Vijay

Q: Has Vijay won any awards?

Yes, Vijay has received numerous awards throughout his career, including several Filmfare Awards South and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for his performances.

Q: What was Vijay's first film?

Vijay's first film as a lead actor was 'Naalaiya Theerpu', released in 1992, marking the beginning of his successful career in Tamil cinema.

Q: Who are Vijay's parents?

Vijay's parents are S. A. Chandrasekhar, a well-known film director, and Shoba Chandrasekhar, a playback singer and actress.

Q: What is Vijay's estimated net worth?

Vijay's estimated net worth is around $50 million, making him one of the highest-paid actors in the Tamil film industry.

Q: What is Vijay's contribution to philanthropy?

Vijay is actively involved in philanthropy and has founded the Vijay Makkal Iyakkam, which focuses on social welfare initiatives and community development.

Q: What genre is Vijay best known for?

Vijay is best known for his roles in action and romantic dramas, often blending elements of comedy and social messages in his films.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Vijay's acting style?

Vijay is known for his energetic performances, charismatic dance moves, and ability to connect with audiences, making him a beloved figure in Tamil cinema.

Known for

Leo (2023)

2023 / Action, Adventure / 163mins

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, but it brings forth consequences with connection to a dangerous world, one...

Master (2022)

IMDb 5.3 / 10

2022 / Drama, Horror / 99mins

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating...

Name

Vijay

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

22 June 1974, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Spouses

Sangeetha Sornalingam (2004–present)

Children

2 (Jason Sanjay, Divya Saasha)

