Livingston

Acting

Livingston

Born

1957-08-21 (69)

Place of birth

Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Livingston is a Tamil film actor who usually plays in supporting roles. He is credited in his earlier films by the stage name Ranjan.H is first starring role was in Poonthotta Kavalkaran (1988). He started out playing villains and graduated to playing lead roles with Sundara Purushan in 1997. Sollamale (1998), En Purushan Kozhanda Maadiri (2001) and Engalukkum Kaalam Varum (2001) are other films in which he has appeared in lead roles. At present he is usually cast in supporting roles. He also wrote the screenplay for the movies Kanni Rasi (1985) and Kaakki Sattai (1985) along with G.M Kumar.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

Madharaasi poster
6.8

A man with a psychological disorder overcomes trauma and confronts his nemesis in a fast-paced action film with romance and unique elements, exploring themes of resilience and redemption.

Madharaasi

2025

Lockdown poster
7.0

During a national emergency, Anita finds herself isolated at home while facing personal challenges. As she adapts to the new reality, an unexpected situation tests her resilience and changes her perspective on life.

Lockdown

2026

Annaatthe poster
4.7

Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.

Annaatthe

2021

Vengeance poster
NR

Vengeance follows a young woman with a mysterious past that slowly comes to light. Driven by an unrelenting purpose, she transforms into someone capable of crossing any boundary to fulfill her mission. Each obstacle she faces only sharpens her resolve, pulling her deeper into a ruthless path.

Vengeance

2026

Couple Friendly poster
7.2

Couple Friendly follows the journey of a Telugu boy and girl who both reside in Chennai. Their paths cross under unique circumstances, and the story deals with the challenges they face in their careers and relationship. Set in a city where they don't speak their mother tongue, the film explores the emotional highs and lows of navigating life and love in an unfamiliar environment.

Couple Friendly

2026

Charukesi poster
NR

A Carnatic musician with Alzheimer's grapples with his prodigal son's lifestyle choices, exploring the intersection of music, memory, and family relationships.

Charukesi

2026

Gargi poster
7.4

When a schoolteacher's father is arrested for the rape of a 10-year-old girl, the media storm surrounding the case has lawyers reluctant about defending the accused. An inexperienced advocate with a speech disability agrees to take up the case despite the stiff opposition and ridicule from his association. It is now up to them to build their defence and prove that the man accused of committing the crime did not do it.

Gargi

2022

The Legend poster
2.6

A scientist is spurred by the death of his friend to find a cure for diabetes, but can he take on the might of the pharma mafia and succeed in his mission?

The Legend

2022

Messenger poster
NR

After a heartbreak, engineer Sakthi attempts suicide but is saved by messages from Anandhi, a deceased Facebook friend. He falls in love with her spirit and marries her, until she threatens to leave, testing their supernatural bond.

Messenger

2025

Maareesan poster
7.1

A petty thief embarks on a road trip with an elderly man suffering from memory loss under deceptive pretenses. As they journey across Tamil Nadu, the promise of an easy con unravels into a quietly shifting connection, with both men hiding secrets of their own.

Maareesan

2025

Mustafa Mustafa poster
NR

A viral social media clip ruins a man's reputation. Despite his claims it is fake, chaos ensues through white lies and misunderstandings, testing the trust of his friends and his lover.

Mustafa Mustafa

2026

Rathnam poster
5.1

Rathnam, a henchmen working for MLA Panneer Selvam in Vellore, protects Malliga, a medical student who bears a resemblance to Rathnam's late mother, from the relentless pursuit of land grabbers Rayudu brothers and becomes her guardian angel.

Rathnam

2024

Dark Giant poster
NR

Dark Giant is a Supernatural Horror and Psychological Family Drama. It Explores How Greed, Guilt, and Generational Trauma Can Manifest as a Literal Curse, Destroying a Family From the Inside Out

Dark Giant

2026

Chennai City Gangsters poster
10.0

Having lost a big amount of boss's money given for safe keeping, Pandi and Poochi recruit four washed-up conmen to pull off increasingly a ridiculous bank heist to repay the lost cash back.

Chennai City Gangsters

2025

2010s · 12 titles

Sarkar poster
5.7

NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.

Sarkar

2018

Traffic Ramasamy poster
3.0

Social activist Traffic Ramasamy takes on the corrupt and powerful in his quest for justice. Can he succeed to bring them down, especially when they are keen to finish him off for good?

