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{{Infobox person
| name = Kaali Venkat
| image = Kali venkat.jpg
| imagesize = 224px
| caption =
| birth_name = Venkat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|05|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thalaiyuthu]], [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 2008–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Janani|30 October 2017}}
| domesticpartner =
}}

'''Kaali Venkat''' (born 5 May 1984) is a Tamil actor who mainly plays supporting roles in films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kaali-makes-an-impact-as-comedian-in-recent-films-news-tamil-oe3jD0bigbfsi.html | title=Kaali makes an impact as comedian | publisher=Sify | date=29 April 2014 | access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Venkat hails from Kudaiyadevanpatti<ref name="nix">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Flooded-with-friend-requests-post-Thegidi/2014/05/01/article2198489.ece | title='Flooded with friend requests post Thegidi' | work=New Indian Express | date=1 May 2014 | access-date=18 July 2019 | author=Gupta, Rinku}}</ref> a village near [[Kovilpatti]].<ref name="bw">{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-actors/kaali-venkat/interviews.html|title="Vijay Sethupathi has not changed one bit", Kaali Venkat|publisher=behindwoods.com|access-date=2014-05-29}}</ref> Venkat used to act in dramas during his school days. With an ambition to act in films he moved from his village to [[Chennai]] in 1997 to enter the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]].<ref name="nix" /> In Chennai, he was doing jobs like selling groceries in order to survive until he met director Vijay Prabakaran. Prabakaran, who Venkat considers his [[guru]], coached and taught him "everything I know about cinema today".<ref name="nix" />

Venkat got married on 30 October 2017 in Chennai.<ref>{{cite news|language=ta |url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/cinema/tamil-cinema/article19950852.ece |title=Jaṉaṉiyaik karam piṭittār kāḷi veṅkaṭ |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 October 2017 |access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
The first film Venkat acted was also by Vijay Prabhakaran, ''Thasaiyinai Thee Sudinum''. The film failed to release but Venkat decided to keep his character name in it, Kaali, as his [[stage name|screen name]] after everybody on the set was calling him by that name.<ref name="bw" /> He then acted in various short films made for the Kalaignar TV show ''Naalaya Iyakkunar'' and won the Best Actor in a Series Award in Season 3 of the show.<ref name="nix" /><ref name="bw" /> After a series of small roles in various feature films, he first gained attention with his role in the action drama ''[[Thadaiyara Thaakka]]''. The short films fetched him small roles in bigger projects like ''[[Kalakalappu]]'' and ''[[Udhayam NH4]]''.<ref name="bw" /> He played a substantial role in mystery thriller ''[[Thegidi]]'', which went on to become a [[sleeper hit]] and Venkat stated that he was flooded with friend requests on Facebook post the film's release.<ref name="nix" />

