Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopinathan, commonly known as Suresh Gopi, is an Indian film actor and singer who has starred in more than 200 Malayalam films.
The role of Kannan Perumalayan in Kaliyattam (1997) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. In 2012, he became the host of the Asianet game show Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran.
Personal life
Suresh Gopi was born in Kollam into a Hindu Nair family to Gnanalekshmi Amma and Gopinathan Pillai a film distributor, as the eldest son. He has a younger brother, Subash Gopi. He had his primary education from Infant Jesus School Kollam. He pursued masters in English literature from Fatima Mata National College, Kollam.
Career
He returned to acting in the mid-1980s with Sathyan Anthikkad's T.P. Balagopalan M.A. (1986), where he played a prospective groom in a small scene. He went on to play supporting and villain roles. Some other roles of his include Balan in Nandi Veendum Varika (1986), Kumar in Rajavinte Makan (1986), Vinod in January Oru Orma (1987), Shekaran Kutty in Irupatham Noottandu (1987), Suresh in New Delhi (1987), Harry in Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988), Unni in 1921 (1988), and Aromal Chekavar in Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989). He played the comic role of Inspector "Minnal" Prathapan in Manu Uncle (1988) and of Dr. Narendran in Padmarajan's Innale (1989).