Traffic Ramasamy

2018

Peranbu poster
7.3

A single father tries to raise his daughter, who has cerebral palsy, even as she is beginning to wake up to her sexuality.

Peranbu

2019

Kutti Pisasu poster
3.5

The spirits of two siblings who were killed by an evil man seek to avenge themselves. While the woman possesses a young girl, her brother turns into a robot and together they wreak havoc on their foe.

Kutti Pisasu

2010

Kaavalan poster
5.8

Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam , a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.

Kaavalan

2011

Thillalangadi poster
4.8

Nisha leaves Krishna because of his easy-going attitude towards his life and career. Soon, her parents arrange her marriage with an NRI and she reluctantly agrees, but things do not go as planned.

Thillalangadi

2010

Kattappava Kaanom poster
4.3

A fish belonging to a gangster, who considers it his lucky charm, gets stolen and ends up with a guy whose luck has always been rotten.

Kattappava Kaanom

2017

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen poster
2.7

A lackadaisical youngster falls in love with a girl from whom he’d gotten separated at a younger age. He goes through a slew of unexpected hurdles to win her love.

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen

2017

100% Kaadhal poster
5.3

Balu and Mahalakshmi fall for each other but separate due to ego problems. Years later, when their grandmother falls ill, they are forced to confront each other resulting in chaos for both their families.

100% Kaadhal

2019

Petromax poster
6.0

A man struggles to sell his house that is haunted so he arranges four people to live in the house for a few days to prove that there are no ghosts.

Petromax

2019

Thambikku Indha Ooru poster
3.2

Akil, a rich youth, runs a restaurant in partnership with his friend Cola Kumar in Singapore. One day, he discovers that he is an orphan and embarks on a journey to find his biological parents.

Thambikku Indha Ooru

2010

Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara poster
7.0

An indolent youth finds himself in trouble when his life gets intertwined with that of a straight-laced banker who is tormented with his demands from his boss.

Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara

2013

2000s · 25 titles

Sivaji: The Boss poster
7.1

A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the country's welfare but is met with strong opposition from corrupt officials and politicians. After being faced with insurmountable hardships, he decides to take drastic measures.

Sivaji: The Boss

2007

Vallarasu poster
5.7

Vallarasu is the honest Deputy Commissioner of Police who has arrested Wasim Khan, a terrorist from Pakistan. His wife is Anjali, and they both have two children. Vallarasu kills his senior police officer and father-in-law because he knows the latter is working alongside terrorists.

Vallarasu

2000

Aathi poster
5.0

Against the wishes of his foster parents, Aathi goes to college in Chennai. He is actually looking to avenge the murder of his biological parents. He meets and falls for Anjali, who has an agenda as well.

Aathi

2006

Guruvamma poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Guruvamma

2002

No artwork available
NR

Two friends come to Chennai from Madurai. Their lives take a turn when they are faced with one hurdle after another while living in the metro city.

Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi

2009

Thirupaachi poster
6.1

Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.

Thirupaachi

2005

Aegan poster
4.4

Shiva, a CBI officer, goes undercover as a student to hunt down a terrorist, John Chinnappa. However, the daughter of a crime witness, Pooja, has become John's next target and Shiva must protect her.

Aegan

2008

Whistle poster
6.6

A young girl commits suicide after she is ragged in college. Soon after that, a series of mysterious murders take place in the college. Many believe that this might be the doing of a ghost.

Whistle

2003

Military poster
NR

Madhavan is known as Military due to his strict attitude towards his five sisters. However, when he is forced to get his first sister married to a widowed professor, his other sisters alienate him.

Military

2003

A Aa E Ee poster
2.0

A Aa E Ee is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language film that stars Navdeep, Aravind Akash, Monica and Saranya Mohan in the lead roles, whilst, supporting actors Prabhu, Cochin Haneefa, Livingston, Manorama and Ganja Karuppu play other prominent roles.

A Aa E Ee

2009

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kalatpadai

2003

Kuthu poster
5.0

A man falls in love with a girl only to incur the wrath of her evil father, who tries several ways to keep the young couple apart.

Kuthu

2004

Chocklet poster
4.5

Aravind, a college student, falls in love with a newcomer Anjali, unaware that she is the daughter of the Commissioner of Police and his acquaintance, Jayachandran.

Chocklet

2001

Cheena Thaana 001 poster
3.0

Tamizharasu, who aspires to become a police officer, discovers a terrorist's ploy to assassinate the governor. On learning that some policemen are involved, he takes matters into his own hands.

