| Sathyendra | |
| Nationality: | India |
| Occupation: | Film actor |
S. Sathyendra has acted prominently in old movies in minor roles.
He was born into a Telugu family in Tiputer in Karnataka. His father Sanjevaigh was the first Circle inspector of Police after the British in Karnataka. He was mostly brought up from the age of six to 21 in Bengaluru. He did all his schooling and college (Central College of Bangalore) in Bangalore. He has two postgraduations in Kannada literature and Philosophy and B.A. in Drama and Diploma in French and German and has working knowledge in Italian and Spanish.
He played character roles in college plays and in amateur theatre and has worked as a theatre actor with B. V. Karanth and Girish Karnad the avant-garde giants of Kannada theatre. His first film was Grahana, a Kannada film in which he played a pivotal role. His second film, in which he played a character role was Rishyasringa, produced by G. V. Iyer. He is the first television actor in Karnataka in the children's film Aane Banthu Aane, directed by Chandrashekhara Kambara. He has acted in Our Town by Thornton Wilder, directed by Jacqueline Henny from the USA. He worked as an assistant director for a French documentary film dealing with possessed people in Dargha.
He also worked with Indologists from Germany and America in the field of shadow puppetry and marionettes for 2 years.He often gives interviews to Tamil YouTube channels about his various achievements.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ezhavathu Manithan | |||
| 1983 | Mann Vasanai | Street Singer | ||
| 1988 | Sathya | Pickpocket | ||
| 1985 | Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu | Thief | ||
| Oru Pullaangulal Aduppoodhugiradhu | Soft hero | |||
| 1985 | Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai | intellectually disabled child | ||
| 1988 | Paattukku Oru Thalaivan | Love dejected | ||
| 1998 | Sollamale | Cobbler | ||
| 2000 | Priyamaanavale | Beggar who makes Vijay realize about Husband-Wife relation | ||
| 2003 | Whistle | Petrol Bunk Attendant | ||
| 2012 | 18 Vayasu | Jocky | ||
| Novel | Thaaththaa | yet to be released | ||
| Mask | Crazy Maharaja | yet to be released | ||
| Maya | Scary Watchman | Hollywood film directed by Eric manning. Not released in India. |
| Film | Role | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knock Out | Most Famous Corpse | Lead Role. Directed by Lenin. Won various awards. | |
| Kaathu Karuppu | Black Magician | Lead Role | |
| Andhaadhi | Sad Rapist and Murderer | Lead Role | |
| Naanum | Film Director | Lead Role | |
| Naan Irukkiren | Leper | Lead Role. Telefilm based on the Tamil writer Jayakanthan's work. | |
| Varnam | French Journalist | Character Role. Malayalam film. | |
| Tamil | Fanatic Tamil professor | Lead Role. Naalaiya iyakkunar. | |
| Paiththiyam | Mental Math Genius | Lead Role. Naalaiya iyakkunar. | |
| Aariraaro | Drunkard/painter in a slum | Lead Role. Tele Film. | |
| Implant Four | Fantasizing mentally diseased professor | Lead Role | |
| Thirudan | Honest Thief | Lead Role. Based on Dostoyevsky's novel. | |
| Blind Dog | Blind man in a market | Lead Role. Based on the famous R. K. Narayanan's story. | |
| Kalki | Man who lived 1500 years ago in Tamil Nadu | Lead Role | |
| Koodu Vittu | Local voodoo magician | Character Role | |
| Travel Of The Shadows | Shadow killer | Lead Role. German Film. | |
| Snake Bite | Cobra Attacker | Lead Role. American film. Screened on a daily basis in a snake park. |
| Serial | Role | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhairavi | Thrill Creating servant | Yet to be televised | |
| Aanandham | Highly educated street beggar | 500 episodes | |
| Arasi | Intellectually disabled 3-year-old child | 300 episodes | |
| Ammu | Ward boy | 60 episodes |