Linga (actor)

Linga is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.^[1] After making his film debut in the Tamil film Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkirathu (2015), he has been in films including Sindhubaadh (2019), Parole (2022) and Udanpaal (2022).

Linga
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present

Career

Linga's first major role came in Arun Kumar's Sethupathi (2016), where he portrayed a police officer supporting Vijay Sethupathi's character in his investigation.^[2] Linga portrayed the main antagonist in Arun Kumar's Sindhubaadh (2019), appearing as Bangkok-based gangster in the human trafficking business. The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from Firstpost noting that his character was "underwritten".^[3]

Linga portrayed a pivotal role in Penguin (2020), appearing as the lead actress Keerthy Suresh's husband.^[4] In 2022, Linga played a lead role, alongside R. S. Karthik, in Dwarakh Raja's crime thriller Parole. He also featured in the lead role in Udanpaal, headlining an ensemble cast of actors such as Charle, Gayathrie and Vivek Prasanna.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

List of Linga film credits

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2015	Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkirathu	Karthik
2016	Sethupathi	Shenbaga Moorthy
2017	Adhe Kangal	Thomas
	Kadhal Kasakuthaiya	Vivek
	Hara Hara Mahadevaki	Kidnapper
	Karuppan
2018	Ghajinikanth	Police officer
2019	Sindhubaadh	Ling
	Miga Miga Avasaram	Samandhi's uncle
	V1	Siddharthan
2020	Penguin	Raghu
	Thatrom Thookrom	Inspector Sekar
2021	Annabelle Sethupathi	Kathir
	Gaadi Ulla Body		[8]
2022	Parole	Karikalan
	DSP	Chandru
	Udanpaal	Paraman
2023	Pallu Padama Paathuka	Parthasarathy	[9]

Television series

• Ayali (2023)
• Story of Things (2023)
• Iru Dhuruvam 2 (2023)