Cheena Thaana 001

2007

Kuselan poster
5.2

Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on to become a national figure and the other, a village barber.

Kuselan

2008

No artwork available
NR

When a stalker attacks Mohan and his family, Inspector Selvam, who is a family friend, tries to help them.

Asokavanam

2001

Thamizh poster
6.0

Thamizh, a brave youth, looks forward to working with his brother in Kuwait. Meanwhile, circumstances force him to clash with some gangsters which earn him Periyavar's wrath.

Thamizh

2002

Naan Avan Illai poster
6.8

Naan Avanillai (English: I'm not him) (2007) is a Tamil film directed by Selva. It is a remake of K. Balachander's classic of the same title, starring matinee idol Gemini Ganesan, which was a remake of 1962 Marathi language film To Mee Navhech (English: I Am Not Him), written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panashikar. The thriller movie has Jeevan in the lead role and Sneha, Namitha, Malavika, Jyorthirmayi and Keerti Chawla as his five heroines. This movie created great expectations in the industry, because it was a hit when it was originally made in 1974. Shooting began in December 2006 and it was released in April 2007. The film became a success upon release.

Naan Avan Illai

2007

Dindigul Sarathy poster
6.2

The story revolves around an insecure teetotaler Sarathy (Karunas) who feels bad due to his dark skin (his wife Karthika is fairer than him) who is often the brunt of many jokes. Because he feels inferior to his wife, he begins to suspect her of infidelity and to think that she will one day elope with a lover. After a misunderstanding, Sarathy and his mother are estranged which further weakens the bond between Sarathy and Karthika. How Sarathy resolves his issues and gets back together with Karthika forms the rest of the story.

Dindigul Sarathy

2008

Priyamaana Thozhi poster
6.8

Two childhood best friends, who does not share any love interest, get married to two other people. But, problem arises when his wife doubts their friendship and his friend's husband's father asks him break their friendship.

Priyamaana Thozhi

2003

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram poster
3.2

A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous as the most dreaded criminal in the city.

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

2007

Daas poster
5.2

Antony falls in love with Rajeswari who belongs to an upper caste family. When her father kills her sister for marrying a man from the lower caste, she decides to elope with Antony.

Daas

2005

Dum poster
5.0

Satya (Silambarasan) is the son of a police constable. He gets into fights and ends up in jail where his own father gets him out on bail. While he is returning home from a party drunk, a group of college students beat him up. That is when Suchitra (Rakshitha) comes and takes him to the hospital and gives blood. She is the daughter of a police commissioner. Later, Satya falls in love with Suchitra. That leads to several problems which are faced bravely by Satya in the later part of the film. Finally, all goes well, and Satya also receives the letter confirming his selection for IPS.

Dum

2003

Vambu Sandai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vambu Sandai

2008

Banda Paramasivam poster
NR

Pandiyan and Cheran are step brothers. They want to outdo each other in everything. When they try to marrying off their daughters the fun starts.

Banda Paramasivam

2003

1990s · 8 titles

No artwork available
NR

A serial killer known to target prostitutes is on the run. Vikram, a policeman, investigates the case and embarks on a mission to track him down.

Witness

1995

No artwork available
NR

Pattabi's wife Parimala, an ex-police officer, makes his life miserable. Pandiyan, a criminal, kills Parimala and her husband helps him discard her body.

Pondattiye Deivam

1994

No artwork available
NR

A man loves his cousin but circumstances force him to leave home. Years later, when he learns that she loves someone else, he tries to help her reunite with her lover.

Sundara Purushan

1996

No artwork available
NR

A benevolent man locks horn with the village head who is insensitive and exploitative in nature. The head turns more vengeful and destructive when he discovers that his daughter is in love with him.

Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu

1991

Vaali poster
7.0

A man struggles to deny his attraction to his twin brother's new bride.

Vaali

1999

Paattondru Kettan poster
NR

Film with a soundtrack featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Chitra

Paattondru Kettan

1991

No artwork available
6.7

Suyamvaram is directed by a host of directors.Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Satyaraj, Prabhu and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasturi, Maheswari, Preitha and Suvalakshmi). Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own and Napolean is the family doctor.The movie opens with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations and Kuselan gets a heart attack. At the hospital, the family is informed that Kuselan will not live long and to keep him comfortable in his last days. From the devastated family, Kuselan asks for one...

Suyamvaram

1999

Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari

1995

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