Vijay

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.9995

Gender

Male

Birthday

22-Jun-1974

Age

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As
  • Ilayathalapathy Vijay
  • Thalapathy
  • Joseph Vijay
  • விஜய்
  • இளையதளபதி விஜய்
  • ஜோசப் விஜய்
  • Thalapathy Vijay
  • ​Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
  • தளபதி விஜய்
  • தளபதி
  • ویجی
  • وی‌جِی

Vijay

Biography

Vijay was born on June 22, 1974 with the given name at birth "Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar", is one of the most celebrated actors in Indian cinema, known for his exceptional contributions to Tamil cinema. With a career spanning over three decades, Vijay has established himself as a box-office phenomenon, delivering some of the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time, and at the same time being an icon in Tamil culture and film industry. His successful films include: "Ghilli" (2004), the first Tamil film to surpass ₹50 crore at the box office, "Thuppakki" (2012), which marked a turning point in Indian action cinema and hitting past the ₹100 crore box office, "Kaththi" (2014) which earned approximately ₹130 crore globally, "Mersal" (2017) which grossed around ₹255 crore worldwide, "Sarkar" (2018) amassed over ₹250 crore globally, "Bigil" (2019) collected approximately ₹300 crore worldwide, "Master" (2021) which despite the COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges did gross around ₹242.5 crore globally. And "Leo" (2023) which became Vijay's highest-grossing movie earning over ₹600 crore worldwide, and setting new benchmarks in Tamil cinema. Many of his films would be achieving record-breaking success and cementing his dominance in Indian cinema with its staggering global earnings and popularity. Known for his versatility, Vijay excels in a range of genres, including action, comedy, drama, and romance, captivating audiences with his charismatic screen presence, dance skills, and powerful performances. Famously called as "Thalapathy" (which means "Commander" in Tamil) by his fans, Vijay's influence extends beyond cinema, as his films often address pressing social issues, resonating deeply with audiences. With a massive global fan base, his impact on the South Indian film industry is unparalleled, and his philanthropic endeavours further enhance his stature as a cultural icon. Vijay’s unparalleled success and ability to connect with audiences have made him one of the most influential and bankable stars in Indian cinema.


