Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the Tamil cinema. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside Sivakarthikeyan in Ethir Neechal (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian for his performance in Kaththi (2014), Thangamagan (2015) and Remo (2016) and Edison Award for Best Appearance for the film Tamizh Padam 2 (2018).
Born in a middle-class iyer family, Sathish barely attended school and worked part-time jobs alongside his studies to support his family. Interested in cinema, he joined Crazy Mohan's Troupe in 2001, at the age of 14 and performed for many years as part of the troupe. He received many awards for the dramas from Kamal Haasan and other celebrities.
Sathish married Sindhu in December 2019. The couple have a daughter.
Sathish worked with Crazy Mohan in his theatre troupe for eight years, honing his histrionics and acting, while also helping write dialogues for his productions and acting in their stage plays Meesai Aanaalum Manaivi and Jurassic Baby as Cheenu. His debut was in the movie Jery (2006) where he played a small role. A. L. Vijay made him a co-dialogue writer for Poi Solla Porom (2008), before offering him an acting role in Madrasapattinam (2010).
In 2013 he appeared in Senthil Kumar's Ethir Neechal portraying Sivakarthikeyan's friend, with a critic noting that the duo "complement each otherâÂÂs comic timing". His next notable role was as an IT professional Sandy in Maan Karate (2014), written by AR Murugadoss. He played an important role in Kaththi (2014), co-starring Vijay in the lead role.
He received Edison Award for Best Comedian for the films Kaththi (2014), Thangamagan (2015) and Remo (2016).
Sathish played the role of an antagonist in the 2018 parody film Tamizh Padam 2, which was written and directed by C. S. Amudhan.
He marks his debut as a lead actor in Naai Sekar (2022). He has delivered his next film as a hero in the horror comedy, titled Conjuring Kannappan (2023). He was later acted in the crime thrillers films such as Vithaikkaaran (2024) and Sattam En Kaiyil (2024).