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{{short description|Indian actor and screenwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
|name = J. Livingston
|image =
|birth_name = Philip Livingston Jones
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamilnadu]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|22|df=y}}
|death_place =
|nationality = Indian
|alma_mater =
|occupation = [[Actor]], [[screenwriter]]
|years_active = 1982–present
|known_for =
|relatives = [[Peter Selvakumar]] (brother-in-law)
|notable_works =
|children = 2
|spouse = Jessy (m.1997)
}}

'''Philip Livingston Jones''', commonly credited by his mononym '''Livingston''' is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter who usually plays in supporting and comedy roles in Tamil films.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=19 January 2010|publisher=IndiaGlitz |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/rajinis-pat-for-livingston-tamil-news-38528.html|title=Rajini's pat for Livingston}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamil.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/0611/29/1061129025_1.htm |title=Livingston's Thandachoru (in Tamil)|access-date=19 January 2010}} {{Dead link|date=March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=8 June 2001|access-date=19 January 2010|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/08/stories/0908022a.htm|title=From scratch to success|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606102453/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/08/stories/0908022a.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> He is credited as Ranjan in his earlier films such as ''[[Captain Prabhakaran]]'' (1991) and ''[[Sundara Purushan (1996 film)|Sundara Purushan]]'' (1996) and is well known for playing the role of Natraj in the critically acclaimed movie ''[[Sollamale]]'' (1998). He has acted over 150 films.

==Career==
His first starring role was in ''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]'' (1988). He started out playing villains and graduated to playing lead roles with ''[[Sundara Purushan (1996 film)|Sundara Purushan]]'' (1996), ''[[Sollamale]]'' (1998), ''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' (1999), ''[[En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri]]'' (2001) and ''[[Engalukkum Kaalam Varum (2001 film)|Engalukkum Kaalam Varum]]'' (2001) are other films in which he has appeared in lead roles. He also wrote the screenplay for the movies ''[[Kanni Rasi]]'' (1985) and ''[[Kaakki Sattai]]'' (1985) along with [[G. M. Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tamilstar.com/interview/actor/livingstone/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000115155812/http://www.tamilstar.com/interview/actor/livingstone/index.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2000|title=Interview with Livingstone |date=15 January 2000|website=tamilstar.com |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>

At the peak of his career in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Livingston opted to take on a mix of lead roles, antagonistic roles and cameo roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/mar172.asp |title=Archived copy |website=www.chennaionline.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041116231731/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/mar172.asp |archive-date=16 November 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He later appeared in hit comedy films as supporting roles like ''[[Thillalangadi]]'' (2010), ''[[Kaavalan]]'' (2011), ''[[Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara]]'' (2013) and ''[[Magalir Mattum (2017 film)|Magalir Mattum]]'' (2017).

==Personal life==

Livingston was born in a [[Tamil Christians|Christian]] [[Vellalar]] family in [[Chennai]], [[Tamilnadu]].
His father, Samuel Jones worked as a [[supervisor]] in [[Binny and Co.]] ,while his mother was a [[homemaker]] who was of [[Malaysian Tamils]] descent.
He attended ELM Fabricus Hr.Sec. School in [[Purasawalkam]] until grade 10 after which he pursued his cinema career.

On 6 September 1997, he married Jessy Irudayaraj a [[Roman Catholic]] in a private ceremony in Chennai. The couple has two daughters, Jovita (born in 1998) and Gemma (born in 2001).

