Tovino Thomas

Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film Prabhuvinte Makkal. His breakthrough roles were in the films ABCD (2013), 7th Day (2014) and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). He starred as the titular character in the Netflix superhero film Minnal Murali (2021). Tovino has co-produced the film Kilometers and Kilometers. On 21 January 2021, he launched his own production house - Tovino Thomas Productions. Kala is the first venture by his own production house where he also played the role of the antagonist. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). He also won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mayanadhi (2017). For his constantly evolving looks and style, Tovino is ranked among the most desirable men from Kerala as published by the Kochi Times, which, in 2018, ranked him first. In 2022, Tovino won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor, for Minnal Murali and Kala. Early life Tovino was born in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur as the younger son of Adv. Ellikkal Thomas and Sheela Thomas. His siblings are Tingston Thomas and Dhanya Thomas. He completed primary schooling from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda and Secondary (Plus Two) schooling from St Mary's Higher Secondary School Irinjalakuda and graduated with bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was a part of the handball Team of Don Bosco High School and also helmed as the school leader. He later worked in Cognizant Technologies as a software engineer. He was active in sports, fitness and modeling.