Babu Antony

Babu Antony
Babu Antony
	Babu Antony in the film Karinkunnam 6'S
Born	22 February 1966 (age 58); Ponkunnam, Kerala, India
Education	SIBM Pune (MBA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Evgeniya Antony
Children	2
Relatives	Antony Thekkek (brother)
Website	babuantony.com

Babu Antony (born 22 February 1966) is an Indian-American actor and martial artist, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in several Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Hindi and English films. He started his career doing antagonistic roles and progressed to supporting and leading roles as well. Babu owns a mixed martial art academy in Houston.^[1]

He made his debut in Bharathan's Chilampu (1986). His career highlights include Vaishali (1988), Aparahnam (1991) and Uppukandam Brothers (1993).^[2]

Early life

He was born to T.J. Antony and Mariyam Antony in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He was educated in Sacred Heart High School, Government Boys High School and St. Dominic's High School Kanjirappally. He graduated in English literature from Pune. He has a master's degree in Business Administration in Human resources from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. He worked as a cinematographer in Film and Television Institute of India, Pune which led to his entry into the film industry.^[3] He has a Fifth Dan Black Belt in martial arts.

Career

Early in his career, he started making appearances in roles like Chilambu, Mizhineerppoovukal (1986) in Malayalam. He made a mark through Fazil's 1986 thriller Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal. The film was remade into Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Babu reprised his role in all five versions. He made his debut by playing an antagonist in Bharathan's Chilambu (1987).

In 1987, he appeared for its debut in Tamil cinema with Sathyaraj in Poovizhi Vasalile and then Makkal En Pakkam. Later with Kamal Haasan's Vrutham (1987) in Malayalam and Per Sollum Pillai in Tamil. With Nizhalgal Ravi, he acted in a horror film, Veendum Lisa which were all commercial successes. He also played with Chiranjeevi in Pasivadi Pranam and Jebu Donga which was later a hit at the box office. He started his career as a villain and later on featured in leading roles with the image of an angry young man.

His debut film in Kannada was Shanti Kranti (1991). His movies like Aparahnam (1991), Gandhari (1993), Rajadhani (1994), Bharanakoodam (1994), Chantha (1995), Special Squad (1995) and Indian Military Intelligence (1995) helped him to build a large audience and fan following for him. Apart from these, he has worked as many different characters such as an ex-terrorist role in Aparahnam, a king's role in Vaishali (1988), an impecunious in Sayahnam (2000). Uppukandam Brothers (1993) gave a breakthrough for Babu's career in starring roles.^[4]

He made his debut in Hindi cine-industry with the movie Hatya in 1988. He is also in Telugu films including Lorry Driver (1990), Sathruvu (1991) and Nippu Ravva (1993). His debut movies in English Made in USA (2005) and Leader (2009) in Sinhala. His other Tamil hits were Anjali (1990), Surieyan (1992), Airport (1993), Attahasam (2004), Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), Kanchana (2011), Aadhi-Bhagavan (2013), Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014), Kaaka Muttai (2015), Adanga Maru (2018), Ponniyin Selvan (2022), Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) and Leo (2023).

