Venkataraman Gopalakrishnan (1933 – 29 April 1998), was an Indian stage and film actor who was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century.

[1] He was well known for playing negative and supporting roles, but was also a successful character actor.

In a career spanning close to five decades, he acted in more than 400 movies in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

He joined in the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, when finished his bachelor's degree and he shifted into Madras joined University of Madras in Chennai and finished his master's degree.

He showed interest in stage plays and joined a drama troupe in Tamil theatre and began to perform stage plays.