Siddique (actor)

Siddique
Siddique at AMMA meeting in 2009
Native name	സിദ്ദിഖ്
Born	(1962-10-01) 1 October 1962 (age 54) Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film actor, film producer, entrepreneur
Years active	1986 – present
Children	Shaheen Siddique,

Siddique is an Indian film actor, producer, and television compère. He has starred in over 250 Malayalam films.

Siddique made his acting debut with the film Aa Neram Alppa Dooram (1985). He got a break with the comedy film In Harihar Nagar (1990). Due to its success, Siddique acted in a variety of comic roles during the early-1990s in films such as Godfather, Manthrikacheppu, Simhavalan Menon, Kasargode Khadarbhai, Thiruthalvaadi, Mughamudra, Kunukkitta Kozhi, and Welcome to Kodaikanal. Siddique turned to more serious roles with Asuravamsam and Lelam (1997). He did a strong villain role in Sathyameva Jayathe (2001), and post its success has done a variety of villain roles. In 2004, he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Sasneham Sumitra and Choonda. Siddique ventured into production by co-producing the film Nandanam (2002) under the banner Bhavana Cinema.

He was born on 1 October 1962 at Edavanakkad, in Ernakulam, Kerala, India, as the youngest child in a family of three with an elder brother and a sister. He did his primary schooling at a local school in his hometown, Edavanakkad, continued his studies and later took his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Government Polytechnic, Kalamassery. He then worked as an Electrical Engineer at Kerala State Electricity Board division at Thrissur, Kerala. After a few years of service in KSEB, he flew abroad to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and worked there for a few more years. Later he quit his job and came back. He started discovering his talents and virtues during his academic at Govt Polytechnic. He started his career as a mimicry artist from there. He is currently married to Seena, after the suicide of his first wife and has two children. He has a son Shaheen Siddique from his previous marriage. His eldest son Shaheen made his debut with the movie Pathemari.