==Filmography==

===As film actor===

====1980–90s====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Darling, Darling, Darling]]'' || Wellington train station master ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran]]'' || Ramkumar ||
|-
|rowspan='6' | 1989 || ''[[Vaai Kozhuppu]]''|| Murali ||
|-
| ''[[Paattukku Oru Thalaivan]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Pick Pocket (1989 film)|Pick Pocket]]''|| ||
|-
| ''[[Nyaya Tharasu]]''|| Nagappan ||
|-
| ''[[Naalai Manithan]]''|| Livingston ||
|-
| ''Valadhu Kalai Vaithu Vaa'' || ||
|-
|rowspan='5' | 1990 ||''[[En Uyir Thozhan]]'' || Dilli Babu ||
|-
| ''[[Oru Veedu Iru Vasal]]'' || Arun Kapoor ||
|-
| ''[[Paattukku Naan Adimai]]'' || Danny ||
|-
| ''[[Ethir Kaatru]]'' || Maasi ||
|-
| ''[[Puthu Paatu]]'' || Vadivelu ||
|-
|rowspan='11' | 1991 || ''[[Irumbu Pookkal]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Captain Prabhakaran]]'' || Krishnamurthy ||
|-
|''[[Thanga Thamaraigal]]'' || Sathish ||
|-
|''[[Ayul Kaithi]]'' || Sudharshan ||
|-
|''[[Mill Thozhilali]]'' || Prakash ||
|-
|''Onnum Theriyatha Pappa'' || ||
|-
|''Apoorva Naagam'' || Maayandi ||
|-
|''Mookuthi Poomeley'' || ||
|-
|''[[En Pottukku Sonthakkaran]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu (1991 film)|Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Paattondru Ketten]]'' || Rocky ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992 || ''[[Amaran (film)|Amaran]]'' || Inspector Duraipandi ||
|-
| ''Pudhu Varusham'' || ||
|-
| ''Hello Darling'' || Alexander||Telugu film
|-
| rowspan='3'|1993 || ''[[Captain Magal]]'' || Livi ||
|-
| ''Minmini Poochigal'' || ||
|-
|''[[Pathini Penn]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan='3' | 1994 || ''[[Veera (1994 film)|Veera]]'' || Chandran ||
|-
|''[[Chinna Madam]] '' || ||
|-
|''[[Pondattiye Deivam]] '' || Pandiyan ||
|-
|rowspan='4' | 1995 || ''[[Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Chellakannu]]'' || Thangavel ||
|-
|''[[Witness (1995 film)|Witness]]'' || Niranjan ||
|-
|''[[Makkal Aatchi]]'' || Govindasamy||
|-
| rowspan='2' | 1996 || ''[[Sundara Purushan (1996 film)|Sundara Purushan]]'' || Ganeshan || Lead role
|-
| ''[[Thuraimugam]]'' || Gowri Kumar||
|-
| rowspan='2' | 1998 || ''[[Jolly (film)|Jolly]]'' || Chakravarthy ||
|-
|''[[Sollamale]]'' || Nataraj ||Lead role
|-
|rowspan='4' | 1999 ||''[[Poomagal Oorvalam]]'' || Aavudayappan (Armstrong) ||
|-
|''[[Suyamvaram]]'' || Kannan ||
|-
|''[[Vaalee (1999 film)|Vaali]]'' || Livingston || Guest appearance
|-
|''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' || Ravishankar || Lead role
|}

