Background
He is the only son of veteran producer, Madhampatty Sivakumar.
He is the only son of veteran producer, Madhampatty Sivakumar.
Making his acting debut in 1999 with a lead role in Ilaiyavan, he subsequently has been appearing mainly in supporting and comedic roles in over fifty Tamil films. Sathyan was born to film producer Mathampatti Sivakumar. Sathyan studied at Purdue Student Government College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore.
After graduating with a BBM degree, he entered the film industry by playing the lead role in the Ilaiyaraaja musical Ilaiyavan, which was produced by his father himself.
After a series of small supporting roles, he received another break portraying the role of Srivatsan in Shankar"s Nanban (2012) and then featured alongside Vijay again in a pivotal role in A R Murugadoss"s Thuppakki.