Vijay
Birthday: 1974-06-22 | Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJoseph Vijay Chandrasekhar known mononymously as (Ilayathalapathy) Vijay, is an Indian film actor, and playback singer. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his film debut as a lead role actor in the 1992 film Naalaya Theerpu. Since then, he acted in several films of action and romance genres. He has also worked as a playback singer in most of his films, as well as a few films starring other actors. During his career in the Tamil film industry, he has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and was nominated for one Filmfare Award. Vijay has starred in several romance and action films, including the commercially successful films Poove Unakkaga (1996), Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997), Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Priyamaanavale (2000), Ghilli (2004), Pokkiri (2007), Vettaikaaran (2009) and Kaavalan (2011). He also worked with several corporations as a brand ambassador and is a former brand ambassador of the Indian Premier League cricket team, Chennai Super Kings.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Gandhi / Jeevan
as Parthiban / Leo Das
as Vijay Rajendran
as Veera Raghavan
as John 'JD' Durairaj
as Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan
as Sundar Ramasamy
as Bairavaa
as Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran
as Joseph Kuruvilla/Vijay Kumar/ Dharmeshwar
as Marudheeran / Pulivendhan
as Kathiresan / Jeevanandham
as Sakthi
as Vishwa (Vishwa Bhai)
as Jagadish
as Panchavan "Pari" Pariventhan/Kosaksi "Pappu" Pasapugazh
as Bhoominathan
as Sura
as Pugazh and Major Saravanan
as Ravi
as Guru / Prasad
as Tamizh
as Aathi
as Sachin
as Sivagiri
as Sivakasi / Muthappa
as Madureyvel