Credits

Vishnu Vishnu (1995) Character: Vishnu
Vishnu leaves his overbearing father and, pretending to be an orphan, finds work with a man who also adopts him. Everything goes fine until his adopted father shows a photograph and asks Vijay to kill the people in the photo if he really wants to prove the affection he has for him.
ஒன்ஸ் மோர் ஒன்ஸ் மோர் (1997) Character: Vijay
Vijay, a guy with a careless attitude, gets Selvam, a senior home inmate, to act as his dad for an important business deal. Gradually, both help each other through their own experiences and problems.
நேருக்கு நேர் நேருக்கு நேர் (1997) Character: Vijay
Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.
வெற்றி வெற்றி (1984) Character: Child Artist (Uncredited Role)
Vijay loves challenges and goes to any limit to win them. But one such challenge lands him in prison on a murder charge, as he was used as a pawn to kill his professor.
Nenjinile Nenjinile (1999) Character: Karunkaran
Nenjinile starring by vijay and isha koppikar. Karna (Vijay) is a member of a poor village family who goes to the big city to earn money.he is swindled there and all his money is conned out of him. While he is broke, meanwhile, Nisha (Isha Koppikar) falls completely in love with him. Karna, needing some money to send back to his family, becomes a rowdy and starts beating people up.
Maanbumigu Maanavan Maanbumigu Maanavan (1996) Character: Siva
Shiva, a happy-go-lucky young man, helps two of his best friends get married, much to the dismay of their parents. When the woman is raped by Madan, Shiva and his friends seek to bring him to justice.
பந்தயம் பந்தயம் (2008) Character: Himself (Special Appearance)
A college student, who is a die hard fan of actor Vijay, falls in love with a beautiful young woman. Trouble erupts when she turns out to be the younger sister of a corrupt minister, who uses all his power to separate them. How will the future unfold for the young lovers?
லவ் டுடே லவ் டுடே (1997) Character: Ganesh
Ganesh is obsessively in love with Sandhya, but she is not interested in him. His relentless pursuit leads to a lot of problems. However, everything changes the day he loses his father in an accident.
Coimbatore Mappillai Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) Character: Balu
A man comes to the city and lives with a friend. They are tenants of a girl with whom he often gets into fights. Soon they fall in love. But, another man, with whom he has had tiffs, also loves her.
குஷி குஷி (2000) Character: Shiva
College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.
காதலுக்கு மரியாதை காதலுக்கு மரியாதை (1997) Character: Jeevanandhan
Jeevanandhan meets Mini in a book shop and their eyes meet leading to sparks of love in their hearts. Mini has a loving mother and three brothers, James, Thomas and Stephen and she is the apple of their eye. Mini is hesitant to reciprocate her love for Jeeva who steadily makes an inroad into her heart, the love affair incensing her family members who give him a thrashing each time he meets her. Jeeva's parents are under the impression that their son is pursuing his MBA studies until his father receives an SOS from Jeeva, injured in one such beatings. His father Chandrasekhar is stunned by the developments and Jeeva's mother is also shocked. Jeeva refuses to part company with Mini when his father arrives with his henchmen to take him back.
நாளைய தீர்ப்பு நாளைய தீர்ப்பு (1992) Character: Vijay
Mahalakshmi endures abuse from her husband, Arun Mehta, who is unfaithful to her with multiple women. Despite this, Mahalakshmi independently raises her son Vijay. As Vijay grows up, he seeks revenge for his father's wrongdoings.
வேட்டைக்காரன் வேட்டைக்காரன் (2009) Character: Ravi
Police-Ravi is a student aspiring to become a police officer,becomes hunted when he helps his friend out of trouble.The hunted becomes the Hunter to secure his future.
மெர்சல் மெர்சல் (2017) Character: Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
தமிழன் தமிழன் (2002) Character: Surya
Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.
வசீகரா வசீகரா (2003) Character: Bhoopathy
Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.
வில்லு வில்லு (2009) Character: Pugazh and Major Saravanan
A son decides to avenge his father, an army officer, who was falsely framed and killed by three corrupt officers. Fatefully, he also ends up falling in love with the daughter of one of the killers.
பத்ரி பத்ரி (2001) Character: Badri
Badri (Vijay) is a troublemaker and a source of heartburn for his father (Kitty). So the father pins his hopes on his elder son, Vetri (Riyaz Khan), to win the kickboxing championship. Janu (Bhumika Chawla), Badri's neighbour, is in love with him but it is just one-sided as Badri considers her a good friend and a source of money (and since her dad is a garage owner, his gateway to new cars to impress the other girls). He falls in love with Mamathi (Monal), a rich girl, and poses as a rich guy to impress her. But he soon realises his mistakes and when his brother becomes bedridden, he decides to redeem himself in his father's eyes by fighting in the championship match. He finally redeems himself by defeating his opponent and at the same time, accepts Janu's love.
