VIJAY ILLAYA THALAPATHI : BIOGRAPHY

His mother tongue is Tamil. He began his career doing minor roles as a child artist in the Tamil cinema industry.Joseph Vijay was born on June 22 to S.A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar. He had a sister named Vidhya who died when she was just two.Vijay studied Visual Communications at Loyola College, but dropped out to pursue an acting career.He is interestingly also a classmate of Surya Sivakumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja '  Karthik Raja ' Jeevan and Vishnuvardhan. He married Sangeetha on 25th August 1999. They have two children' Jason Sanjay born on August 26' 2000 in London. and Divya Saasha born on September 9, 2005 in Chennai.

VIJAY FILMOGRAPHY 

Kuruvi (2008)  Mantra (2007)   Azhagiya Tamizh Magan (2007)  Uliyin Osai (2007) - Rajendra Chozhan  
 Aathi (2006) - Aathi   Puli (2006)  Sukran (2005)  Sachein (2005) - Sachin (as Ilaythalapathy Vijay)  
 Sivakasi (2005)  Thirupaachi (2005) - Sivagiri  Ghillli (2004) - Velu   Gillie (2004) - Velu Subramanian  
 Madurey (2004) - Madureyvel  Vaseegara (2003) - Bhoopathy  Puthiya Geethai (2003) - Sarathy  
 Udhaya (2003) - Udhaya (as Illayathlapathy Vijay)  Thamizhan (2002) - Surya  Friends (2001)  
 Priyamanavale (2000)  Kushi (2000) - Shiva  Kannukkul Nilavu (2000)  Dharma: The Warrior (1999) - Dharam 'Dharma' Singh  Badmaash (1998)  Kaadhalukku Mariyaadai (1997)  Nerukku Ner (1997)  Once More (1997)  My Friend (1992) - Omar's Servant  Uchchi Veyil (1990) - Shankar  Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961)