Abhishek Vinod

Abhishek Vinod is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam language films. After working as a model, he made his breakthrough as a police inspector in Veruli, directed by Amudhavanan P and with a supporting role in Jeethu Joseph's Papanasam. He later moved on to play leading roles and appeared in other high-profile Tamil films, such as Sketch (2018).

Career Born in Chennai, Abhishek completed his schooling at Kola Saraswathi Vaishnav Senior Secondary School and then completed his Bachelor of Business Administration from Madras University, before beginning a career in modelling in 2004. Abhishek worked in advertisements and the modelling circuit in Chennai and first acted in Malayalam film Casanovva with Mohanlal. He later portrayed the badboy senior role in Inidhu Inidhu in 2010. Abhishek portrayed a significant supporting role in the Kamal Haasan-starrer Papanasam (2015), as the younger brother of the character played by Gautami. The film garnered critical acclaim for the actor upon release and remains his highest profile release. He was offered the role by his mentor, Suresh Kannan, who had worked on the film as a co-director with Jeethu Joseph. He then appeared in the lead role in Veruli (2017), which was his masterpiece, which had a low-profile release and went unnoticed at the box office.

In early 2018, he appeared in Vijay Chandar's Sketch as a police officer alongside Vikram, and in Mannar Vagaiyara as a part of a large family. He was also seen in Aan Devathai (2018), playing a negative role as the head of an IT company, enrolled his mass acting with the project featuring him alongside Samuthirakani, Ramya Pandian and Suja Varunee.

Personal life Abhishek Vinod is married to Chennai-based designer Jules Idi Amin and has a son.

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 2010 Inidhu Inidhu College senior 2012 Casanovva Arjun Malayalam film 2015 Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi Jai Inimey Ippadithan Karthik Papanasam Thangaraj 2016 Arthanari Kidnapper 2017 Veruli Ashwin 2018 Sketch Shakthivel Mannar Vagaiyara Karunakaran Kattu Paya Sir Intha Kaali Aan Devathai Roy Nila Nila Odi Vaa Alex Web series released on Viu 2019 Mei 2020 Oh My Kadavule Mathew Walter Venkat Yaadhumagi Nindraai Film released on ZEE5 Time Up 2021 Pei Mama Veeramani 2022 Vezham Selvam Battery David Santhosh 2023 Pathu Thala Kota Rao Rudhran Ganga 2024SirenManickathangam's sonGarudan Adv. Kathiravan 2025 Maargan Rajesh 2026 Anali