Santhanam is an Indian actor and producer who mainly works in Tamil cinema. He was born in 21st January 1980. Santhanam start his career as a comedian on television, he rose to fame through his performances in STAR Vijay’s Lollu Sabha enacting the lead role in spoofs of Tamil films.

Santhanam married Usha in 2004. It was an arranged marriage by their parents. They have three children. He is very close to Silambarasan, who gave him his first movie breakthrough, and considers him his godfather.