Vijay Wiki, Age, Bio, Movies, Wife, Height, Photos, Songs

Vijay is an Indian actor and model. He became popular through Tamil movies. Apart from acting, he is a trained dancer. Starting from child roles, he became a hero in Tamil movies. Later, with huge hits, he became an instant star. Currently, he is a leading South Indian actor. With blockbuster hits, he has crossed multiple box office records. His real name is Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar. He is also known as Thalapathy Vijay.

Biography and Educational Qualifications

Born in Chennai, he loved acting. He studied at Fathima Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Later, he shifted to Balalok Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He joined for graduation from Loyola College in Chennai. He later dropped studies for acting. During his young age, he entered movies as a child artist. Later, he made his mark through multiple Tamil movies.

With the huge hits in the 90sm he became a popular star. With blockbusters after 2014, he was titled Thalapathy Vijay. He is also a producer and Philanthropist. The songs in his voice have been huge chartbusters. Currently, Vijay is among the highest paid South Indian actors.

Family, Wife

Actor Vijay was born and brought up as Christian. His father is S. A. Chandrasekhar and his mother is Shoba Chandrasekhar. Vidhya is his sister. Vijay’s wife is Sangeeta Sornalingam. The marriage date is 25 August 1999. Divya Shasha and Jason Sanjay are his children.

Age, Height, Weight

He was born on 22 June 1974. Vijay’s age is 47 years as of 2021. His height is 5 feet 10 inches and weight is 75 Kgs. He has brown eyes and black hair.

Career

His career started as a child artist in movies. With strong roles, he got more new movies. With back to back hits in the 90s, he got huge fame. Later, Pokkiri became a huge hit across South India. Then he was titled Ilayathalapathy. His back to back movies became huge hits. Thuppakki, Kaththi, Theri, Bigil, Mersal and Master had been huge hits. Currently, he is among the most successful South Indian actor with huge collections.