Venkat has acted in a number of films, including ''[[Mundaasupatti]]'', ''Kaathadi'', ''Urumeen'', ''India Pakistan'' and ''[[Eetti]]''.<ref name="bw" /> ''Mundaasupatti'', based on the same-titled short film which Venkat was also part of,<ref name="bw" /> will see him playing the role of an assistant photographer called Azhagasami.<ref name="nix"/> In 2016, Kaali won critical acclaim for his portrayal of a drunkard father in ''[[Irudhi Suttru]]'' and as a loyal friend of a politician in ''[[Kodi (film)|Kodi]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/181016/kodi-will-be-a-milestone-in-my-career-kaali-venkat.html | title=Kodi will be a milestone in my career: Kaali Venkat | work=Deccan Chronicle | date=18 October 2016 | access-date=18 July 2019 | author=K, Janani}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2010 || '' [[Va (film)|Va]]'' || Mano ||
|-
| ''[[Agam Puram]]'' || Sangu's henchman || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Nellu (2010 film)|Nellu]]'' || Kaalimuthu ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Mounaguru]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2012 || ''[[Thadaiyara Thaakka]]'' || Alphonse ||
|-
| ''[[Kalakalappu]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2013 || ''[[Udhayam NH4]]'' || Constable Anbu ||
|-
| ''[[Pizza II: Villa]]'' || Family man ||
|-
| ''[[Madha Yaanai Koottam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Vizha]]'' || Paandi ||
|-
|rowspan="6"| 2014 || ''[[Pannaiyarum Padminiyum]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane]]'' || Kesavan ||
|-
| ''[[Vaayai Moodi Pesavum]]'' || Palani ||
|-
| ''[[Thegidi]]'' || Nambi ||
|-
| ''[[Poovarasam Peepee]]'' || Magudi ||
|-
| ''[[Mundaasupatti]]'' || Azhagumani ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2015 || ''[[India Pakistan]]'' || Selvam ||
|-
| ''[[Maari (film)|Maari]]'' || Aarumugam ||
|-
| ''[[Sathuran]]'' || Kumar ||
|-
| ''[[Urumeen]]'' || Suda ||
|-
| ''[[Eetti]]'' || Senthil ||
|-
|rowspan="10"| 2016 || ''[[Irudhi Suttru]]'' || rowspan="2"|Saamikannu/Samuel ||
|-
| ''[[Irudhi Suttru|Saala Khadoos]]'' || Hindi film
|-
| ''[[Miruthan]]'' || Chinamalai ||
|-
| ''[[Mapla Singam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Darling 2]]'' || Rafi ||
|-
| ''[[Theri (film)|Theri]]'' || Ganesan ||
|-
| ''[[Katha Solla Porom]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Iraivi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Raja Manthiri]]'' || Suriya ||
|-
| ''[[Kodi (film)|Kodi]]'' || Bhagat Singh ||
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2017 || ''[[Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal]]'' || Mohideen ||
|-
| ''[[Kattappava Kanom]]'' || Keechan ||
|-
| ''[[Maragadha Naanayam]]'' || Chidambaram ||
|-
| ''[[Pichuva Kaththi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mersal (film)|Mersal]]'' || Poongodi's father ||
|-
| ''[[Uruthikol|UrudhiKol]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Annadurai (film)|Annadurai]]'' || Karna ||
|-
| ''[[Velaikkaran (2017 film)|Velaikkaran]]'' || Vinoth ||
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2018 || ''[[Nagesh Thiraiyarangam]]'' || Kaala ||
|-
| ''[[Kaathadi]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Irumbu Thirai (2018 film)|Irumbu Thirai]]'' || Gnanavel Raja ||
|-
| ''[[Ghajinikanth]]'' || Uthaman ||
|-
| ''[[Ratsasan]]'' || Venkat ||
|-
| ''[[Aan Devathai]]'' || Kaali ||
|-
| ''[[Maari 2]]'' || Aarumugam ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2019 ||''[[Kazhugu 2]]'' || Kaali ||
|-
| ''[[Magamuni]]'' || Doctor Raghu ||
|-
| ''[[Petromax (film)|Petromax]]'' || Thangam ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2020 ||''[[Soorarai Pottru]]'' || Kaali ||
|-
|''[[Thatrom Thookrom]]'' || Pandian ||
|-
|''[[Kanni Raasi]]'' || Detective Jaishankar ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021 ||''[[Eeswaran]]'' || Astrologer Kaali ||
|-
| ''[[Sarpatta Parambarai]]'' || Koni Chandran ||
|-
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Platform
!Notes
|-
|2019
|''[[Thiravam]]''
|Sengi
|[[List of ZEE5 original web series|ZEE5]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thiravam Review: Prasanna fuels this middling retelling of the Ramar Pillai story|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/may/21/thiravam-review-prasanna-fuels-this-middling-web-series-about-the-ramar-pillai-story-11733.html|access-date=2021-06-09|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=6353025}}

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[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tamil comedians]]
[[Category:People from Thoothukudi district]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:1984 births]]

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