Suresh Gopi
220 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 26, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Kollam, Kerala, India
- Also known as
- Suresh Gopinathan · സുരേഷ് ഗോപി
Biography
Suresh Gopi (born June 26, 1958) is a celebrated Malayalam actor, playback singer, television host, and politician, best known for his powerful portrayals of tough police officers and intense action heroes. Making his debut as a child artist in Odayil Ninnu (1965), he rose to prominence in the late ’80s and ’90s with his commanding screen presence and fiery dialogue delivery.
He became a superstar with cult classics like Commissioner (1994), where his role as Bharath Chandran IPS became iconic, leading to sequels like Bharathchandran I.P.S. (2005). Other landmark films include Lelam (1997), Pathram (1999), Ekalavyan (1993), Mafia (1993), Manichitrathazhu (1993), F.I.R (1999), Kaliyattam (1997), and Chinthamani Kolacase (2006). His mix of action packed mass entertainers and critically acclaimed roles earned him a special place in Malayalam cinema.
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Suresh Gopi won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Kaliyattam (1997), where he delivered a career defining performance in an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. He has also received multiple Filmfare Awards and other honors across his career.
Outside cinema, he gained further popularity as the host of Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran (the Malayalam version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ?) and later entered politics, serving as a Member of Parliament and Union Minister.
With his signature intensity and memorable mass dialogues, Suresh Gopi remains one of Malayalam cinema’s most enduring and iconic stars.
Known for
Suresh Gopi: movies and TV shows
Acting (220)
- Upcoming Ottakomban
as Kaduvakunnel Kuruvachan
- Upcoming Oru Perumgaliyattam
as Peruvannan
- Upcoming Highway 2 - The Untitled
as Sreedher Prasad/Mahesh Aravind
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Judgment Day
as Ramdas
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Maniyan Chittappan
as Maniyan Chittappan
- Upcoming
- 2025 JSK - Janaki V vs State of Kerala
as Adv. David Abel Donovan
- 2023 Garudan
as DCP Harish Madhav
- 2023 Tamilarasan
as Dr. Muruganantham
- 2022 Mei Hoom Moosa
as Moosa
- 2022 Paappan
as Paappan / Abraham Mathew Mathan IPS
- 2021 Kaaval
as Thampan
- 2020 Varane Avashyamund
as Major Unnikrishnan
- 2015 My God
as Adiraja Bhattadirippad
- 2015 Rudra Simhasanam
as Rudra Simhan
- 2015
- 2015 I
as Dr. Vasudevan
- 2014 Apothecary
as Dr. Vijay Nambiar
- 2014 The Dolphins
as Panayamuttam Sura (Surapalan)
- 2014 Salaam Kashmier
as Tommy Eapen Devassy
- 2013 Geethanjali
as Nakulan
- 2012 The King & The Commissioner
as Bharathchandran I.P.S.
- 2012
- 2011 Christian Brothers
as Joseph Vadakkan
- 2011 Ekadashy
as Nandan Menon
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 Collector
as Avinash Varma IAS
- 2011 Melvilasom
as Captain Vikas Roy
- 2010 Sahasram
as SP Vishnu Sahasranamam IPS
- 2010 Kanyakumari Express
as Mohanshankar IPS
- 2010 Sadgamaya
as Dr. Ravi Varman
- 2010 Raama Raavanan
as Thiruchelvam
- 2010 Ring Tone
as SP Ninan Koshy IPS
- 2010 Janakan
as Viswanaathan
- 2010 Kadaksham
as Nadhan
- 2010 Mummy & Me
as Amir
- 2009 Kerala Cafe
as Ramesh
- 2009 Vairam
as Advocate Ravi Varma
- 2009
- 2009 Kancheepurathe Kalyanam
as Kalarikkal Achuthankutty
- 2009 Bhoomi Malayalam
as Ananthan Master / Narayanan kutty
- 2009 Black Dalia
as Dr. Aadikesav
- 2009 IG: Inspector General
as IG Durga Prasad IPS
- 2009 Hailesa
as Unnikrishnan
- 2008 Bullet
as Kallampalli Manakkal Parasuramappatteri
- 2008 Pakal Nakshatrangal
as Dr. Vaidyanathan
- 2008 Thavalam
as Sivan
- 2008 Aayudham
as Hrishikesh IPS
- 2008
- 2008 Madambi
as Narrator
- 2008 Twenty 20
as Antony Punnekkadan I.P.S
- 2008
- 2008 Sound of Boot
as SP Siddharth Mahadev IPS
- 2007 Black Cat
as Ramesh Sharma/Black
- 2007 Bharathan Effect
as Dr. Pandala
- 2007 Kichamani M.B.A.
as Kichamani
- 2007 Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri
as DIG Sharafudeen Tharamasi
- 2007 Time
as Dr. Appan Menon / Vishwanatha Menon
- 2007
- 2007 Lanka
as Shravan
- 2007 Detective
as Shyam Prasad / Mohan Kumar
- 2006 Adbutham
as Chandrasekhara Warrier
- 2006 Notebook
as Brigadier Alexander
- 2006 Smart City
as Madhavan
- 2006 Bada Dosth
as Daya Shankar aka Bada Dosth
- 2006 Pathaka
as George Tharyan
- 2006 Ashwaroodan
as Veerabhadran
- 2006 Chinthamani Kolacase
as Lal Krishna Viradiar
- 2006 Rashtram
as Maliyekkal Thommi
- 2005 The Tiger
as DIG Chandrasekharan IPS
- 2005 Bharathchandran I.P.S
as DIG Bharathchandran I.P.S.
