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Vikram (actor)
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<p>Kennedy John Victor (born 17 April 1966), known professionally as Vikram, is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in <a href="/facts/Tamil_cinema/PHhonhgw">Tamil cinema</a>. He is among the <a href="/facts/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Vikram/tYCKt4cx">most decorated actors in Tamil cinema</a>, with laurels including eight <a href="/facts/Filmfare_Awards_South/RjeUYUjW">Filmfare Awards South</a>, a <a href="/facts/National_Film_Awards/cdXwPhE1">National Film Award</a>, four <a href="/facts/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards/SckBzYCE">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a> and the <a href="/facts/Kalaimamani/J1XkywRp">Kalaimamani Award</a> from the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu/EPIcIwEw">Government of Tamil Nadu</a>. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Vikram was included in the <i><a href="/facts/Forbes_India/JGJ2lFXr">Forbes India</a></i> Celebrity 100 list for 2016 and 2018. </p><p>Vikram debuted with the romance <i><a href="/facts/En_Kadhal_Kanmani/eKm0k2oY">En Kadhal Kanmani</a></i> (1990) followed by his major breakthrough with his portrayal of a rogue-turned-lover in <a href="/facts/Bala_(director)/tm5J65Ue">Bala</a>'s tragedy film <i><a href="/facts/Sethu_(film)/Aquzz2o2">Sethu</a></i> (1999) and next appeared in hit films like <i><a href="/facts/Dhill/PADY8rXr">Dhill</a></i> (2001), <i><a href="/facts/Gemini_(2002_Tamil_film)/5KwFmvNj">Gemini</a></i> (2002), <i><a href="/facts/Dhool/Pqgltsdz">Dhool</a></i> (2003), <i><a href="/facts/Saamy/QwP14FsD">Saamy</a></i> (2003), <i><a href="/facts/Anniyan/ULGHYUzR">Anniyan</a></i> (2005), <i><a href="/facts/Raavanan_(2010_film)/1UBemyrG">Raavanan</a></i> (2010), <i><a href="/facts/Deiva_Thirumagal/8s8bSgTR">Deiva Thirumagal</a></i> (2011) and <i><a href="/facts/Iru_Mugan/8jAWsX7a">Iru Mugan</a></i> (2016). He also earned widespread critical acclaim for diverse roles of <a href="/facts/Disadvantaged/QcjBYBG4">disadvantaged</a> people in <i><a href="/facts/Kasi_(film)/5ml4oPDA">Kasi</a></i> (2001), <i><a href="/facts/Samurai_(2002_film)/HCg6EEYr">Samurai</a></i> (2002) and <i><a href="/facts/Pithamagan/4SDSHXmG">Pithamagan</a></i> (2003); the lattermost won him the <a href="/facts/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor/QvRIDUUU">National Film Award for Best Actor</a>. Vikram's highest-grossing releases came with the romantic thriller <i><a href="/facts/I_(2015_film)/WJmDxop0">I</a></i> (2015) and the epic historical dramas <i><a href="/facts/Ponniyin_Selvan:_I/Dt0YFDeX">Ponniyin Selvan: I</a></i> (2022) and <i><a href="/facts/Ponniyin_Selvan:_II/A0FfVzbP">Ponniyin Selvan: II</a></i> (2023). </p><p>Vikram has promoted various social causes and appeared as the Youth Envoy for the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Human_Settlements_Programme/K859Ptcw">United Nations Human Settlements Programme</a> in 2011. He has been a brand ambassador of Sanjeevani Trust and a school for special children, Vidya Sudha, which he stayed at during the making of <i><a href="/facts/Deiva_Thirumagal/8s8bSgTR">Deiva Thirumagal</a></i> as well as having long-term associations with the Kasi Eye Care and running his own welfare association through the Vikram Foundation. In 2016, he produced and directed the video to the flood relief anthem, <a href="/facts/Spirit_of_Chennai/X8DCRp9X">Spirit of Chennai</a>, as a tribute to the city's volunteers following the <a href="/facts/2015_South_Indian_floods/Do4gzwQY">2015 South Indian floods</a>. </p>