Entering the film industry in 1993 with Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha, Anil Murali is an Indian actor who has worked in the Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu film industries. He started out doing negative roles, gradually moving to character roles in the later phase of his career. In a career of nearly 25 years, Anil has acted in more than 50 movies. His Malayalam acting credits include movies like Lion (2006), Baba Kalyani (2006), Annan Thambi (2008), Thirakkatha (2008), Puthiya Mugham (2009), Aayirathil Oruvan (2009), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (2009), Kerala Cafe (2009), Pokkiri Raja (2010), Nayakan (2010), 24 Hrs (2010), City of God (2011), Run Baby Run (2012), Ayalum Njanum Thammil... (2012), Amen (2013), Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014), KL 10 Patthu (2015), Double Barrel (2015), Pareeth Pandari (2017), Puthan Panam (2017) and Ramaleela (2017). Anil`s Tamil career saw him in movies like 6 Melugu Vathigal (2013), Nimirndhu Nil (2014), Thani Oruvan (2015), Kodi (2016), Enga Amma Rani (2017) and Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal (2018). He also starred in the hit Telugu movie, Janda Pai Kapiraju (2015). In 2018 Anil acted in debutant director Raj Gokul Das` Malayalam horror movie, Shadow. The cast also includes Sneha Ramesh, Biju Kodungallur, Manoj Panikkar, Sneha Rose and John Tosh Christy. His 2019 release includes Moonam Pralayam.