# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/n-santhanam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:26:23.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/n-santhanam"
name: "N. Santhanam"
slug: "n-santhanam"
description: "Santhanam Neelamegam is an Indian actor and film producer who mainly works in Tamil cinema. Beginning his career as a comedian on television, he rose to fame through his performances in Star Vijay's Lollu Sabha enacting the lead role in spoofs of Tamil films. He was subsequently given a chance by actor Silambarasan to feature in a supporting role in Manmadhan (2004) and then was signed on to appear in a host of films, notably winning good reviews for his work in Sachein (2005) and Polladhavan (2007). He appeared in a one-off leading role in Shankar's production Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and became a staple feature as a comedian with his brand of insult comedy becoming very successful during the period, with his market popularity helping stuck films find distributors."
tagline: "Indian film actor, born 1980"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Santhanam_at_Vallavanukku_Pullum_Aayudham_Thanksgiving_Meet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1980-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             0.2966101694915254
  historical:           12.90195333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iamsanthanam"
    handle:    "iamsanthanam"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/santa_santhanam/"
    handle:    "santa_santhanam"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ISanthanam"
    handle:    "ISanthanam"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1962272/"
    handle:    "nm1962272"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.actorsanthanam.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86._%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ان. سانثانام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE_(%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE)"
    title: "সন্থানম (অভিনেতা)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santhanam_(actor)"
    title: "Santhanam (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "سانتانام (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santhanam_(pemeran)"
    title: "Santhanam (pemeran)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0"
    title: "サンダーナム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%B0%EB%8B%A4%EB%82%A8"
    title: "산다남"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82_(%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BB)"
    title: "സന്താനം (നടൻ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE_(%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE)"
    title: "संथनम (अभिनेता)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santhanam"
    title: "Santhanam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "சந்தானம் (நடிகர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%82_(%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "సంతానం (నటుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "سنتھانم (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5969802"
    title: "N. R. Santhanam"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump