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.

Nassar (born Muhammad Hanif; 5 March 1958) is an Indian actor, director, producer, voice artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries. He has also worked in a few Kannada, English, Hindi and Bengali films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam, a trade union for film, television, and stage actors in Tamil Nadu.

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Name (English)

Nassar

Name (Japanese)

ナーサル

Reading

なーさる

Born

March 5, 1958 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

Origin

Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / film producer / singer

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Madras Christian College

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Tamil Nadu
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-10

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.