Personal life

He is married to Evgeniya Antony, who is a Russian American. The couple has two sons, Arthur Antony and Alex Antony. He trains his sons in martial arts and Arthur got his 1st Dan Black Belt in MMA.^[5]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1986	Chilambu	Supporting actor	Malayalam	Debut film
	Mizhineerppoovukal	Richard's friend
	Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal	Renji
	Pranamam	Ajith
1987	Poovizhi Vasalile	Ranjith	Tamil
	Jaithra Yaathra		Malayalam
	Makkal En Pakkam	Kidnapper	Tamil
	Vrutham	Freddy	Malayalam
	Per Sollum Pillai		Tamil
	Pasivadi Pranam	Ranjith	Telugu
	Veendum Lisa	John Fernandes	Malayalam
	My Dear Lisa	John Fernandes	Tamil
	Jebu Donga	Mike	Telugu
1988	Hatya	Ranjit	Hindi
	Vaisali	Lomapadhan	Malayalam
	Trinetrudu		Telugu
	Moonnam Mura	Antony	Malayalam
1989	New Year	Robert
	Douthyam	Gang Leader
	Antharjanam	Vishnu Namboothiri
	The News	Victor George
	Carnivel	James
	Jagratha	Babu
	Adavilo Abhimanyudu	Max	Telugu
1990	Jawani Ki Jalan		Hindi
	Kottayam Kunjachan	Psycho Jimmy	Malayalam
	Randam Varavu	Customs Officer Stephen	Malayalam
	Anjali	Dharma	Tamil
	Magaadu		Telugu
	Vyooham		Malayalam
	Lorry Driver	Seenu	Telugu
1991	Sathruvu	Jorge
	Chaitanya	Thug
	Koodikazhcha	Williams	Malayalam
	Aparaahnam	Nandakumar	Malayalam
	Shanti Kranti	Bob	Kannada
	Shanti Kranti		Telugu
	Nattukku Oru Nallavan		Tamil
	Shanti Kranti		Hindi
	Kuttapathram	Vicky	Malayalam
	Chakravarthy	Edwin
1992	Kauravar	Hamsa
	Kavacham
	Kasarkode Khaderbai	Kasim Bhai
	Ravivarma		Kannada
	Ezhara Ponnana	Charlie	Malayalam
	Surieyan	Micky	Tamil
	Thirumathi Palanisamy		Tamil
	Naadody	Jackson	Malayalam
1993	Nippu Ravva	Dasu	Telugu
	Gandhari	Vishnu	Malayalam
	Uppukandam Brothers	Uppukandam Sevichan	Malayalam
	I Love India		Tamil
	Mafia	Chandra Gowda	Malayalam
	Airport		Tamil
1994	Kadal	Bapooty	Malayalam
	Napoleon	Abu Salim
	Rajadhani	Abbas Amanulla Khan
	Kambolam	Tharakandam Daniel / Dany
	Dadha	Bharathan
	Bharanakoodam	Dany
1995	Street	Guruji
	Boxer	Jimmy Cherian
	Rajakeeyam	Durga Dathan
	Chantha	Sulthan
	Special Squad	Siby Matthew
	Arabia	Akbar Ali
	Indian Military Intelligence	Imran Khan
1996	Nethaji	Baba	Tamil
1997	Hitler Brothers	Narendran	Malayalam
	Yuvasakthi		Kannada
	Pagaivan	Dharman's brother	Tamil
1998	Gloria Fernandes from USA	Fernandes	Malayalam
1999	Jananaayakan	Rajmohan
	Devadasi
	Captain	Ranger Haridas
2000	Shayanam
2001	Sravu	Bawa
	Nayak: The Real Hero	Sniper	Hindi
	Uthaman	Pulimuttathu Sunny Thomas	Malayalam
	Unnathangalil	Thug		Cameo appearance
2002	Thandavam	Sufi
2004	Campus	Sathya's brother	Tamil
	Shambu		Malayalam
	Vajram	Paulson Williams
	Black	Govind Chengappa IPS
	Attahasam	Manthiram	Tamil
	Nothing but Life	Omar	Malayalam
2005	Made in USA	Omar	English
2006	Highway Police	Mammad	Malayalam
2008	Twenty:20	Vikram Bhai	Malayalam
	Ekaloveyudu	Bhakta	Telugu
	Shambhu	Adisheshan	Malayalam
2009	Leader	Raghuwaran / Kimbulawala Soththi Siran	Sinhala
2009	Thirunakkara Perumal	Job	Malayalam
2010	Thathwamasi	Parashurama
	Yugapurushan	Ayyankali
	Sufi Paranja Katha	Sufi
	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Joseph (Jessie's father)	Tamil
	Ye Maaya Chesave	Joseph (Jessie's father)	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	9 KK Road	Devdas Adiyodi	Malayalam
	Kanyakumari Express	Ranjan Philip
	Again Kasargod Khader Bhai	Kasargod Kasim Bhai
2011	Christian Brothers	Captain Rasheed Rahman
	Uppukandam Brothers: Back in Action	Uppukandam Sevichan
	Rowthiram	Priya's father	Tamil
	Kanchana	Basheer Bhai	Tamil
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Advocate Joseph (Jessie's father)	Hindi
	Cobra	Isaac	Malayalam
	Grandmaster	Victor Rosetti	Malayalam
	Kalpana	Akbar Bhai	Kannada
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	Sam	Tamil
	Buddy	Chandran Singh	Malayalam
	Idukki Gold	Antony	Malayalam
2014	Kaaka Muttai	Shiva Chidambaram	Tamil
	Villali Veeran		Malayalam
	Homely Meals	Himself	Malayalam
	Kaaviya Thalaivan	Zamindar	Tamil
2016	Krishnashtami		Telugu
	Moonam Naal Njayarazhcha		Malayalam
	Karinkunnam 6's	Douglas
2017	Ezra	Rabbi David Benyamin		^[6]
2017	Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu	Chami
2018	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Thangal
2018	Adanga Maru	Sanjay	Tamil
2019	Mikhael	John	Malayalam	Cameo appearance
2019	Bullets Blades and Blood		English
2022	The Great Escape	Bob Christo	Malayalam
	Headmaster
	Neepa
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Rashtrakuta King Khottiga	Tamil
2023	Madanolsavam	Madanan Manjakkaaran	Malayalam	^[7]
	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Rashrakuta King Khottiga	Tamil
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	Antony Aashan	Malayalam
	Leo	Antony's henchman	Tamil	^[8]
2024	DNA	DCP Raja Mohammed	Malayalam	Cameo appearance^[9]
	Bad Boyz			^[10]
	Oru Jaathi Jathakam †	TBA		^[11]
	Bazooka †	TBA		^[12]

