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| birth_name = M. R. Krishnamurthy
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| occupation = Actor
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'''M. R. Krishnamurthy''' (1940–2012) who popularly referred to as '''MRK''', was an actor and stage artist who appeared in Tamil films. He starred in more than 100 films and in more than 500 stage plays conceived and hosted by various leading stage artistes.<ref name="death"/>

==Film career==
MRK’s significant films are Veetula Raman Veliyila Krishnan, [[Pondatti Thevai]] and [[Ulle Veliye]] and the [[Rajinikanth|Rajini]]-starrers [[Dharmathin Thalaivan]] and [[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]. He has also worked with [[Kamal Haasan]] in the film [[Maharasan]] and with [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] in [[Dhill]].

MRK worked as an assistant director under the late and legendary director [[C. V. Sridhar]] in a solitary film Oru Odai Nadhiyagiradhu which had the late [[Raghuvaran]] playing the lead role. He had also played significant roles in drama troupes run by the likes of V. Gopalakrishnan and Senthamarai, both of whom were popular actors in films as well as on stage.<ref name="death"/><ref name="oneindia">{{cite web|url=http://tamil.oneindia.in/movies/news/2012/08/actor-mrk-passes-away-158989.html|title=Actor MRK passes away | நடிகர் எம்ஆர்கே மரணம் | நடிகர் எம்ஆர்கே மரணம் - Oneindia Tamil|publisher=tamil.oneindia.in|accessdate=2014-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810143942/http://tamil.oneindia.in/movies/news/2012/08/actor-mrk-passes-away-158989.html|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Language
!Role
!class=unsortable|Notes
|-
| 1969 || ''Kaval Daivam'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Thavaputhalvan'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Veetula Raman Veliyila Krishnan'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1983 || [[Oru Odai Nadhiyagirathu]]|| Tamil || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Pudhiya Poovithu'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Dharmathin Thalaivan]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Athisaya Piravi]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Mallu Vetti Minor]]'' || Tamil || Paramasivam ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Nangal Puthiyavargal]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pudhu Vasantham]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pondatti Thevai]]'' || Tamil || Naidu ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Thalattu Ketkuthamma]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Sevagan]]'' || Tamil || Arumugam ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Thalaivasal (film)|Thalaivasal]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Maharasan]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Ulle Veliye]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Namma Annachi]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Puthiya Aatchi]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Seethanam]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Senathipathi]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Thedinen Vanthathu]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Pudhumai Pithan (1998 film)|Pudhumai Pithan]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Dhill]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[12B]]'' || Tamil || Shakti's uncle ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Saamy]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Seval]]'' || Tamil || ||
|-
|}

==Death==
MRK died on 2 August 2012. He had been affected by paralysis and was bed-ridden for the past few months. His wife died in 2008 and MRK was survived by a son and a daughter.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

==References==
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