Babu Antony

Babu Antony
Babu Antony in the film Karinkunnam 6'S
Born22 February
Ponkunnam, Kerala, India
EducationSIBM Pune (MBA)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
SpouseEvgeniya Antony
Children2
RelativesAntony Thekkek (brother)
Websitebabuantony.com

Babu Antony (born 22 February)[1] 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.[2]

He made his debut in Bharathan's Chilampu (1986). His career highlights include Vaishali (1988), Aparahnam (1991) and Uppukandam Brothers (1993).[3]

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 man 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.[5] The couple has two sons, Arthur Antony and Alex Antony.[6] He trains his sons in martial arts and Arthur got his 1st Dan Black Belt in MMA.[7]

Filmography

Malayalam films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1986ChilambuDebut film
MizhineerppoovukalRichard's friend
Poovinu Puthiya PoonthennalRenji
PranamamAjith
1987 Jaithra Yaathra
VruthamFreddy
Veendum LisaJohn Fernandes
1988 VaisaliLomapadhan
Moonnam MuraAntony
1989New YearRobert
DouthyamGang Leader
AntharjanamVishnu Namboothiri
The NewsVictor George
CarnivelJames
JagrathaBabu
1990 Kottayam KunjachanPsycho Jimmy
Randam VaravuCustoms Officer Stephen
Vyooham
1991 KoodikazhchaWilliams
AparaahnamNandakumar
KuttapathramVicky
ChakravarthyEdwin
1992KauravarHamsa
Kavacham
Kasarkode KhaderbaiKasim Bhai
Ezhara PonnanaCharlie
NaadodyJackson
1993 GandhariVishnu
Uppukandam BrothersUppukandam Sevichan
MafiaChandra Gowda
1994KadalBapooty
NapoleonAbu Salim
RajadhaniAbbas Amanulla Khan
KambolamTharakandam Daniel / Dany
DadhaBharathan
BharanakoodamDany
1995StreetGuruji
BoxerJimmy Cherian
RajakeeyamDurga Dathan
ChanthaSulthan
Special SquadSiby Matthew
ArabiaAkbar Ali
Indian Military IntelligenceImran Khan
1997Hitler BrothersNarendran
1998Gloria Fernandes from USAFernandes
1999JananaayakanRajmohan
Devadasi
CaptainRanger Haridas
2000Shayanam
2001SravuBawa
UthamanPulimuttathu Sunny Thomas
UnnathangalilThugCameo appearance
2002ThandavamSufi
2004 Shambu
VajramPaulson Williams
BlackGovind Chengappa IPS
Nothing but LifeOmar
2006Highway PoliceMammad
2008Twenty:20Vikram Bhai
ShambhuAdisheshan
2009 Thirunakkara PerumalJob
2010ThathwamasiParashurama
YugapurushanAyyankali
Sufi Paranja KathaSufi
9 KK RoadDevdas Adiyodi
Kanyakumari ExpressRanjan Philip
Again Kasargod Khader BhaiKasargod Kasim Bhai
2011Christian BrothersCaptain Rasheed Rahman
Uppukandam Brothers: Back in ActionUppukandam Sevichan
2012 CobraIsaac
GrandmasterVictor Rosetti
2013 BuddyChandran Singh
Idukki GoldAntony
2014 Villali Veeran
Homely MealsHimself
2016 Moonam Naal Njayarazhcha
Karinkunnam 6'sDouglas
2017EzraRabbi David Benyamin[8]
Zacharia Pothen JeevichirippunduChami
2018Kayamkulam KochunniThangal
2019MikhaelJohnCameo appearance
2022The Great EscapeBob Christo
Headmaster
Neepa
2023MadanolsavamMadanan Manjakkaaran[9]
RDX: Robert Dony XavierAntony Aashan
2024DNADCP Raja MohammedCameo appearance[10]
Bad BoyzVettukadu Belson[11]
2025Oru Jaathi JathakamRamesh Babu[12]
BazookaJohn CaesarCameo appearance[13]
MaranamassDYSP Ajay Ramachandran[14]
Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira[15]
Adinaasam VellapokkamPolice offficer[16]

Tamil films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1987Poovizhi VasalileRanjith
Makkal En PakkamKidnapper
Per Sollum Pillai
1990 AnjaliDharma
1991 Nattukku Oru Nallavan Bob
1992 SurieyanMicky
Thirumathi Palanisamy
1993 I Love India
Airport
1996NethajiBaba
1997 PagaivanDharman's brother
2004CampusSathya's brother
AttahasamManthiram
2010 Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaJoseph (Jessie's father)
2011 RowthiramPriya's father
KanchanaAkbar Bhai
2013Aadhi BhagavanSam
2014Kaaka MuttaiShiva Chidambaram
Kaaviya ThalaivanZamindar
2018 Adanga MaruSanjay
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: IRashtrakuta King Khottiga
2023Ponniyin Selvan: IIRashrakuta King Khottiga
LeoAntony's henchman[6]

Telugu films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Pasivadi PranamRanjith
Jebu DongaMike
1988 Trinetrudu
1989 Adavilo AbhimanyuduMax
1990 Magaadu
Lorry DriverSeenu
1991SathruvuJorge
ChaitanyaThug
Shanti Kranti Bob
1993Nippu RavvaDasu
2008 EkaloveyuduBhaktacredited as Bob Antony
2010 Ye Maaya ChesaveJoseph (Jessie's father)Cameo appearance
2016Krishnashtami

Hindi films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1988HatyaRanjit
1990Jawani Ki Jalan
1991 Shanti KrantiHindi
2001 Nayak: The Real HeroSniperGuest appearance
2012Ekk Deewana ThaAdvocate Joseph (Jessie's father)

Kannada films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Shanti KrantiBob
1992 Ravivarma
1997 Yuvasakthi
2012 KalpanaAkbar Bhai

Other language films

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2005Made in USAOmarEnglish
2009LeaderRaghuwaran / Kimbulawala Soththi SiranSinhala
2019 Bullets Blades and BloodEnglish

References

  1. ↑ "Babu Antony celebrates his birthday in the US". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive biography of #BabuAntony and on his life".
  4. ↑ Mathews, Anna. "Babu Antony shares bittersweet memory of favourite role". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Babu Antony and family on Snehathode Veetil Ninnu". The Times of India. 5 May 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Babu Antony in awe of Vijay's humbleness in 'Leo' sets". The Times of India. 25 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Kannan, Arathi (10 February 2017). "Ezra review: Almost 'dybbuk'ed, but not debunked". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "New single from Suraj Venjaramoodu's Madanolsavam out". Cinema Express. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Features, C. E. (11 May 2024). "Raai Laxmi's DNA gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ↑ Features, C. E. (9 September 2024). "Ghora Ghora Rajadhi Raja song from Bad Boyz out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Vineeth Srinivasan's Oru Jathi Jathakam Goes On Floors In Kochi". News18. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Features, C. E. (22 March 2024). "It's a wrap for Mammootty's Bazooka". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  14. ↑ Features, C. E. (1 April 2025). "Basil Joseph's Maranamass confirms release date, trailer unveiled". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Mullappilly, Sreejith (16 July 2025). "Fahadh Faasil and Kalyani Priyadarshan's Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira gets a new release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Adinaasam Vellapokkam teaser: A series of chaotic encounters form this comedy". Cinema Express. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
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