Nassar

Nassar represents everything I value in a working actor. He moves between Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam cinema without ego, equally convincing as villain, patriarch, or comic relief, while also directing, producing, voicing, and singing. What elevates him further in my estimation is his presidency of the Nadigar Sangam, spending his accumulated goodwill on protecting fellow performers. Stars get the posters, but actors like Nassar are the load-bearing walls of an industry; remove them and a thousand films collapse. Decades into his career and still ubiquitous on screen, he embodies the craftsman ideal that South Indian cinema does better than almost anyone.

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Name (English)

Nassar

Name (Japanese)

ナーサル

Reading

なーさる

Born

March 5, 1958 (age 68)

Origin

Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / film producer / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

University

Madras Christian College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassar%20(actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3521977

Tags

• Tamil Nadu
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.