Sivakumar

Alias Palanichamy Gounder
Age 76 years
Height 5'5"
Weight 63.00 Kgs
Occupation Actor
Language Worked in Tamil
Spouse Lakshmi
Children Suriya , Karthi , Brindha Sivakumar
Birth Place Kasigoundan Puthur, Coimbatore
Eye Color Black
Hair Color Black
Religion Hinduism
Marital Status Married
Favourite Actors M G Ramachandran
Favourite Cuisine South Indian
Favourite Color White
City Chennai

Sivakumar is a Tamil film and television actor who has portrayed a wide range of character roles onscreen. Sivakumar was introduced in the Tamil movie Kaakum Karangal (1965) which was produced by AVM Productions.

Though he came as side actor to the industry, he has starred in the role of leading man and character actor in many Tamil movies such as Kandan Karunai, Thunivae Thozhan and Uyarndha Manidhan. He has acted in nearly 200 films till date. He has co-starred with many leading Tamil actors such as Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, Gemini Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Vijay, Vikram and Ajith.

He is a three time winner of Filmfare Awards and a recipient of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. His roles in Marupakkam and Sindhu Bhairavi showed his versatility as an actor,[4] with the former winning the Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film. In the late 1990's, he ventured into television serials, and is well known for his role as Raadhika's husband in the famous TV serial Chithi.

Sivakumar is married to Lakshmi and the couple have three children; two sons who are actors, Surya Sivakumar and Karthik Sivakumar, and a daughter Brindha Sivakumar. His elder daughter-in-law, Jyothika was a leading Kollywood actress and his younger daughter-in-law is Ranjini Chinnaswamy.