Jasper is an Indian

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...

, who has appeared in character roles, primarily with negative shades. Jasper was a software engineer before he stepped into movies, making his debut in the Sarath Kumar-starrer ''Gambeeram'' in 2003. Jasper has done close to 200 films in a career spanning more than fifteen years, he has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and a few other languages.

Career

Jasper was a software engineer before choosing to opt for a career in films. He made his acting debut in ''

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'' (2003) and appeared alongside actor

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, who later also recommended him to feature in his next films '' Chatrapathy'' and '' Jithan'' (2004). He continued portraying supporting antagonistic roles throughout the late 2000s and won acclaim for his role as a gang member in ''

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'' (2011), with a critic reporting he "gets noted". Jasper portrayed one of

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's henchmen in the Hindi film, '' Chennai Express'' (2013), featuring alongside

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and

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. He was also present in a character role in Chimbu Deven's multi-starrer '' Puli'' (2015) and

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's ''

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'' (2015).

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jasper 1972 births Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Indian male film actors