Tovino Thomas

Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam films.

He made his debut in 2012 with the film Prabhuvinte Makkal.

Tovino Thomas made his acting debut in Prabhuvinte Makkal (2012) directed by Sajeev Anthikkad.

Subsequently, he worked as an assistant director in Roopesh Peethambaran's Theevram.

His breakthrough roles were in the films ABCD (2013), 7th Day (2014) and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015).

He starred as the titular character in the Netflix superhero film Minnal Murali (2021).

Tovino has co-produced the film Kilometers and Kilometers.

On 21 January 2021, he launched his own production house – Tovino Thomas Productions.

Kala is the first venture by his own production house where he also played the role of the antagonist.

In ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013) he portrayed the role of the antagonist.

Tovino appeared as the lead in the film Koothara which also featured Mohanlal.

He played a lead role in Roopesh Peethambaran's second directorial venture You Too Brutus.

He has played major roles in the films including 7th Day (2014) and Charlie (2015).

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015).

In 2015, he portrayed the role of Perumparambil Appu in the film Ennu Ninte Moideen which was widely appreciated and received critical acclaim for his performance.

He won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ennu Ninte Moideen.

He played the role of Engineer Thejus Varky in Guppy (2016) which was well received by audiences upon the DVD and digital release.

He also won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mayanadhi (2017).

He won the New Sensational Hero Award at the NAFA 2017 for his performance in the film.

This film was also a breakthrough in his career.

He played the lead role in Oru Mexican Aparatha, Godha, and Mayanadi in 2017.

He won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor and Behindwoods Critics Award for Best Actor for Mayanadi.

The film was praised for the way it tackled with sexuality and was included in The Hindu 's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.

The same year he appeared in Ezra in a major supporting role.

For his constantly evolving looks and style, Tovino is ranked among the most desirable men from Kerala as published by the Kochi Times, which, in 2018, ranked him first.

In 2022, Tovino won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor, for Minnal Murali and Kala.

Tovino was born in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur as the younger son of Adv. Ellikkal Thomas and Sheela Thomas.

His siblings are Tingston Thomas and Dhanya Thomas.

He completed primary schooling from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda and Secondary (Plus Two) schooling from St Mary's Higher Secondary School Irinjalakuda and graduated with bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

He was a part of the handball Team of Don Bosco High School and also helmed as the school leader.

He later worked in Cognizant Technologies as a software engineer.

He was active in sports, fitness and modeling.

In 2018, Tovino Thomas was cast in a major role in Maari 2 with Dhanush which was his Tamil debut.

His major Malayalam releases for the year includes Theevandi, Ente Ummante Peru, and Oru Kuprasidha Payyan.

Tovino had major roles in Lucifer, Uyare and Virus in 2019.

His film Uyare was released in South Korea, becoming the first Malayalam film to do so.

His other releases in the year were And the Oscar Goes To..., Luca, Kalki, and Edakkad Battalion 06.

In 2020, he played the lead role in the crime thriller Forensic with Mamta Mohandas, which received a good response from the audience and was a major box office success.

In 2021, his first release was Kala which was his second venture as a producer.

The film received critical acclaim for its narrative.