Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar known mononymously as (Thalapathy) 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.
Villu
(Pugazh and Major Saravanan)
Velayudham
(Velayudham)
Azhagiya Tamil Magan
(Guru / Prasad)
Naalaiya Theerpu
(Vijay)
Madurey
(Madureyvel)
Sendhoorapandi
(Vijay)
Vettaikaaran
(Ravi)
Aathi
(Aathi)
Thirupaachi
(Sivagiri)
Ghilli
(Saravanavelu)
Sukran
(Sukran)
Puthiya Geethai
(Sarathy)
Sachein
(Sachin)
Nerrukku Ner
(Vijay)
Sura
(Sura)
Sivakasi
(Sivakasi / Muthappa)
Kannukkul Nilavu
(Gautham Prabhakar)
Shahjahan
(Ashok)
Udhaya
(Udhaya Kumar)
Vaseegara
(Bhoopathy)
Minsara Kanna
(Kannan)
Thamizhan
(Surya)
Thirumalai
(Thirumalai)
Bagavathi
(Bagavathi)
Badri
(Badri)
Youth
(Shiva)
Kushi
(Shiva)
Priyamaanavale
(Vijay Vishwanathan)
Kadhalukku Mariyaadai
(Jeevanandhan)
Nanban
(Panchavan "Pari" Pariventhan/Kosaksi "Pappu" Pasapugazh)
The Greatest of All Time
(Gandhi / Jeevan)
Kuruvi
(Vetrivel aka Velu)
Kaavalan
(Bhoominathan)
Pokkiri
(Tamizh)
Rasigan
(Vijay)
Love Today
(Ganesh)
Maanbumigu Maanavan
(Siva)
Ninaithen Vandhai
(Gokula Krishnan Gounder (Gokul))
Rajavin Parvaiyile
(Raja)
Chandralekha
(Rahim)
Vasantha Vaasal
Nenjinile
(Karunkaran)
Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen
(Kannan)
Thulladha Manamum Thullum
(Kutty)
Deva
(Deva)
Selva
(Selva)
Priyamudan
(Vasanth)
Coimbatore Mappillai
(Balu)
Nilaave Vaa
(Siluvai)
Vishnu
(Vishnu)
Friends
(Aravindan)
Leo
(Parthiban / Leo Das)
Thuppakki
(Jagadish)
Thalaivaa
(Vishwa (Vishwa Bhai))
Jilla
(Sakthi)
Once More
(Vijay)
Poove Unakkaga
(Raja)
Endrendrum Kadhal
(Vijay)
Kaththi
(Kathiresan / Jeevanandham)
Leo 2
(Parthiban / Leo Das)
Thalapathy 69
Puli
(Marudheeran / Pulivendhan)
Pandhayam
(Himself (Special Appearance))
Theri
(Joseph Kuruvilla/Vijay Kumar/ Dharmeshwar)
Bairavaa
(Bairavaa)
The Greatest Of All Time Vs Original Gangster
(M.S Gandhi / Sanjay)
Rowdy Rathore
(Special Appearance in "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita" song)
Mersal
(Vetrimaaran/ Vetri/ Maaran)
Ithu Engal Neethi
(Child Artist)
Sarkar
(Sundar Ramasamy)
Naan Sigappu Manithan
(Child Artist (Uncredited Role))
Vetri
(Child Artist (Uncredited Role))
Bigil
(Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan)
Master
(John 'JD' Durairaj)
Beast
(Veera Raghavan)
Varisu
(Vijay Rajendran)
Theri
(Playback Singer)
Innisai Mazhai
(Producer)
Beast
(Playback Singer)
Varisu
(Playback Singer)
The Greatest of All Time
(Playback Singer)
Leo
(Playback Singer)
Sachein
(Playback Singer)
Bigil
(Playback Singer)
Velai
(Playback Singer)
Master
(Playback Singer)
Thamizhan
(Playback Singer)
Thuppakki
(Playback Singer)
Thalaivaa
(Playback Singer)