Livingston

Philip Livingston Jones, commonly credited by his mononym Livingston, is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter who usually plays supporting and comedy roles in Tamil films.

He is known for the films Captain Prabhakaran (1991), Sundara Purushan (1996) and Sollamale (1998). He has acted in over 180 films.

Career

He wrote the screenplay for the movies Kanni Rasi (1985) and Kaakki Sattai (1985) along with G. M. Kumar.

His first starring role was in Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran (1988). He started out playing villains and graduated to playing lead roles with Sundara Purushan (1996), Sollamale (1998), Viralukketha Veekkam (1999), En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri (2001) and Engalukkum Kaalam Varum (2001) are other films in which he has appeared in lead roles.

At the peak of his career in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Livingston opted to take on a mix of lead roles, antagonistic roles and cameo roles.

Personal life

Livingston was born in a Christian family in Chennai, Tamilnadu. His father, Samuel Jones worked as a supervisor in Binny and Co., while his mother was a homemaker who was of Malaysian Tamil descent. He attended ELM Fabricus Hr.Sec. School in Purasawalkam until grade 10 after which he pursued his cinema career.

On 6 September 1997, he married Jessy Irudayaraj a Roman Catholic in a private ceremony in Chennai. The couple have two daughters including Jovita.

Filmography Tamil films 1980s + List of J. Livingston Tamil film credits as actor in the 1980s Year Film Role Notes 1982 Darling, Darling, Darling Livingston Uncredited role 1988 Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran Ramkumar 1989 Vaai Kozhuppu Murali Paattukku Oru Thalaivan Pick Pocket Nyaya Tharasu Nagappan Naalai Manithan Livingston Valadhu Kalai Vaithu Vaa

1990s + List of J. Livingston Tamil film credits as actor in the 1990s Year Film Role Notes 1990 En Uyir Thozhan Dilli Babu Oru Veedu Iru Vasal Arun Kapoor credited as Ranjan Paattukku Naan Adimai Danny Ethir Kaatru Maasi Puthu Paatu Vadivelu 1991 Irumbu Pookkal Captain Prabhakaran Krishnamurthy credited as RanjanThanga Thamaraigal Sathish Ayul Kaithi Sudharshan Mill Thozhilali Prakash Onnum Theriyatha Pappa Apoorva Naagam Maayandi Mookuthi Poomeley En Pottukku Sonthakkaran Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Paattondru Ketten Rocky 1992 Amaran Inspector Duraipandi Pudhu Varusham 1993 Captain Magal Livi Minmini Poochigal Pathini Penn Kadikalingam 1994 Veera Chandran Chinna Madam Pondattiye Deivam Pandiyan 1995 Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari Chellakannu Thangavel Witness Niranjan Makkal Aatchi Govindasamy 1996 Sundara Purushan Ganeshan Lead role Thuraimugam Gowri Kumar 1998 Jolly Chakravarthy Sollamale Nataraj Lead role 1999 Poomagal Oorvalam Aavudayappan (Armstrong) Suyamvaram Kannan Vaalee Livi Guest appearanceViralukketha Veekkam Ravishankar Lead role

