Vincent Asokan

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Vincent Asokan
Born
Vincent Asokan

(1965-10-07) 7 October 1965 (age 58)
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Relatives Prameela (Aunt)

Vincent Asokan is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. [1]

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Personal life

Vincent is the son of actor S. A. Ashokan. He is married and has two sons. [2]

Career

Vincent Asokan made his debut in director A. Venkatesh's Aai (2004) and has since played villain in close to 30 films. [3]

He played supporting roles in flicks like 6'2 (2005), Thotti Jaya (2005), Chanakya (2005), Bangaram (2006), Nee Venunda Chellam (2006), Thagapansamy (2006), Pokkiri (2007), Aalwar (2007) and Murugaa (2007). He won the Best Villain Award for his role in Yogi (2009). [4]

In 2014, Vincent also does occasional cameos like in the movie Eppodhum Vendraan, where he plays a cop. In Ennamo Nadakkuthu , director Rajapandi cast him as a boxer. In Thalaivan , directed by Ramesh Selvan he played a very authoritative character of a don. He played a small role in the action thriller Sandamarutham (2015) which also had Sarath Kumar in dual lead roles. In director Cable Shankar's Thottal Thodarum , he achieved another pinnacle of acting by playing the role of a hired assassin with no dialogues and conveying terror via his expressions and menacing looks. Vincent also played a violent person in A. Venkatesh's Killadi (2015). In 2016, he played a supporting role in a suspense-drama film Ennul Aayiram , written and directed by Krishna Kumar. [5]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Aai Raghavan
2005 6'2 Devaraj
By the People Paramasivam Malayalam film
Thotti Jaya Muthu Ganesh
Chanakya Assistant Collector
2006 Bangaram Shankar Singh Telugu film
Nee Venunda Chellam Ashok
Thagapansamy Thakur Dass
2007 Pokkiri Guru
Aalwar Punniyamoorthy's brother
Murugaa
Mudhal Kanave Lavanya's brother
2008 Sila Nerangalil Joe / ChidambaramFirst lead role
Durai Dharma
2009 Yogi Lindon Fernando
2010 Kutty Muthu
Vallakottai Sethupathi
2011 Velayudham Ulaganathan's brother
Vithagan
2012 Rebel VaradanTelugu film
2013 Lakshmi Kannada film
2014Eppodhum VendraanCop
Ennamo Nadakkuthu Boxer
Thalaivan Don
2015 Sandamarutham Thamarai Chandran
Thottal Thodarum Assassin
Killadi Bhavani
2016 Ennul Aayiram
2017Yevanavan
Neruppu Da Sadha
Thupparivaalan Diwakar
2018 Irumbu Thirai Minister
Tik Tik Tik D. Raghuram
Vada Chennai ACP
Maari 2 Gangadhar Beeja's brother
2019 Nethraa Ravi
Action Deepak Mehta
2021 Laabam
Aranmanai 3 Durai
Pon Manickavel Thilak
2022 Kadamaiyai Sei Dharmarajan
Captain Major Krishnamoorthy
2023 Amigos NIA officerTelugu film
Paramporul
2024Operation LailaPrincipal

Television

YearTitleChannelNotes
2012Nambikkai Sun TV
2018 Maya Sun TV
2021 Kuruthi Kalam MX Player

Web series

YearTitleLanguagePlatformNotes
2020Singa PenneTamil ZEE5

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