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| image = Kumarimuthu.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|12|20}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemalead.com/news-id-comedian-death-comedian-death-rumour-22-12-134127.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405175946/http://www.cinemalead.com/news-id-comedian-death-comedian-death-rumour-22-12-134127.htm | archive-date=5 April 2016 | title=Comedian squashes death rumours | date=22 December 2013 | publisher=CinemaLead | access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kattuputhur, Kanyakumari]] Kanyakumari, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|2|28|1940|12|20}}<ref>{{cite web | author=IANS | title=Tamil actor Kumarimuthu passes away | website=The Hindu | date=2016-02-29 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/actor-kumarimuthu-dead/article8295354.ece | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref>
| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
| years_active = 1980–2016
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| occupation = Actor
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| children = Elizabeth (daughter)
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'''Kumarimuthu''' (20 December 1940 – 28 February 2016) was a Tamil film character actor, comedian and politician of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK). He was known for his unique comical laugh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quest for star power|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/quest-for-star-power/article1579674.ece|author=B. Kolappan|date=29 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Telefilm 'Engey Avan,' a laugh riot |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/06/stories/2008050650450200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509071953/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/06/stories/2008050650450200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2008|author=S.R. Ashok Kumar|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 May 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/kumari-muthu-to-arjun-das-five-tamil-actors-who-became-popular-because-of-their-voices/photostory/75203514.cms?picid=75203569|title=Kumari Muthu to Arjun Das: Five Tamil actors who became popular because of their voices|work=The Times of India|date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [[Kattuputhoor]], [[Kanyakumari District]] in a [[Christianity in Tamil Nadu|Tamil Christian]] family.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

==Career==
Kumarimuthu starred in 728 films in his career spanning over three decades. He usually played comic roles and was known for his trademark laugh. He was a member of the political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/tamil-comedian-kumarimuthu-passes-away-311013-2016-02-29 |title= Tamil Comedian Kumarimuthu passes away |date=29 February 2016 |website= www.indiatoday.in|access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> Kumarimuthu was also a member of [[Nadigar Sangam]] and was involved in a controversy where he was expelled from the Nadigar Sangam over allegations of speaking negatively about the association, after he questioned the intent behind the land lease and building demolition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/nadigar-sangam-demands-explanation-from-kumari-muthu-kumari-muthu-nadigar-sangam-07-05-13.html|title=Nadigar Sangam demands explanation from Kumari Muthu, kumari muthu, nadigar sangam|website=www.behindwoods.com|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Kumari-Muthu-expelled-from-Nadigar-Sangam/articleshow/19930781.cms|title=Kumari Muthu expelled from Nadigar Sangam - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

==Death==
He died at the age of 75 on 28 February 2016 due to age-related ailments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Tamil-Comedian-Kumarimuthu-is-Dead/2016/02/29/article3302954.ece|title=Tamil Comedian Kumarimuthu is Dead|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Tamil-actor-Kumarimuthu-is-dead/articleshow/51188361.cms |title=Archived copy |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221415/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Tamil-actor-Kumarimuthu-is-dead/articleshow/51188361.cms |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
|1979
|''[[Uthiripookkal]]''
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|
|-
|1980
|''[[Kaali (1980 film)|Kaali]]''
|
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|-
| 1980 || ''[[Johnny (1980 film)|Johnny]]'' || ||
|-
|1980
|''[[Poottaatha Poottukkal]]''
|
|
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Nenjathai Killathe]]'' || ||
|-
| 1981 ||''[[Nandu (film)|Nandu]]''|| ||
|-
|1982
|''[[Metti (film)|Metti]]''
|
|
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Mullillatha Roja]]'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Parvaiyin Marupakkam]]'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Kozhi Koovuthu (1982 film)|Kozhi Koovuthu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Madurai Sooran'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Vellai Pura Ondru'' || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Kai Kodukkum Kai]]'' || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri]]'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[December Pookal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Oomai Vizhigal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Pudhiya Poovithu'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Aruvadai Naal]]'' || Lotha ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Oru Iniya Udhayam]]'' || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Cooliekkaran]]'' || Police constable ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Veeran Veluthambi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Anand (1987 film)|Anand]]'' || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Parisam Pottachu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Manaivi Ready]]'' || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Chinna Poove Mella Pesu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Manasukkul Mathappu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Idhu Namma Aalu (1988 film)|Idhu Namma Aalu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Oorai Therinjukitten'' || Mental ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Sahadevan Mahadevan]]'' || ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Mounam Sammadham]]'' || Munusamy ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Pongi Varum Kaveri]]'' || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pondatti Thevai]]'' || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pudhu Vasantham]]'' || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Erikkarai Poonkatre'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Nanbargal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Irumbu Pookkal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Cheran Pandiyan]]'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Sendhoora Devi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Pondatti Pondattithan]]'' || Pitchaimuthu ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Idhayam (film)|Idhayam]]'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''Thangarasu'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Naangal]]'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Enga Veetu Velan]]'' || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Pettredutha Pillai]]'' || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda]]'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Indhu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Sakthivel]]'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Vaanga Partner Vaanga]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Aanazhagan]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thamizhachi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Marumagan]]'' || Arumugam ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thedi Vandha Raasa]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Chakravarthy (1995 film)|Chakravarthy]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Rajavin Parvaiyile]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Vishnu (1995 film)|Vishnu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Mannukku Mariyadhai]]'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Muthu (film)|Muthu]]'' || Kamalakannan
|
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thotta Chinungi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Mahaprabhu (film)|Mahaprabhu]]'' || Gnana Kannan ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Nattupura Pattu]]'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Meendum Savithri]]'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Vaazhga Jananayagam]]'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Vishwanath (1996 film)|Vishwanath]]'' || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Take It Easy Urvashi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Nattupura Nayagan]]'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Kadhal Palli]]'' || Kirupakaran ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Ninaivirukkum Varai]]'' || Astrologer ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Ethirum Pudhirum]]'' || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Viralukketha Veekkam]]'' || House owner ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Suyamvaram]]'' || Compounder ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Anbulla Kadhalukku]]'' || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Pudhu Kudithanam]]'' || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Nee Enthan Vaanam]]'' || ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Kannukku Kannaga]]'' || Perumal ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Ullam Kollai Poguthae]]'' || Annachi ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Thenkasi Pattanam]]'' || ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Namma Veetu Kalyanam]]'' || ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Andipatti Arasampatti]]'' || Arasampatti's father ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Jananam]]'' || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Mannin Maindhan]]'' || Police Constable ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Kaatrulla Varai'' || Muthu ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Desiya Paravai'' || ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Villu (film)|Villu]]'' || ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Tamil comedians]]
[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:People from Kanyakumari district]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:1940 births]]

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