Tharshan Thiyagarajah

Tharshan Thiyagarajah (born 17 September 1990) is a Sri Lankan actor and model who works prominently in Tamil film industry.

Early life and career Tharshan is from Jaffna, Sri Lanka and worked as an engineer in an IT company. He started his career in 2014 as a model and won the Mister Sri Lanka International competition title. After some problems with his modeling sponsor, he decided to leave to India. He appeared in minor roles in a few Indian Tamil films. In 2019, he made his debut into Indian television by participating as a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss Tamil 3. After his participation in the show he also appeared in the television show The Wall with Mugen Rao. Following Bigg Boss, Tharshan was offered to star in Koogle Kuttappa (2022) co-starring K. S. Ravikumar and fellow Sri Lankan actress Losliya Mariyanesan. The film was a remake of the Malayalam film Android Kunjappan Version 5.25. His next film was the village drama Naadu (2023) directed by M. Saravanan, which he shot for at Kolli Hills. To prepare for his role in the 2025 crime drama, Surrender, he trained with a police officer for two weeks.

Filmography All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. Year Film Role Notes 2017 Ivan Thanthiran Reporter/News anchor Uncredited role 2022 Koogle Kuttappa Aadhi 2023 Naadu Maari 2025 Surrender Pugazh

Television Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref 2019 Bigg Boss Tamil 3 Contestant Star Vijay Evicted Day 98 The Wall Guest Bigg Boss 3 Kondattam Himself Special show

Other work Year SongNotes 2016 Nee Pona Pinnaal Music video from the album Jubesh 2021 Thaaiku Pin Thaaram Short film 2022 Aitha Lakka Music video

Awards and nominations Year Featured by Listing category Result 2020 Times of India Chennai Times 20 Most Desirable Men on Television of 2019 Rank 4 Chennai Times 30 Most Desirable Men of 2019 Rank 18