References

^ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (12 February 2018). "Even a villain should have a character, which people can remember: Babu Antony". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ "Exclusive biography of #BabuAntony and on his life".
^ "On Record with T.N.Gopakumar". asianetnews. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ Mathews, Anna. "Babu Antony shares bittersweet memory of favourite role". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ "Babu Antony on training his sons in martial arts". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Kannan, Arathi (10 February 2017). "Ezra review: Almost 'dybbuk'ed, but not debunked". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ "New single from Suraj Venjaramoodu's Madanolsavam out". Cinema Express. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ "Babu Antony in awe of Vijay's humbleness in 'Leo' sets". The Times of India. 25 March 2023.
^ Features, C. E. (11 May 2024). "Raai Laxmi's DNA gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ Features, C. E. (9 September 2024). "Ghora Ghora Rajadhi Raja song from Bad Boyz out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ "Vineeth Srinivasan's Oru Jathi Jathakam Goes On Floors In Kochi". News18. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ Features, C. E. (22 March 2024). "It's a wrap for Mammootty's Bazooka". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

External links

[1] Vijayakumar, Sindhu (12 February 2018). "Even a villain should have a character, which people can remember: Babu Antony". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[2] "Exclusive biography of #BabuAntony and on his life".

[3] "On Record with T.N.Gopakumar". asianetnews. 28 September 2011. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

[4] Mathews, Anna. "Babu Antony shares bittersweet memory of favourite role". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[toi-5] "Babu Antony on training his sons in martial arts". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[6] Kannan, Arathi (10 February 2017). "Ezra review: Almost 'dybbuk'ed, but not debunked". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

[7] "New single from Suraj Venjaramoodu's Madanolsavam out". Cinema Express. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[8] "Babu Antony in awe of Vijay's humbleness in 'Leo' sets". The Times of India. 25 March 2023.

[9] Features, C. E. (11 May 2024). "Raai Laxmi's DNA gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[10] Features, C. E. (9 September 2024). "Ghora Ghora Rajadhi Raja song from Bad Boyz out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 September 2024.

[11] "Vineeth Srinivasan's Oru Jathi Jathakam Goes On Floors In Kochi". News18. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[12] Features, C. E. (22 March 2024). "It's a wrap for Mammootty's Bazooka". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

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