Manoj K. Jayan

Manoj married film actress Urvashi on 2 May 1999, which ended in divorce in 2008. They have a daughter Tejalakshmi, born in November 2001. Later, he married Asha on 2 March 2011, and they have a son Amrit, born on 30 December 2012.

Manoj Kadampoothramadam Jayan, popularly known as Manoj K. Jayan, is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films in addition to a few Telugu and Kannada films. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor, respectively for his portrayals of Hariharan's "Kuttan Thampuran" in Sargam (1992), "Thalakkal Chandu" in Pazhassi Raja (2009) and "Kunjiraman" in Farook Abdul Rahiman's Kaliyachan. His most critically acclaimed characters are "Kuttan Thampuran" (Sargam),"Thirumangalam Neelakandan" in (Perumthachan),"Ananthakrishna Warrier" in (Sopanam), "Digambaran" (Anandabhadram) and "Thalakkal Chandu" (Pazhassi Raja).He is known for his polished acting skills and style quotient.

He was born on 15 March 1966, in Kottayam District, Kerala to the famous Carnatic musician and Padma Shri awardee K. G. Jayan and V. K. Sarojini, a teacher. He has an elder brother Biju K Jayan . He had his primary education from St. Joseph Convent UPS Kottayam and Sacred Heart Mount High School and pre-university degree from Government college, Nattakam (Kottayam). Then he joined at Southern Film Institute, Trivandrum to learn acting, but discontinued later.