His popular movies include Enga ooru Kavalkaran and Ayul Kaithi.
He was born in Usilampatti, Madurai, Thirunelveli to parents Krishnan Iyer–Subbulakshmi.
Usilmani became famous as Usili, shortening the name of his town.
[1] In addition to Tamil, he has acted in Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.
He acted as a comedian through four generations, starting from MGR and Sivaji to heroes like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Vijayakanth, Mohan.