Parents

S. A. Chandrasekhar, Shoba Chandrasekhar

Estimated Net Worth

$50 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie The Greatest of All Time A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for...	Gandhi / Jeevan	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2023	Movie Leo Parthiban, a cafe owner, lives with his family in Himachal Pradesh. Things take an absurd turn for him when he...	Parthiban / Leo Das	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Varisu Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the...	Vijay Rajendran	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	Movie Beast A former RAW officer, who is among the hostages in a mall taken over by terrorists, has to foil their...	Veera Raghavan	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2021	Movie Master An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of...	John 'JD' Durairaj	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Bigil A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate...	Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2018	Movie Sarkar NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While...	Sundar Ramasamy	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	Movie Mersal A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor...	Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	Movie Bairavaa A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.	Bairavaa	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2016	Movie Theri When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change...	Vijay Kumar / Joseph Kuruvilla	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	Movie Puli A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and...	Marudheeran / Pulivendhan	TMDB 4.1 / 10
2014	Movie Kaththi Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger...	Kathiresan / Jeevanandham	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Jilla A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of...	Sakthi	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	Movie Thalaivaa A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life...	Vishwa Bhai	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie Thuppakki Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in...	Jagadish	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	Movie Rowdy Rathore A small-time thug comes across a young girl who claims him to be her father, following which he realizes he...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie Nanban The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was...	Panchavan 'Pari' Pariventhan / Kosaksi 'Pappu' Pasapugazh	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Velayudham An ordinary milkman is forced to become the fictional character Velayudham who takes on the scum of the earth.	Velayudham	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2011	Movie Kaavalan Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future,...	Bhoominathan	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2010	Movie Sura When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to...	Sura	TMDB 2.5 / 10
2009	Movie Vettaikaaran Police-Ravi is a student aspiring to become a police officer,becomes hunted when he helps his friend out of trouble.The hunted...	'Police' Ravi	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2009	Movie Villu A son decides to avenge his father, an army officer, who was falsely framed and killed by three corrupt officers....	Pugazh and Major Saravanan	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2008	Movie Pandhayam A college student, who is a die hard fan of actor Vijay, falls in love with a beautiful young woman....	Himself (Special Appearance)	Not rated
2008	Movie Kuruvi A son sets out to look for the man responsible for his father's disappearance, which is connected to a stolen...	Vetrivel aka Velu	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2007	Movie Azhagiya Tamil Magan Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted...	Guru / Prasad	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2007	Movie Pokkiri Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity....	Tamizh	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2006	Movie Aathi Against the wishes of his foster parents, Aathi goes to college in Chennai. He is actually looking to avenge the...	Aathi	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Sivakasi Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed....	Sivakasi / Muthappa	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	Movie Sukran College students Ravi and Sandhya are love birds. When Sandhya's mother and a village panchayat chief come to know of...	Sukran	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2005	Movie Sachein A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a...	Sachin	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Thirupaachi Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city...	Sivagiri	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie Madurey A vegetable vendor takes care of an elderly woman and her two young daughters, but he has a dark past...	Madureyvel	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2004	Movie Ghilli Muthu Pandi, a village strongman, decides to marry Dhanalakshmi, and begins his quest by eliminating everyone who opposes their union...	Saravanavelu	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2004	Movie Udhaya Udhayakumar and Vasanthi are collegemates and they fall in love. But soon he comes to know that she is engaged...	Udhaya Kumar	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	Movie Thirumalai Thirumalai, a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta, but her businessman father opposes the union and sends a gangster to...	Thirumalai	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2003	Movie Puthiya Geethai Sarathy is a brilliant and carefree young man who is unaware that an astrologer has predicted his death at the...	Sarathy	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2003	Movie Vaseegara Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets...	Bhoopathy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2002	Movie Bagavathi Bagavathi, a tea vendor, has big dreams for his younger brother, Guna. However, when Guna's girlfriend's father kills him, Bagavathi...	Bagavathi	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2002	Movie Youth On his wedding day, Shiva (Vijay) discovers that his cousin and bride, Aruna, has run away because she does not...	Shiva	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Thamizhan Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with...	Surya	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	Movie Shahjahan Shahjahan is about a man (Vijay) who helps out two lovers. He later realizes that he has been helping his...	Ashok	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2001	Movie Badri Badri (Vijay) is a troublemaker and a source of heartburn for his father (Kitty). So the father pins his hopes...	Badri	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie Friends A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret...	Aravindan	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2000	Movie Priyamaanavale A modern man, Vijay, marries his father's sincere secretary who hails from a poor family. But their stringent prenuptial agreement...	Vijay Vishwanathan	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2000	Movie Kushi College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot...	Shiva	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Kannukkul Nilavu Gautham meets Dr Rajasekhar, a psychologist, to learn about his memories pertaining to a girl named Gayathri. Rajasekhar learns that...	