Vinayakan is an Indian actor, composer, & comedian who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil language films. He started his career with a cameo appearance in "Maanthrikam" (1995). Vinayakan won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his leading role of Ganga in Rajiv Ravi's "Kammatipaadam" (2016). He achieved wider attention by playing Rajinikanth's antagonist in Nelson Dilipkumar's "Jailer" (2023)