Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who has mainly worked in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 300 films. He has been awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor three times. He has also won five Kerala State Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. In 1998, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions towards the arts. Mammootty is the only actor to win the award based on performances in two different films on two different occasions,Mathilukal and Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha and Ponthan Mada and Vidheyan. He got honarory Doctorate from the University of Kerala in January 2010 and from the University of Calicut in December 2010. Mammootty is the chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs the Malayalam television channels Kairali TV, People TV and WE TV. Mammootty is also the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project. He philanthropic works include Pain and Palliative Care Society. 

September 7th, 1951 in Chembu (Age 73)