Dulquer Salmaan is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Telugu films in addition to Tamil and Hindi films. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from Purdue University and worked as a business manager in Dubai before pursuing a career in acting. Dulquer is a recipient of several awards including, five Filmfare Awards South , a South Indian International Movie Award and a Kerala State Film Award.
After a three-month acting course at the Barry John Acting Studio, Salmaan made his acting debut with Second Show (2012). He has since established himself as a leading actor in Indian cinema with several critically and commercially successful films including Ustad Hotel (2012), ABCD (2013), Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013), Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), Bangalore Days (2014), Vikramadithyan (2014), O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), Charlie (2015), Kali (2016), Jomonte Suvisheshangal (2017), Mahanati (2018), Kurup (2021) and Sita Ramam (2022). [1]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | Second Show | Harilal "Lalu" | Malayalam | Malayalam Debut | [2] |
Ustad Hotel | Faizal "Faizy" Abdul Razak | [3] | |||
Theevram | Harsha Vardhan | [3] | |||
2013 | ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi | Jones Isaac | [4] | ||
5 Sundarikal | Injured stuntman | [5] | |||
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | Kassi | [6] | |||
Pattam Pole | Karthikeyan "Karthi" | [7] | |||
2014 | Salalah Mobiles | Afzal | [8] | ||
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum / Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram | Aravind | Tamil / Malayalam | Bilingual film; Tamil Debut | [9] [10] | |
Bangalore Days | Arjun "Aju" | Malayalam | [11] | ||
Vikramadithyan | Adithyan Menon "Aadhi" | [12] | |||
Njaan | K. T. N. Kottoor & Ravi Chandrasekhar | Dual role | [13] | ||
2015 | 100 Days of Love | Balan K. Nair & Rocky K. Nair | [14] | ||
O Kadhal Kanmani | Aditya "Aadhi" Varadarajan | Tamil | [15] | ||
Charlie | Charlie | Malayalam | [16] | ||
2016 | Kali | Siddharth | [17] | ||
Kammatipaadam | Krishnan | [18] | |||
Annmariya Kalippilaanu | Angel | Cameo | [19] | ||
2017 | Jomonte Suvisheshangal | Jomon T. Vincent | [20] | ||
Comrade in America | Aji "Ajipan" Mathew | [21] | |||
Parava | Imran | Extended Appearance | [22] | ||
Solo | Shekhar, Trilok, Siva and Rudra Ramachandran | Bilingual film; Quadruple Roles | [23] | ||
Malayalam Tamil | |||||
2018 | Mahanati | Gemini Ganesan | Telugu | Telugu Debut | [24] |
Karwaan | Avinash Rajpurohit | Hindi | Hindi Debut | [25] | |
2019 | Oru Yamandan Premakadha | Mohanlal John Kombanayil alias Lallu | Malayalam | [26] | |
The Zoya Factor | Nikhil Khoda | Hindi | [27] [28] | ||
2020 | Varane Avashyamund | Bibeesh P. "Fraud" | Malayalam | Also producer | [29] [30] |
Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal | Siddharth | Tamil | [31] | ||
Maniyarayile Ashokan | Arjun | Malayalam | Also producer; cameo | [32] [33] | |
2021 | Kurup | Gopikrishnan aka Sudhakara Kurup aka Alexander | Also producer | [34] | |
2022 | Hey Sinamika | Yaazhan | Tamil | [35] | |
Salute | Aravind Karunakaran | Malayalam | Also producer | [36] [37] | |
Sita Ramam | Lieutenant Ram | Telugu | [38] [39] | ||
Chup: Revenge of the Artist | Danny aka Sebastian Gomes | Hindi | [40] | ||
2023 | King of Kotha | Kotha Raju alias Raju Madrassi | Malayalam | Also producer | [41] |
2024 | Kalki 2898 AD | Captain | Telugu | Cameo appearance | [42] |
Lucky Baskhar | Baskar | Filming | [43] | ||
Year | Title | Role | Language | Network | Ref. |
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2023 | Guns & Gulaabs | Arjun Varma | Hindi | Netflix | [44] |
Year | Title | Performers | Ref. |
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2023 | "Heeriye" | Jasleen Royal , Arijit Singh | [45] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2014 | Koothara | Trailer narrator | [46] |
2016 | Mudhugauv | Narrator | [47] |
2017 | Pokkiri Simon | [48] | |
2019 | Margamkali | Baby (voice) | |
2020 | Maniyarayile Ashokan | Co-producer; Narrator | [49] |
2021 | Maara | Voiceover in trailer | [50] |
2022 | Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan | Distributor , producer | [51] |
Puzhu | Distributor | [52] | |
Pyali | Co-producer; distributor | ||
Rorschach | Distributor | ||
2023 | Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam | [53] [54] | |
Kannur Squad | |||
Kaathal The Core |
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