T.N.Balakrishna (2 November 1911 – 19 July 1995) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry.
He was said to have a hearing problem and some say that he was totally deaf.
However, he would catch the lip movements of the artists and would narrate the dialogues spontaneously.
He was popular for his comic and villainous roles in films like Muriyada Mane (1964), Bangaarada Manushya (1972), Gandhada Gudi (1973) and Kaamana Billu (1983) and appeared in over a hundred films that starred Rajkumar in the lead role.Balakrishna is known to have played the most number of roles in Kannada cinema, having appeared in over 560 films as a hero, villain, comedian, good Samaritan, loving father and lunatic.