Gautham Prabhakar	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie Minsara Kanna Indira hates men and only employs women in her company and personal staff. Kasi enters her life as a driver...	Kannan	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Nenjinile Nenjinile starring by vijay and isha koppikar. Karna (Vijay) is a member of a poor village family who goes to...	Karunkaran	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie Endrendrum Kadhal Endrendrum Kaadhal starring by vijay and rambha. Vijay is the managing director of a large shipping corporation. He lives in...	Vijay	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Thulladha Manamum Thullum A struggling singer feels guilty about a girl losing her eyesight; to meet the cost of her eye transplant surgery,...	Kutty	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	Movie Nilaave Vaa Nilaave Vaa starring by vijay and suvalakshmi. Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Vinu Chakravarthy. They are Christians living in...	Siluvai	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1998	Movie Priyamudan Vasanth, the son of a wealthy businessman, falls in love with Priya when he visits Rajasthan. He impersonates a man...	Vasanth	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	Movie Ninaithen Vandhai A musician dreams of a beautiful girl and sets out to find her. Soon after, he meets her at a...	Gokula Krishnan Gounder (Gokul)	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	Movie Kadhalukku Mariyaadai Jeevanandhan meets Mini in a book shop and their eyes meet leading to sparks of love in their hearts. Mini...	Jeevanandhan	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	Movie Nerrukku Ner Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.	Vijay	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1997	Movie Once More Vijay, a guy with a careless attitude, gets Selvam, a senior home inmate, to act as his dad for an...	Vijay	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1997	Movie Love Today Ganesh is obsessively in love with Sandhya, but she is not interested in him. His relentless pursuit leads to a...	Ganesh	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1997	Movie Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen starring by vijay and Dimple. Kannan (Vijay) is the only son of Jaisankar and Sri Vidya. Since he's...	Kannan	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	Movie Selva Selva befriends Kamini, daughter of a minister, who has just moved into his colony. When a terrorist group kidnaps her,...	Selva	Not rated
1996	Movie Vasantha Vaasal Vasantha Vaasal starring by vijay and Swathi. Vijay comes to the city with an ambition to star in the movies....	Unknown character	Not rated
1996	Movie Maanbumigu Maanavan Shiva, a happy-go-lucky young man, helps two of his best friends get married, much to the dismay of their parents....	Siva	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1996	Movie Poove Unakkaga Raja learns that the girl he loves is in love with another man. When he comes to know about the...	Raja	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1996	Movie Coimbatore Mappillai A man comes to the city and lives with a friend. They are tenants of a girl with whom he...	Balu	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Chandralekha Chandralekha starring by vijay and Vanitha vijayakumar. An orthodox brahmin girl falls in love with Muslim boy Rahim. Their families...	Rahim	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1995	Movie Rajavin Parvaiyile Gowri, a rich man's daughter in the village, falls for Raja, an ambitious college going guy with poor family background....	Raja	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Vishnu Vishnu leaves his overbearing father and, pretending to be an orphan, finds work with a man who also adopts him....	Vishnu	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1995	Movie Deva Deva starring by vijay and swathi. Deva (Vijay) and Bharadhi (Swathi) are two lovers. He's the son of Manorama and...	Deva	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	Movie Rasigan Vijay and Anitha secretly love each other but are unable to confess their love for each other. Her father realises...	Vijay	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie Sendhoorapandi Sendhoorapandi is a Tamil film, released in 1993 directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The cast for the film include Vijay,...	Vijay	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1992	Movie Naalaiya Theerpu Mahalakshmi endures abuse from her husband, Arun Mehta, who is unfaithful to her with multiple women. Despite this, Mahalakshmi independently...	Vijay	Not rated
1988	Movie Ithu Engal Neethi Ithu Engal Neethi is a 1988 Indian Tamil film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakandan...	Child Artist	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1985	Movie Naan Sigappu Manithan A young man turns into a vigilante to fight injustice after his loved ones are killed.	Child Artist (Uncredited Role)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1984	Movie Vetri Vijay loves challenges and goes to any limit to win them. But one such challenge lands him in prison on...	Child Artist (Uncredited Role)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Jana Nayagan A clash of ideologies. One stands for the people, the other feeds on control. Their paths collided once before. Years...	Thalapathy Vetri Kondan 'Vetri'	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Karuppu In a world where justice falters, guardian deity Vettai Karuppu takes the guise of a lawyer to battle a corrupt...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2024	Movie The Greatest of All Time A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2023	Movie Leo Parthiban, a cafe owner, lives with his family in Himachal Pradesh. Things take an absurd turn for him when he...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Varisu Vijay, The prodigal son of business tycoon Rajendran agrees to take over the reins of the business, much to the...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	Movie Love Today A young couple is made to exchange their phones for a day. What follows is a hilarious and emotional sequence...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Beast A former RAW officer, who is among the hostages in a mall taken over by terrorists, has to foil their...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2021	Movie Master An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Bigil A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie Theri When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie Thalaivaa A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	Movie Thuppakki Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2005	Movie Sachein A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	Movie Thamizhan Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with...	Playback Singer Sound	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	Movie Velai	Playback Singer Sound	Not rated
1992	Movie Innisai Mazhai Michael and Saravanan love Mamta though she loves Vijay. However, Vijay, who is brought up by a single father, hates...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Jana Nayagan A clash of ideologies. One stands for the people, the other feeds on control. Their paths collided once before. Years...	Playback Singer Sound	Not rated

The Greatest of All Time

2024 / TMDB 4.7

Leo

2023 / TMDB 6.9

Varisu

2023 / TMDB 5.0

Beast

2022 / TMDB 5.2

Master

2021 / TMDB 6.6

Bigil

2019 / TMDB 6.3

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Leo (2023)

Master (2022)

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