ராஜாவின் பார்வையிலே ராஜாவின் பார்வையிலே (1995) Character: Raja
Gowri, a rich man's daughter in the village, falls for Raja, an ambitious college going guy with poor family background. When Raja continues to avoid Gowri, she begins to investigate why he is not interested in her.
லியோ லியோ (2023) Character: Parthiban / Leo Das
Parthiban, a cafe owner, lives with his family in Himachal Pradesh. Things take an absurd turn for him when he gets in the way of a drug cartel.
அழகிய தமிழ் மகன் அழகிய தமிழ் மகன் (2007) Character: Guru / Prasad
Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted murder of his lover by a look-alike.
திருப்பாச்சி திருப்பாச்சி (2005) Character: Sivagiri
Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.
போக்கிரி போக்கிரி (2007) Character: Tamizh
Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity. But she may not be the only one Tamizh is hiding secrets from...
சிவகாசி சிவகாசி (2005) Character: Sivakasi / Muthappa
Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.
பிகில் பிகில் (2019) Character: Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?
பீஸ்ட் பீஸ்ட் (2022) Character: Veera Raghavan
A former RAW officer, who is among the hostages in a mall taken over by terrorists, has to foil their plans and prevent the government from releasing a dreaded terrorist, who he had helped put in prison at great personal cost.
சர்கார் சர்கார் (2018) Character: Sundar Ramasamy
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Chandralekha Chandralekha (1995) Character: Rahim
Chandralekha starring by vijay and Vanitha vijayakumar. An orthodox brahmin girl falls in love with Muslim boy Rahim. Their families don't accept it. Meanwhile, the lovers try to run away from everybody, but are caught by militants in the forest.They are rescued from the militants by the police and brought safely to the village. Finally they overcome all of their problems thanks to their love. The message of the movie is that love should be beyond religion, caste, and creed.
வாரிசு வாரிசு (2023) Character: Vijay Rajendran
Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the chagrin of his brothers. But can Vijay prove himself to be a worthy varisu and also reunite his now-broken family?
செல்வா செல்வா (1996) Character: Selva
Selva befriends Kamini, daughter of a minister, who has just moved into his colony. When a terrorist group kidnaps her, Selva rescues her, but ends up paying a price for it.
துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும் துள்ளாத மனமும் துள்ளும் (1999) Character: Kutty
A struggling singer feels guilty about a girl losing her eyesight; to meet the cost of her eye transplant surgery, he offers his kidney to a rich man.
நண்பன் நண்பன் (2012) Character: Panchavan 'Pari' Pariventhan / Kosaksi 'Pappu' Pasapugazh
The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was once an optimistic and successful student. On their journey, they recount their college life and special moments that the three shared up until their lost friend secretly parted ways after convocation. During their quest, the two encounter a rival classmate who once made a long forgotten bet with them, a funeral that goes impossibly out of control, and a wedding they must crash.
பைரவா பைரவா (2017) Character: Bairavaa
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​
தலைவா தலைவா (2013) Character: Vishwa Bhai
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.
Poove Unakkaga Poove Unakkaga (1996) Character: Raja
Raja learns that the girl he loves is in love with another man. When he comes to know about the long-standing dispute between both their families, he goes to their village to unite them.
கத்தி கத்தி (2014) Character: Kathiresan / Jeevanandham
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Friends Friends (2001) Character: Aravindan
A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.
ஜில்லா ஜில்லா (2014) Character: Sakthi
A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
நான் சிகப்பு மனிதன் நான் சிகப்பு மனிதன் (1985) Character: Child Artist (Uncredited Role)
A young man turns into a vigilante to fight injustice after his loved ones are killed.
ஷாஜகான் ஷாஜகான் (2001) Character: Ashok
Shahjahan is about a man (Vijay) who helps out two lovers. He later realizes that he has been helping his friend Krishna to fall in love with the girl that he is in love with. But Vijay swallows his 'love' and beats up the villains in town for the sake of his friend.
ரசிகன் ரசிகன் (1994) Character: Vijay
Vijay and Anitha secretly love each other but are unable to confess their love for each other. Her father realises this and tries to separate the two. However, fate has other plans in store.
மின்சார கண்ணா மின்சார கண்ணா (1999) Character: Kannan
Indira hates men and only employs women in her company and personal staff. Kasi enters her life as a driver and soon, one by one, his entire family starts working in the same household.
