Pasupathy is an Indian film actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has garnered critical acclaim for his work on films like Housefull (1999), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Veede (2003), Majaa(2005), Kuselan (2008) and Outsider (2012). Over the years, he has played a variety of characters, right from the comic relief to the antagonist. His performance in E (2006) earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for the same. He then won an ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Kuselan (2008). He has also appeared in Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. In 2017, he appeared in the Malayalam movie Machuka and the Tamil movies Karuppan and Kodiveeran.