Ramesh Thilak

Ramesh studied for a master's degree in mass communication at the University of Madras. He worked as a radio jockey with Suryan FM 93.5, and was credited by the radio station as "Thillu Mullu" Ramesh in a reference to his jovial attitude on air.^[3] He then simultaneously worked on his first acting assignment, featuring in the character of Azhagesan alias Al Gates in STAR Vijay's college drama serial, Kana Kaanum Kaalangal.

Ramesh made his breakthrough in films with Nalan Kumarasamy's Soodhu Kavvum (2013) portraying a kidnapper, before playing a similar role of a thief in Alphonse Putharen's bilingual film Neram.^[4] He then also featured in Balaji Mohan's bilingual film Vaayai Moodi Pesavum. He signed on to play his first lead role in Vijay Sethupathi's maiden production Orange Mittai (2015).^[5] In 2016, he starred in Oru Naal Koothu, in which he reprised his real life role of a radio jockey, and Mo, a "fun entertainer" that had a "ghost factor".^[6]

He won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film Good Night (2023).^[7]

Tamil films

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Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Thurumbilum Iruppan	Moneymax loan officer	Short film	[8]
2011	Mugaputhagam	Sathish	Short film; credited as Ramesh
	Mappillai	Saravanan's friend during carrom	Uncredited role
	Mankatha	Arumuga Chettiyar's henchman	Uncredited role
2012	Marina	Courier Boy
2013	Soodhu Kavvum	Sekhar
	Neram	Lighthouse
2014	Vaayai Moodi Pesavum	Ganesh
2015	Mahabalipuram	Kuppan
	Demonte Colony	Vimal
	Kaaka Muttai	Naina	Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Orange Mittai	Sathya	Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Vedalam	Phony Witness
2016	Aarathu Sinam	Taxi driver
	Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum	Cab Driver	Cameo appearance
	Oru Naal Koothu	RJ Sathish
	Kabali	Pub Guy
	Aandavan Kattalai	Passport broker
	Mo	Sathish
2017	Puriyadha Pudhir	Meera's kidnapper
	Pichuva Kaththi	Ramesh
	12-12-1950	Muthu
2018	Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren	Purushotaman
	Kaala	Press Reporter
	Tik Tik Tik	S. Venkat
	Imaikkaa Nodigal	Vinoth
2019	Viswasam	Thookudurai's friend
	Dharmaprabhu	Chitragupta
	Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu	Velu
	Thambi	Vicky's friend
2020	Oh My Kadavule	Kadavul's assistant
	Velvet Nagaram	Dilli
	Mamakiki	Manimaran	Released on ZEE5
2021	Master	Prison warden
	Laabam	Tesla
	Jango
2022	Nenjuku Needhi	Venkat
	Vikram	Ilango
	Kanam	Paandi
	Oh My Ghost
2023	Memories
	Yaanai Mugathaan	Ganesan
	Good Night	Ramesh	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Supporting Actor	[9]
2024	Yaavarum Vallavare	Director		[10]
	Boat	Rangan	Cameo appearance
	Petta Rap	Balu's friend
	Vettaiyan	Anbu
2025	Leg Piece	Gopi		[11]
	Tourist Family	A. Bhairavan
	Ace	Chidambaram	Guest appearance
	DNA	Venkat
	Love Marriage	Guru		[12]
	Akkenam	Rathnam		[13]
	Blackmail			[14]
	Kaayal	Sridhar		[15]
	Diesel	Sabarinathan		[16]
	Mask	Advocate		[17]
2026	Vaa Vaathiyaar
	Kadhal Kadhai Sollava

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Malayalam films

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2013	Neram	Lighthouse
2014	Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram	Ramesh
2015	Oru Vadakkan Selfie		Guest appearance
2019	Sakalakalashala
	Kumbalangi Nights	Murugan aka Vijay
	Marconi Mathai
2022	Kooman	Constable Senthil Kumar
2023	2018	Ashok

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Television

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Year	Film	Role	Language	Network
2006	Kana Kaanum Kaalangal	Azhagesan alias Al Gates	Tamil	Star Vijay
2021	Navarasa	Arul		Netflix
2023	Masquerade	Justine	Malayalam	MX Player
	Label	Pazhanivel	Tamil	Disney+Hotstar

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