Suresh started his career as an editing assistant and a dance assistant. One of his father's friends thought that he could become a successful lead actor. Suresh approached director
C. V. Sridhar with a portfolio but was turned down. A few years later, Suresh played the lead in three of Sridhar's films. He then met director duo
Santhana Bharathi and
P. Vasu, who cast him as the lead in
Panneer Pushpangal (1981). Suresh was simultaneously offered the lead role in
Bharathiraja's
Alaigal Oivathillai (1981), which he turned down for the former film. Both films were large commercial successes. He became the prominent face of the Tamil Film Industry, through the 1980s. Suresh played the role of a lover in many films and produced four films and seven television serials before taking a hiatus in the 1990s. During the period he enhanced his career in Telugu cinema. Suresh made a comeback to Tamil cinema in 2006 with
Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai starring
Srikanth. He played supporting roles including in
Aasal (2010) alongside
Ajith Kumar. In 2012, Suresh appeared in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film
Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi directed by
Balaji Mohan, playing the character of Akilan Venkatesan, who was going through a mid-life crisis. A reviewer for The Hindu called the entire cast "effective". Suresh has hosted and judged six seasons of the competitive cooking game show
Kitchen Superstar for
Vijay TV. As a dubbing / voice-over artist, Suresh was the Tamil voice of the actor
Ajith Kumar in
Aasai (1995) and for
Nagarjuna in
Idhayathai Thirudathe (1989),
Siva (1989),
Ratchagan (1997) and
Manam (2016). From 2018 to 2020, he has starred opposite
Khushbu Sundar in the bilingual daily serial
Lakshmi Stores. == Filmography ==