actor vijay

Vijay (actor)

In this Indian name, the name Chandrasekhar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Joseph Vijay.

Vijay

Vijay in 2012

Born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar[1]

22 June 1974 (age 43)[2]

Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (now Chennai)

Residence Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Other names

Ilayathalapathy

Thalapathy

Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai

Occupation Film actor, playback singer

Years active

1984–1988

1992–present

Spouse(s)

Sangeeta Sornalingam

(1999–present)

Children 2

Parent(s)

S. A. Chandrasekhar (father)

Shoba Chandrasekhar (mother)

Relatives See Chandrasekhar family

Vijay (born Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar on 22 June 1974) is an Indian film actor, playback singer and philanthropist who works in the Tamil film industry. He is popularly known by his fans as Ilayathalapathy (junior commander-in-chief) or Thalapathy (commander-in-chief) and is one of the most popular and influential actors of Tamil cinema.

The son of S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, Vijay initially appeared as a child actor in a number of his father's films, starting with Vetri (1984). He made his debut as a lead actor in Naalaya Theerpu (1992), which was also directed by his father. He received his breakthrough with Poove Unakkaga (1996) and Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (1997). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999), Kushi (2000), Friends (2001), Thirumalai (2003), Ghilli (2004), Thirupaachi (2005), Sachin (2005), Sivakasi (2005), Pokkiri (2007), Vettaikaran (2009), Velayutham (2011), Nanban (2012), Thuppakki (2012), Jilla (2014), Kaththi (2014) and Theri (2016), which rank among the highest-grossing Tamil films. To date, he has acted in 60 movies as a lead actor and has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, seven Vijay Awards and two Edison Awards. Vijay is also a playback singer and has sung a couple of songs for his movies.