# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ponnambalam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:00:27.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ponnambalam"
name: "Ponnambalam"
slug: "ponnambalam"
description: "Ponnambalam is an Indian actor and stuntman who has predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. He is best known for playing antagonistic roles in Indian films during the 1990s, notably appearing in Tamil-language films such as Nattamai (1994), Muthu (1995) and Amarkkalam (1999). Later in his career, Ponnambalam also appeared in a few leading roles, while also taking up the mantle of director and producer."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/x4Y8MqXrxcxxEXME4CgifzbwiW6.jpg"
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: "1963-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.13
  momentum:             3.436346863468634
  historical:           5.743069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690448/"
    handle:    "nm0690448"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "پونمبالم (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "پونامبالام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponnambalam_(actor)"
    title: "Ponnambalam (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82_(%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BB)"
    title: "പൊന്നമ്പലം (നടൻ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B2%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: "பொன்னம்பலம் (நடிகர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8A%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%82"
    title: "పొన్నాంబళం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7227900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584125"
    title: "Ponnambalam"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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