Actor
Shankar
July 30, 1960 · Thrissur, Kerala, India
Shanker Panicker is an Indian actor, film director and producer who has worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in nearly 200 films and was a leading actor in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and was also a lead youth hero in Tamil cinema at that time. Shankar's debut Tamil film Oru Thalai Ragam, and Malayalam debut, Manjil Virinja Pookkal, completed a theatrical run of 365 and 250 days respectively. He is often referred as the Romantic hero of Malayalam films.
Often works with
Mohanlal
13 titles together
Guru, Ividam Swargamanu, Boeing Boeing
Jagathy Sreekumar
11 titles together
Ividam Swargamanu, Boeing Boeing, Casanovva
Sukumari
11 titles together
Ividam Swargamanu, Boeing Boeing, Abhimanyu
Sreenivasan
5 titles together
Guru, Ividam Swargamanu, Aram + Aram = Kinnaram
Nedumudi Venu
4 titles together
Guru, Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, Odaruthammava Aalariyam
Maniyanpilla Raju
4 titles together
Ividam Swargamanu, Boeing Boeing, Aram + Aram = Kinnaram
Full filmography · 89
Himuchri
cast
2025
Bad Boyz
as Prem Menon
2024
Ezhuthola
as Rajendra Nath
2024
Bhramam
as Uday Kumar / Uday
2021
Viswasam Athalle Ellam
as ASI Lucas
2015Manal Naharam
Director
2015
Akashangalil
cast
2015
Sand City
as Ibrahim Rabbani and Director
2015
Naku Penta Naku Taka
as Balakrishnan Iyer
2014
Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu
as Village Doctor
2013
Hotel California
as Aby Mathew
2013
Hide n' Seek
as Niranjan
2012