====2000s====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|rowspan='5' | 2000 || ''[[Vaanathaippola]]'' || Shanmugam ||
|-
| ''[[Vallarasu]]'' || Chidambaram Pillai IPS ||
|-
| ''[[Athey Manithan]]'' || Mandhira Moorthy ||
|-
| ''[[Unnai Kann Theduthey]]'' || Prabhu ||
|-
| ''Ninaivellam Nee'' || Kalyana Sundaram ||
|-
|rowspan='5' | 2001 || ''[[Engalukkum Kaalam Varum (2001 film)|Engalukkum Kaalam Varum]]'' || Kuppan ||
|-
| ''[[En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maathiri]]'' || Murugesan || Lead role
|-
| ''[[Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala]]'' || Roja's uncle ||
|-
| ''[[Chocolate (2001 film)|Chocolate]]'' || ACP Jayachandran ||
|-
| ''[[Asokavanam (2001 film)|Asokavanam]]'' || Selvam ||
|-
|rowspan='8' | 2002 || ''[[Aasai Aasaiyai]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Guruvamma]]'' || Thulasi ||
|-
| ''[[Charlie Chaplin (2002 film)|Charlie Chaplin]]'' || Vishwa ||
|-
| ''[[Thamizh]]'' || Anbazhagan ||
|-
| ''[[Raja (2002 film)|Raja]]'' || Mathi ||
|-
| ''[[Arputham]]'' || Govind ||
|-
| ''[[Namma Veetu Kalyanam]]'' || Manickam ||
|-
| ''[[Virumbugiren]]'' || || Guest appearance
|-
|rowspan='11' | 2003 || ''[[Priyamaina Neeku|Kadhal Sugamanathu]]'' ||Thief
|
|-
| ''[[Annai Kaligambal]]'' || Madhu ||
|-
| ''[[Kalatpadai]]'' || 'Cut' Raj ||
|-
| ''[[Ramachandra (film)|Raamachandra]]'' || Sathyamoorthy ||
|-
| ''[[Military (film)|Military]]'' || Balasubramaniam ||
|-
| ''[[Dum (2003 Tamil film)|Dum]]'' || Inspector Boopathi ||
|-
| ''[[Banda Paramasivam]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
| ''[[Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Whistle (2003 film)|Whistle]]'' || Professor Panneerselvam ||
|-
| ''[[Priyamaana Thozhi]]'' || Kumar ||
|-
| ''Vadakku Vaasal'' || Annamalai ||
|-
|rowspan='6' | 2004 || ''[[M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi]]'' || Sheikh || Guest appearance
|-
| ''[[Kuththu]]'' || Adhi Kesav ||
|-
| ''[[Vayasu Pasanga]]'' || Devaraj ||
|-
| ''Settai'' || Periyasamy ||
|-
| ''[[Super Da]]'' || Subramani ||
|-
| ''Senthalam Poove'' || ||
|-
|rowspan='7' | 2005 || ''[[Thirupaachi]]'' || Inspector Inba Raghavan ||
|-
| ''[[Ayodhya (2005 film)|Ayodhya]]'' || Hussain Bhai ||
|-
| ''[[Sevvel]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Chinna (2005 film)|Chinna]]'' || Police Officer ||
|-
| ''[[Daas (2005 film)|Daas]]'' || Allapichai ||
|-
| ''[[Jithan]]'' || Surya's father ||
|-
| ''[[Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu]]'' || Appu ||
|-
|rowspan='5' | 2006 || ''[[Aathi]]'' || Anjali's father ||
|-
| ''[[Sudesi]]'' || Ramasamy ||
|-
| ''[[Thirupathi (2006 Tamil film)|Thirupathi]]'' || Chanakkiyan ||
|-
| ''[[Unakkum Enakkum]]'' || Ram ||
|-
| ''[[Nenjirukkum Varai (2006 film)|Nenjirukkum Varai]]'' || ACP Gandhi ||
|-
|rowspan='10' | 2007 || ''[[Kuttrapathirikai]]'' || Hari ||
|-
| ''[[Naan Avanillai (2007 film)|Naan Avanillai]]'' || David Fernandez ||
|-
| ''[[Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram]]'' || Parattai's father ||
|-
| ''[[Kasu Irukkanum]]'' || Manikkavel ||
|-
| ''[[Sivaji (film)|Sivaji]]'' || Police Inspector ||
|-
| ''[[Cheena Thaana 001]]'' || CID Aanthaikannan || Guest appearance
|-
| ''[[Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu]]'' || Sakthi's father ||
|-
| ''[[Puli Varudhu]]'' || Vaitheeswaran ||
|-
| ''[[Kanna (film)|Kanna]]'' || Ashirvadham ||
|-
| ''[[Ippadikku En Kadhal]]'' || Vilvanathan ||
|-
|rowspan='13' | 2008 || ''[[Aegan]]'' || Kamalakannan ||
|-
| ''[[Anjathe]]'' || Maasilamani ||
|-
| ''[[Ashoka (2008 film)|Ashoka]]'' || Politician ||
|-
| ''[[Dindigul Sarathy]]'' || Psychiatrist ||
|-
| ''[[Jayamkondaan]]'' || Police Inspector ||
|-
| ''[[Kadhalil Vizhunthen]]'' || Train passenger ||
|-
| ''[[Kuselan]]'' || Kuppusamy ||
|-
| ''Nenjirukkumvarai Ninaivirukkum'' || Bhaskar ||
|-
| ''[[Satyam (2008 film)|Satyam]]'' || rowspan="2"|Politician ||
|-
| ''[[Salute (2008 Telugu film)|Salute]]'' || Telugu film
|-
| ''[[Sutta Pazham]]'' || Inspector Prasad ||
|-
| ''[[Thotta]]'' || Chief Minister Manimaran ||
|-
| ''[[Vambu Sandai]]'' || Nehru ||
|-
|rowspan='6' | 2009 || ''[[A Aa E Ee (2009 Tamil film)|A Aa E Ee]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi]]'' || Pandian ||
|-
| ''[[Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval]]'' || Film director Rajan ||
|-
| ''[[Solla Solla Inikkum]]'' || Jayaraman ||
|-
| ''Brahma Deva'' || Dravidan ||
|-
| ''[[Thoranai]]'' || Murugan's father ||
|}