சச்சின் சச்சின் (2005) Character: Sachin
A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a unique approach to get close to her, as she has many admirers in the college. How will their relationship evolve?
மதுர மதுர (2004) Character: Madureyvel
A vegetable vendor takes care of an elderly woman and her two young daughters, but he has a dark past that wants to catch up with him.
புதிய கீதை புதிய கீதை (2003) Character: Sarathy
Sarathy is a brilliant and carefree young man who is unaware that an astrologer has predicted his death at the age of 27. Eventually, he comes to loggerheads with Reddiar over a land deal gone bad.
யூத் யூத் (2002) Character: Shiva
On his wedding day, Shiva (Vijay) discovers that his cousin and bride, Aruna, has run away because she does not want to marry a cook. But he takes it lightly and moves to Chennai with the girl's brother (Shyam Ganesh) to look for a job. One night, he saves Sandya from some goons. In gratitude, she kisses him. Shiva starts to fall in love with Sandya. After several occasions where they bumped into each other, Shiva harbours hope that she too reciprocates his affections.
குருவி குருவி (2008) Character: Vetrivel aka Velu
A son sets out to look for the man responsible for his father's disappearance, which is connected to a stolen diamond. Eventually, he steals the villain's diamond and also runs away with his sister.
Nilaave Vaa Nilaave Vaa (1998) Character: Siluvai
Nilaave Vaa starring by vijay and suvalakshmi. Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Vinu Chakravarthy. They are Christians living in a fishing village. In another town, Perumaal (Jaiganesh) is the father to Sangeetha (Suvalakshmi) and Gauri. Suvluksmi comes to the small fishing village. Raghuvaran is proposed (and later engaged) to marry her.However, Gauri, falls in love with Siluvai's friend and after hearing that their father Jaiganesh doesn't want to accept the Hindu-Christian marriage, she decides to elope with her lover. This leads to the break up of Sangeetha and Siluvai's love...
புலி புலி (2015) Character: Marudheeran / Pulivendhan
A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and her treacherous Marshal. Does good triumph over evil?
உதயா உதயா (2004) Character: Udhaya Kumar
Udhayakumar and Vasanthi are collegemates and they fall in love. But soon he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. After he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine. He tries to fight for social change. In the process , he unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who promise to help him in his goals. They frame him up. One day Udhaya is arrested for a crime involving a terrorist plot which he is not responsible. The movie is about how Vasanthi fights to prove his innocence and to get him out from behind bars.
தேவா தேவா (1995) Character: Deva
Deva starring by vijay and swathi. Deva (Vijay) and Bharadhi (Swathi) are two lovers. He's the son of Manorama and brother of Mansur Ali Khan. She's daughter of Sivakumar, who is the village head. Manorama is fully in support of her son to get married to Swathi.Sivakumar refuses to give his daughter's hand to him because his brother does not have a good reputation in the village. But then he realizes that Deva, unlike his brother, is a good guy. In the end, the lovers overcome all problems and get married.
நினைத்தேன் வந்தாய் நினைத்தேன் வந்தாய் (1998) Character: Gokula Krishnan Gounder (Gokul)
A musician dreams of a beautiful girl and sets out to find her. Soon after, he meets her at a wedding, but by that time his father has already fixed his marriage with someone else.
சுறா சுறா (2010) Character: Sura
When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.
Rowdy Rathore Rowdy Rathore (2012) Character: Self
A small-time thug comes across a young girl who claims him to be her father, following which he realizes he has a lookalike who's being hunted by goons.
துப்பாக்கி துப்பாக்கி (2012) Character: Jagadish
Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in a deadly mission. After witnessing a bus bombing, he uncovers a network of sleeper cells planning multiple attacks across the city. With no official backing, he embarks on a personal mission with his trusted comrades to eliminate the mastermind, ensuring the sleeper cells remain leaderless and trapped in silence, waiting for orders that will never come. Ready to sacrifice his own life, he sets out on his final mission—but does he succeed, and at what cost?
பிரியமானவளே பிரியமானவளே (2000) Character: Vijay Vishwanathan
A modern man, Vijay, marries his father's sincere secretary who hails from a poor family. But their stringent prenuptial agreement grants him the power to end his marriage after 12 months.
Endrendrum Kadhal Endrendrum Kadhal (1999) Character: Vijay