2000s + List of J. Livingston film Tamil credits as actor in the 2000s Year Film Role Notes 2000 Vaanathaippola Shanmugam Vallarasu Chidambaram Pillai IPS Athey Manithan Mandhira Moorthy Unnai Kann Theduthey Raghu Ninaivellam Nee Kalyana Sundaram 2001 Engalukkum Kaalam Varum Kuppan En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maathiri Murugesan Lead role Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala Roja's uncle Chocolate ACP Jayachandran Asokavanam Selvam 2002 Aasai Aasaiyai Guruvamma Thulasi Charlie Chaplin Vishwa Thamizh Anbazhagan Raja Mathi Arputham Govind Namma Veetu Kalyanam Manickam Virumbugiren Guest appearance 2003 Kadhal Sugamanathu Thief Annai Kaligambal Madhu Kalatpadai 'Cut' Raj Raamachandra Sathyamoorthy Military Balasubramaniam Dum Inspector Boopathi Banda Paramasivam Ravi Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu Whistle Professor Panneerselvam Priyamaana Thozhi Kumar Vadakku Vaasal Annamalai 2004 M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi Sheikh Fakhrudeen Kuthu Adhi Kesav Vayasu Pasanga Devaraj Settai Periyasamy Super Da Subramani Senthalam Poove 2005 Thirupaachi Inspector Inba Raghavan Ayodhya Hussain Bhai Sevvel Jithan Surya's father Chinna Police Officer Daas Allapichai Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu Appu 2006 Aathi Anjali's father Sudesi Ramasamy Thirupathi Chanakkiyan Unakkum Enakkum Lalitha's father-in-law Nenjirukkum Varai ACP Gandhi Jayanth 2007 Kuttrapathirikai Hari Naan Avanillai David Fernandez Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Parattai's father Kasu Irukkanum Manikkavel Sivaji Police Inspector Cheena Thaana 001 CID Aanthaikannan Guest appearance Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu Sakthi's father Puli Varudhu Vaitheeswaran Kanna Ashirvadham Ippadikku En Kadhal Vilvanathan 2008 Aegan Kamalakannan Anjathe Maasilamani Ashoka Politician Dindigul Sarathy Psychiatrist Jayamkondaan Police Inspector Kadhalil Vizhunthen Train passenger Kuselan Kuppusamy Satyam Politician Bilingual film Sutta Pazham Inspector Prasad Thotta Chief Minister Manimaran Vambu Sandai Nehru 2009 A Aa E Ee Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi Pandian Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval Film director Rajan Solla Solla Inikkum Jayaraman Brahmadeva Dravidan Thoranai Murugan's father

2010s + List of J. Livingston Tamil film credits as actor in the 2010sYearFilmRoleNotes 2010 Ambasamudram Ambani Johnson Irandu Mugam Parthasarathy's uncle Kutti Pisasu Magane En Marumagane Mahadeva Thillalangadi Nisha's uncle Vallakottai Advocate 2011 Sankarankovil Doctor Kaavalan College principal Moondraam Pournami Sattapadi Kutram Santhana Swamy Venghai Mariyappan Yuvan Jeevanantham 2012 Vilayada Vaa Jyothi Neelakantan Kasi Kuppam 2013 Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal Yaaruda Mahesh Thirumathi Thamizh Lawyer Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara Sammandham 2014 Amara Sebastian Nenjirukkumvarai Ninaivirukkum Bhaskar 2015 Miss Pannidatheenga Appuram Varuthapaduveenga 2016 Onbathilirundhu Pathuvarai Annachi Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi Ganesan 2017 Unnai Thottu Kolla Vaa Ranganatha Boopathi Mathipen Kattappava Kanom Aali Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen Selvam Paakanum Pola Irukku Magalir Mattum Mangalamurthi En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom Bhai 2018 Pei Irukka Illaya Inspector Inavana Traffic Ramasamy Aavudayappan Sarkar Venkatesan Silukkuvarupatti Singam Muthaiya 2019 Peranbu House owner Agni Devi Perazhagi ISO Veerasamy Gurkha Chief Minister Petromax Paripooranam Capmaari Jai's father

2020s + List of J. Livingston Tamil film credits as actor in the 2020s Year Film Role Notes 2020 Ayya Ullen Ayya Thottu Vidum Thooram Vaanga Padam Paarkalam 2021 Pei Mama Annaatthe Irulandi Mounika 2022 Naai Sekar Police inspector Thangaraj Taanakkaran Rajendran Radha Krishna Gargi Sandra's father The Legend Gopi Eppo Kalyanam 2023 Moondram Pournami Kannitheevu Ghosty 2024 Lal Salaam Manickam Pambattam 2025 Rajaputhiran Meesai Chennai City Gangsters Pasupathy Mareesan Chaari Madharaasi Raghu's delusional father Kumaara Sambavam Messenger Nirvaagam Porupalla 2026 Lockdown Mustafa Mustafa Vengeance Charukesi Dark Giant

Other language films + List of J. Livingston other language film credits as actor Year Film Role Language Notes 1992 Hello Darling Alexander Telugu 2005 Love Story Haribabu Kannada 2008 Salute Politician Telugu Multilingual films 2010 Cara Majaka Police officer 2011 Keratam Mohan Rao 2026 Couple Friendly M. Thumbathigam Sekar

As writer + List of J. Livingston film credits as screenwriter Year Film Writer Notes 1985 Kanni Rasi Kaakki Sattai 1986 Aruvadai Naal credited as Livi 1996 Sundara Purushan

As voice actor + List of J. Livingston film credits as voice actor Year Film Actor 1994 Suriyan Babu Antony

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