredited) -
As Bilal John Kurishingal -
As Dr. Devadas -
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