Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films.

[1] Nivin came to be known for playing the boy next door archetype, following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller Neram (2013), the sports-drama 1983 (2014), the romantic-comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014), the romantic-drama Bangalore Days (2014), the comedy road-thriller Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015), and the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam (2015).

Since 2022, he has starred in the films Mahaveeryar, Padavettu, Saturday Night, Thuramukham and Ramachandra Boss & Co. Nivin Pauly was born on 11 October, 1984, into a Syro Malabar Catholic family in Aluva, Kochi.

[14] Nivin auditioned for Malarvaadi Arts Club and was cast by Vineeth Sreenivasan in the role of Prakashan, which marked his debut.

[citation needed] This was followed by debutant Jude Anthany Joseph's romantic comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, in which he portrayed the role of Giri and was released a week after 1983.

"Sify" stated that the director Jude Anthany Joseph "creates an engaging enough drama in Ohm Shanthi Oshaana, that you're happy to emotionally invest in [it].

Nivin essayed the role of Krishnan "Kuttan" P P, a software engineer who is judgemental about modern life without really thinking about his own hypocrisies.

[citation needed] In the same year, he played an extended cameo in the Lal Jose film Vikramadithyan, as an assistant district magistrate.

[citation needed] Nivin's portrayal of George was featured in the Film Companion's 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade.

Based on a true story, he played the role of Jerry, the son of Jacob Zacharia who struggles to clear his father's debts.

[40] Directed by Sidhartha Siva, this was the first dual role in his career, where he portrayed a student political leader and a senior social activist and comrade who fights for his left-wing ideals.

Nivin appeared in his first straight Tamil feature film through Gautham Ramachandran's crime drama Richie (2017), where he portrayed a small town thug.

[44] In 2018, the big-budget movie Kayamkulam Kochunni, directed by Rosshan Andrrews made a significant impact at the Kerala box office, and across all territories that it was released as well.

Nivin plays the role of a mathematical genius, yet socially awkward Jude who like his namesake Beatles song finds himself in spite of his perceived shortcomings.

[53] Nivin portrayed the dark and demoralising world of Moothon as Akbar[54] which fetched him the Kerala State Film Awards – Special Mention in 2019.

[36] In 2021, he starred in Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval's Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham, a family drama with satire and absurd-comedies[57] elements.

[62] This was followed by the comedy drama Saturday Night, directed by Rosshan Andrrews which explores the relationship between four friends was released on 4 November 2022.It received largely negative reviews from critics and audiences and failed at the box office.

The movie was critically acclaimed and Nivin was praised for his sublime performance but overall the film received mixed reviews and failed at the box office.

The film received mixed reviews from the critics and failed to recoup even half of its budget and hasn't been released on Ott platforms at present likely due to its failure.

In 2024, he starred in the film Varshangalkku Shesham directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan In which he had a cameo appearance as Nithin Molly which received widespread praise from the audience for his performance and was a hit at the box office and his next film Malayalee from India, directed by Dijo Jose Antony was released to mixed reviews from critics and audiences but failed at the box office.

[79][80] He was also in the news for the "On-Call" campaign, where he called and spoke to patients and healthcare workers during the lockdown, encouraging and thanking the latter for their selfless service.