J. K. Rithesh was an Indian actor and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member. He was born and brought up in Kandy, Sri Lanka and later migrated to Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. Later he entered the Tamil film industry and made his acting debut in Kaannal Neer (2007), directed by Chinni Jayanth. Some of his other notable movies include Pen Singam (2010) and Nayagan (2008). He later took a break from acting to enter politics. His 2019 releases include LKG, a political satire in which he played a negative role. In April 2019, at the age of 46, he died of a cardiac arrest.