Malayalam industry from its early days had very talented character actors whose performances were integral to the movie. In 2023 too there were many such actors

Male
1) Jagadheesh in Neru
2) Siddique in Corona Papers
3) Indrans in 2018
4) Lal in RDX


Female
1) Bindu Panicker in Madhura Manohara Moham
2) Manju Pillai in Falimy