- 2005 Makalkku
as Dr. Warrier
- 2004 Agninakshathram
as Thalakkulathu Thambi
- 2004 Sasneham Sumithra
as Balachandran
- 2003 Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam
as Vishnu
- 2002 Samasthanam
as Surya
- 2002
- 2001 Nariman
as DySP Ashok Nariman
- 2001 Randam Bhavam
as Navneet Krishnan / Anantha Krishnan
- 2001 Sundarapurushan
as Surya Narayanan
- 2001 Cover Story
as Vijay Madhavan
- 2001 Sathyameva Jayathe
as Chandrachoodan
- 2001 Meghasandesam
as Balagopal
- 2001 Dheena
as Adhikesavan
- 2000 Thenkasipattanam
as Kannappan
- 2000 Dreams
as Dr. Roy
- 2000 Mark Antony
as Parel Antony
- 2000 Millennium Stars
as Karunan
- 2000 Pilots
as Bobby Nair
- 1999 F.I.R.
as SP Mohammed Sarkar IPS
- 1999 Crime File
as Idamattom Palackal Easow Panickar
- 1999 Vazhunnor
as Kuttappayi
- 1999
- 1999 Pathram
as Nandagopal
- 1999
- 1998 Summer in Bethlehem
as Dennis
- 1998
- 1998 Thirakalkkappuram
as Chengan
- 1998
- 1998 Colours of Love
as Vinayachandran I.A.S
- 1998 Thalolam
as Haridas
- 1997 Suvarna Simhasanam
as Ramanathan
- 1997 Guru
as Vijayanthan
- 1997 Kaliyattam
as Kannan Perumalayan
- 1997 Janathipathyam
as R.D. Nayanar
- 1997 Anubhoothi
as Shivankutty
- 1997 Lelam
as Aanakattil Chackochi
- 1997 Gangothri
as Adv.Sarathchandran
- 1997 Boopathi
as Hariprasad
- 1997 Kulam
as Ananthapadmanabhan
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Rajaputhran
as Anand
- 1996 Mahathma
as Devadevan
- 1995 Sakshyam
as Sunny
- 1995 The King
as Bharathchandran IPS
- 1995 Sindoora Rekha
as Balachandran
- 1995 Aksharam
as Ananthakrishnan
- 1995 Thakshasila
as Gautham
- 1995 Highway
as Sreedher Prasad/Mahesh Aravind
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 Chukkan
as Gaurishankar
- 1994 The City
as A.S.P Raviprasad IPS
- 1994
- 1994 Kashmeeram
as Shyam
- 1994 Rudraksham
as Vishwanathan
- 1994 Commissioner
as Bharathchandran I.P.S
- 1994 Manathe Kottaram
as Satheesh Nair
- 1993 Manichitrathazhu
as Nakulan
- 1993 Ekalavyan
as Madhavan I.P.S.
- 1993 Samooham
as Sudhakaran
- 1993 Mafia
as Ravi Shankar
- 1993 Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans
as Subair
- 1993 Injakkadan Mathai & Sons
as Thankachan
- 1993 Ponnuchami
as Ponnuchammi
- 1993 Dhruvam
as Jose Nariman
- 1993 Ithu Manjukaalam
as Balu
- 1993 Yaadhavam
as Vishnu
- 1992 Paithrukam
as Somadathan
- 1992 Ponnaranthottathe Rajavu
as Jacob
- 1992 Nadodi
as Sivan
- 1992 Pappayude Swantham Appoos
as Dr. Gopan
- 1992 Utsavamelam
as Jayadevan
- 1992 Nakshthrakoodaram
as Jeevan Roy
- 1992
- 1992 Aadhaaram
as Vasu
- 1992
- 1992 Ponnurukkum Pakshi
as Ananthan
- 1992 Thalasthanam
as Harikrishnan
- 1991
- 1991 Athirathan
as Sethu
- 1991 Bhoomika
as Gopi
- 1991
- 1991 Aanaval Mothiram
as Nandakumar
- 1991 Ente Sooryaputhrikku
as Dr. Srinivas
- 1990 Parallel College
as Ananthan
- 1990 Parampara
as Chanthu
- 1990 Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu
as Christopher
- 1990 Saandhram
as Sreeraman
- 1990 Kouthuka Varthakal
as Ravi
- 1990 Mindapoochakku Kalyanam
as Kumar
- 1990 Arhatha
as Mahesh
- 1990 In Harihar Nagar
as Sethumadhavan
- 1990 Rajavazhcha
as Govindankutty
- 1990 Thoovalsparsham
as Ananda Padmanaban
- 1990 Midhya
as K. P. Rajagopal
- 1990 Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam
as Christopher Luke
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Vachanam
as Ravi
- 1989 Nair Saab
as Cadet Gopakumar
- 1989
- 1989 Innale
as Dr. Narendran
- 1989 Varnam
as Manu Vishwanath
- 1989 New Year
as Vinod Menon
- 1989 Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
as Aromal Chekavar
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Douthyam
as Capt. Suresh G. Nair
- 1988 Dhwani
as Dr. Dinesh
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988 Moonnam Mura
as Vaishakhan
- 1988 Anthima Theerpu
as Suresh
- 1988 Anuragi
as Roy
- 1988 Manu Uncle
as SI 'Minnal' Prathapan
- 1988 1921
as Unnikrishnan Nair
- 1988
- 1988 Witness
as Alex Williams
- 1988 Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
as Harry
- 1988
- 1987 Ivide Ellavarkkum Sukham
as Hari Das
- 1987 Vazhiyorakazchakal
as Ashok
+ 20 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1998 Colours of Love
Vocals
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2022 Pearle Maaney Show
1 episode
- 2003