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The filmography of Sivaji Ganesan (1928–2001) consists predominately of Tamil-language films apart from some Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films. He is the only actor to have played the lead role in over 250 films in Tamil cinema.

Films

Television

Notes

1. ^ Ganesan played two roles in this film.
2. ^ Ganesan played three roles in this film.
3. Ganesan played nine different roles: a widower, a drunkard, a doctor, a gunman, a villager, an actor, a leper, a police commissioner and the bridegroom.

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