Endrendrum Kaadhal starring by vijay and rambha. Vijay is the managing director of a large shipping corporation. He lives in a joint family with his father (Nambiar), two brothers (Radharavi and Dhamu), their wives and children and a spinster sister(Banupriya). He goes to Switzerland to stipulate a contract with 'Nizhalgal' Ravi and Raghuvaran. There he meets Rambha, Ravi's sister. The two fall in love.Ravi approves of Vijay but when he expresses the condition that Vijay should stay with them after the marriage because India is not good, he refuses his offer and returns home....
திருமலை திருமலை (2003) Character: Thirumalai
Thirumalai, a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta, but her businessman father opposes the union and sends a gangster to break up the romance. Will their love prevail?
பகவதி பகவதி (2002) Character: Bagavathi
Bagavathi, a tea vendor, has big dreams for his younger brother, Guna. However, when Guna's girlfriend's father kills him, Bagavathi must fight to protect Guna's unborn child.
செந்தூரபாண்டி செந்தூரபாண்டி (1993) Character: Vijay
Sendhoorapandi is a Tamil film, released in 1993 directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The cast for the film include Vijay, Vijaykanth, Manorama and Yuvarani.
வேலாயுதம் வேலாயுதம் (2011) Character: Velayudham
An ordinary milkman is forced to become the fictional character Velayudham who takes on the scum of the earth.
சுக்ரன் சுக்ரன் (2005) Character: Sukran
College students Ravi and Sandhya are love birds. When Sandhya's mother and a village panchayat chief come to know of their affair, she puts spokes in their wheel, but the Ravi's father sends the pair to Chennai. Upon reaching Chennai, a corrupt police officer apprehends Ravi on a complaint that he had murdered his father when he put his foot down on their affair.
காவலன் காவலன் (2011) Character: Bhoominathan
Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.
Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen (1997) Character: Kannan
Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen starring by vijay and Dimple. Kannan (Vijay) is the only son of Jaisankar and Sri Vidya. Since he's rich, Kannan spends a lot of money everyday. Kannan is in charge of arranging the college cultural function. He happens to hear Manimekalai (Dimple) sing in a temple and he asks her to sing in the college function. But she refuses. All of Kannan's attempts to make her sing fails.In that process Kannan falls in love with her. But, Manimekalai hates him. She gets him arrested for eve-teasing and triggered by that, later Kannan tries to marry Manimekalai by...
Aathi Aathi (2006) Character: Aathi
Against the wishes of his foster parents, Aathi goes to college in Chennai. He is actually looking to avenge the murder of his biological parents. He meets and falls for Anjali, who has an agenda as well.
கில்லி கில்லி (2004) Character: Saravanavelu
Muthu Pandi, a village strongman, decides to marry Dhanalakshmi, and begins his quest by eliminating everyone who opposes their union - starting with both her brothers. In desperation, Dhanalakshmi decides to escape from the village, and in the process is unwittingly assisted by a university Kabaddi player Velu.
த கிரேட்டஸ்ட் ஆஃப் ஆல் டைம் த கிரேட்டஸ்ட் ஆஃப் ஆல் டைம் (2024) Character: Gandhi / Jeevan
A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for an important mission, setting him on a dangerous collision course with his own past.
மாஸ்டர் மாஸ்டர் (2021) Character: John 'JD' Durairaj
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
Vasantha Vaasal Vasantha Vaasal (1996) Character: N/A
Vasantha Vaasal starring by vijay and Swathi. Vijay comes to the city with an ambition to star in the movies. He is totally mad about cinema. He lives as a tenant in Swathi's house. He tries acting out film scenes and speaking film dialogues in a loud fashion thus disturbing her studies.So both of them get off on the wrong foot. But finally they fall in love with each other. Mansur Ali Khan is her maternal uncle who also wants to marry Swathi. So the villain starts disturb the lovers. But the hero fight for his love and finally wins his lady love's hand.
ப்ரியமுடன் ப்ரியமுடன் (1998) Character: Vasanth
Vasanth, the son of a wealthy businessman, falls in love with Priya when he visits Rajasthan. He impersonates a man named Vasanth Kumar, who had saved her life before, to get closer to Priya.
தெறி தெறி (2016) Character: Vijay Kumar / Joseph Kuruvilla
When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
கண்ணுக்குள் நிலவு கண்ணுக்குள் நிலவு (2000) Character: Gautham Prabhakar
Gautham meets Dr Rajasekhar, a psychologist, to learn about his memories pertaining to a girl named Gayathri. Rajasekhar learns that he is looking for Shanmugam, who he thinks has killed Gayathri.
இது எங்கள் நீதி இது எங்கள் நீதி (1988) Character: Child Artist
Ithu Engal Neethi is a 1988 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakandan and Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Ramki, Radhika, Ramki and Vani Viswanath in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.



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