
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Karunakaran is a Tamilfilm actor, who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough in Soodhu Kavvum (2013) portraying the role of Arumai Pragasam, before playing roles in Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey. He initially made a career as chemical engineer, graduating from SASTRA University, and then as an IT professional at Accenture, before director Nalan Kumarasamy (his friend) approached him to feature in a short film he was making for the reality television show, Naalaya Iyakkunar. Karunakaran had featured in such short film ventures at school and Nalan had cast him in Nenjuku Neethi, which went on to win the first place award that season. Sundar C gave him brief roles in two of his ventures, while he made his first breakthrough portraying Vijay Sethupathi's friend in Karthik Subbaraj's Pizza (2012), after which he left work and concentrated on a career in films. Nalan subsequently cast him in his feature film debut Soodhu Kavvum, for which Karunakaran won rave reviews. His appearance in the "Kasu Panam Thuttu" song also was well received and prompted several further offers for the actor. His performance in Yaamirukka Bayamey was appreciated by critics.

as Jagadeesh

as Anthony
2025

as Govindharaman
2026

as Jagadeesh
2024


as Himself (Guest Appearance)
2018

as Murali
2025

as Babu
2021

2018

2025

as Tiger
2022

as Syed Baasha
2021

as Antony
2022
as Chitti
2026

2026

as Partha
2026

as Chitti
2026

as Govindharaman
2026

as Murali
2025

2025

as Anthony
2025

as Ice Box Owner
2025

2025

2025

as G Arumai Pragasam
2024

as Bobby
2024

as Jagadeesh
2024

as Moorthy
2024

as Sugirtharaja
2024

as Selvam Arumugam
2023

as Murali
2023

as Pastor David
2023

as Michael
2023

as Durai
2023

2023

as Mani
2022

as Gajaa
2022

2022
as Tiger
7 episodes