Sivakumar is an Tamil cinema film actor who has portrayed a wide array of character roles that onscreen.He has been regularly contributing for the education and upbringing of wards of jailed humans. For 30 years, his Educational Trust has awarded the first ranking students from schools with cash awards and financial supports.Sivakumar is a trained Kathak dancer and was formally taught drawing.
He has starred in the role of leading man and character artist in many Tamil movies such as Kandan Karunai, Thunivae Thozhan and Uyarndha Manidhan. He received a life-time-achievement award for his contribution to the field of Cinema and in particular Tamil moviedom at the 55th annual Filmfare awards.He is married to Lakshmi and the couple have three children two sons who are actors, Surya Sivakumar and Karthik Sivakumar, and a daughter Brindha Sivakumar.