Tovino Thomas

Tovino Thomas was a software engineer at Cognizant before he was an actor. Born on 21 January 1989 in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, he studied electronics and communication engineering in Coimbatore and kept up sports, fitness and modelling alongside the job. Sajeev Anthikkad's Prabhuvinte Makkal (2012) gave him his first film appearance, and he then worked as an assistant director on Theevram. Today he acts and produces, mostly in Malayalam cinema. Playing the antagonist in ABCD (2013) drew attention, as did 7th Day (2014). As Appu in Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015) he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Mayaanadhi (2017) brought the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam along with a Kerala Film Critics Association Award. Maari 2 (2018) was his entry into Tamil cinema. In 2019 he had key parts in Lucifer, Uyare and Virus. He took the title role in the Netflix superhero film Minnal Murali (2021), and that film, together with Kala, won him the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in 2022. After co-producing Kilometers and Kilometers, he launched Tovino Thomas Productions in January 2021, with Kala as its first film. Then came 2018 (2023) and Khalifa (2026). He leads Amal Neerad's Bachelor Party D'eux, due on 19 November.