Actor

Jiiva

Acting

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Movies: 52Series: 2Crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 237640

IMDb ID: nm1883318

Known for: Acting

Born: January 4, 1984

Age: 42

Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2003 - 2026

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 6.51

Wikidata: Q901655

Also known as

Jeeva • ஜீவா

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Actor's Assistant (1)Co-Producer (1)Creative Producer (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

Jiiva is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Son of film producer R. B. Choudary, he started his career as a child actor in his father's films in 1996. He performed his first lead role in the 2003 romantic film Aasai Aasaiyai, before starring in Raam (2005), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cyprus International Film Festival. In his subsequent films, he has taken on roles of various types such as a stuntman in Dishyum (2006), a slum dweller in E (2006) and a psychopath in Kattradhu Thamizh (2007). On 21 November 2007, Jiiva married his childhood friend Supriya in New Delhi.[27] Supriya is a MBA graduate and an interior designer by profession. The two first met in 1994 when he was studying in a school in T Nagar.[28] They have a son named Sparsh born in 2010.