====2010s====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|rowspan='6' | 2010 || ''[[Ambasamudram Ambani]]'' || Johnson ||
|-
| ''[[Irandu Mugam]]'' || Parthasarathy's uncle ||
|-
| ''[[Kutti Pisasu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Magane En Marumagane]]'' || Mahadeva ||
|-
| ''[[Thillalangadi]]'' || Nisha's uncle ||
|-
| ''[[Vallakottai (film)|Vallakottai]]'' || Advocate ||
|-
|rowspan='7' | 2011 || ''Sankarankovil'' || Doctor ||
|-
| ''[[Kaavalan]]'' || College principal ||
|-
| ''Moondraam Pournami'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sattapadi Kutram]]'' || Santhana Swamy ||
|-
| ''[[Venghai]]'' || Mariyappan ||
|-
| ''[[Keratam]]'' || Mohan Rao || Telugu film
|-
| ''Yuvan'' || Jeevanantham ||
|-
|rowspan='3'| 2012 || ''[[Vilayada Vaa]]'' || Jyothi ||
|-
| ''[[Adhisaya Ulagam]]'' || Neelakantan ||
|-
| ''Kasi Kuppam'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="4'| 2013 ||''[[Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Yaaruda Mahesh]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thirumathi Thamizh]]'' || Lawyer ||
|-
| ''[[Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara]]'' || Sammandham ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Amara (film)|Amara]]'' || Sebastian ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Miss Pannidatheenga Appuram Varuthapaduveenga'' || ||
|-
|rowspan='2'| 2016 || ''Onbathilirundhu Pathuvarai'' || Annachi ||
|-
| ''[[Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi]]'' || Ganesan ||
|-
|rowspan='6'| 2017 || ''Unnai Thottu Kolla Vaa'' || Ranganatha Boopathi ||
|-
| ''[[Kattappava Kanom]]'' || Aali ||
|-
| ''[[Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen]]'' || Selvam ||
|-
| ''Paakanum Pola Irukku'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Magalir Mattum (2017 film)|Magalir Mattum]]'' || Mangalamurthi ||
|-
| ''[[En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom]]'' || Bhai ||
|-
|rowspan='4'| 2018 || ''Pei Irukka Illaya'' || Inspector Inavana ||
|-
| ''[[Traffic Ramasamy (film)|Traffic Ramasamy]]'' || Aavudayappan ||
|-
| ''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'' || Venkatesan ||
|-
| ''[[Silukkuvarupatti Singam]]'' || Muthaiya ||
|-
|rowspan='6'|2019 || ''[[Peranbu]]'' || House owner ||
|-
| ''[[Agni Devi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Perazhagi ISO]]'' || Veerasamy ||
|-
| ''[[Gurkha (film)|Gurkha]]'' || Chief Minister ||
|-
| ''[[Petromax (film)|Petromax]]'' || Paripooranam ||
|-
| ''[[Capmaari]]'' || Jai's father ||
|}

====2020s====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|rowspan='3' | 2020 || ''Ayya Ullen Ayya'' || ||
|-
| ''Thottu Vidum Thooram'' || ||
|-
| ''Vaanga Padam Paarkalam'' || ||
|-
|rowspan='3' | 2021 || ''[[Pei Mama]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Annaatthe]]'' || Irulandi ||
|-
| ''Mounika'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2022 || ''[[Naai Sekar]]'' || Police inspector Thangaraj||
|-
| ''[[Taanakkaran]]''|| Rajendran||
|-
|The Legend
|
|<ref>{{Citation |title=The Legend - Official Trailer {{!}} Legend Saravanan {{!}} Harris Jayaraj {{!}} JD –Jerry |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvQK78iCxWY |language=en |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref>
|-
|Radha Krishna
|
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Radha Krishna Tamil Movie {{!}} Official Trailer {{!}} Master Adithya {{!}} Rajini {{!}} Cook with Comali Pugazh |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WNWl7ADKqc |language=en |access-date=2022-06-26}}</ref>
|}

===As screenwriter===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|rowspan='2'| 1985 || ''[[Kanni Rasi]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[Kaakki Sattai]]'' ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Aruvadai Naal]]'' ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Sundara Purushan (1996 film)|Sundara Purushan]]'' ||
|-

|}

===As Voice actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!class=unsortable|Actor
|-

| 1994|| ''[[Suriyan]]'' || [[Babu Antony]]
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Channel
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|2018
|''Jimiki Kamal''
|Sun Life
|Kallilio
|
|-
| 2020–present
|''[[Kannana Kanne (TV series)|Kannana Kanne]]''
|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|Kodeeshwaran
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Poove Poochudava (TV series)|Poove Poochudava]]''
|rowspan= "3"|[[Zee Tamil]]
|Poiyamozhi
|rowspan= "3"| Special appearance
|-
|2021
|''[[Sembaruthi]]''
|
|-
|2022
| ''[[Ninaithale Inikkum (TV series)|Ninaithale Inikkum]]''
|
|}

==References==
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