Cast

Mammootty

1951

Active years (films on this site)

1987–1991

Genres

DramaThrillerRomanceActionCrime

Schools and movements

Indian Parallel CinemaPopular Indian Cinema

Directors worked with

Adoor Gopalakrishnan2 filmsMani Ratnam1 film

Biography

Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail, known professionally as Mammootty, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. With a career spanning over five decades, he has appeared in over 400 films, predominantly in lead roles, across Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and English languages. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four National Film Awards, eleven Kerala State Film Awards, eleven Kerala Film Critics Awards and fifteen Filmfare Awards South. He received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, in 2026 for his contributions to cinema, and earlier the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award, from the Government of India in 1998. He was also honoured with the Kerala Prabha Award by the Government of Kerala in 2022.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• Padma Shri in arts 1998
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
• National Film Award for Best Actor
• Padma Bhushan
• South Indian International Movie Awards

3 films on this site

1. Anantaram 1987 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
2. Mathilukal 1990 · Adoor Gopalakrishnan · IMDb 8.2 · Cast
3. Thalapathi 1991 · Mani Ratnam · IMDb 8.5 · Cast