Napolean

Napolean

actor, producer

Napolean was born on Dec 02, 1963 in Chennai. Napolean's big-screen debut came with Oor Mariyathai directed by K.S. Ravikumar in 1992, strarring Veerapandi. Napolean is known for Virumandi directed by Kamal Haasan, Kamal Haasan stars as Virumandi and Abhirami as Annalachmi. The upcoming new movie Napolean plays is Sultan which will be released on Apr 02, 2021.

Kumaresan Duraisamy, better known by his stage name Nepoleon, is an Indian film actor, politician and the founder and chairman of the Jeevan Technologies and Jeevan Foundation. He was the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet. Earlier in life, he acted in nearly 100 movies in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language and Kannada films.Nepoleon entered the Tamil film industry in 1991 with P. Bharathiraja's rural film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu, playing the antagonist role. Other roles followed, including in Ejamaan Seevalaperi Pandi, Devasuram, Ravanaprabhu, Vattaram, Hello brother, Pokkiri and Dasavatharam. His role as Mundakkal Shekharan in the blockbuster action film Devasuram is widely regarded as his best performance to-date. He reprised the role in the Ravanaprabhu, a sequel to Devasuram.Nepoleon won the Tamilnadu Government's Best actor Special Award for the film "ETTUPATTI RASA" in the year 1997.Though settled in Nashville USA, at the insistence of makers, he made his acting comeback with Kidaari (2016) and then went on to portray Gautham Karthik's father in Muthuramalingam (2017) replacing Karthik.Napoleon has landed a role in Hollywood: in upcoming supernatural thriller Devil's Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge, directed by Sam Logan Khaleghi.Among the forthcoming Tamil, Malayalam and Hollywood films in which he features are Seema Raja, AY-NA and Devil's Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge.

  • Birthday

    Dec 02, 1963
  • Place of Birth

    Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, Chennai

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