Joseph Vijay, better known mononymously as Vijay, is an Indian film actor and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. Vijay is referred to by the media as Thalapathy (commander).
Vijay initially appeared as an uncredited child artist in films under his father S. A. Chandrasekhar's direction, starting with Vetri (1984) to Ithu Engal Neethi (1988). He also made his debut under his father's direction as a teen-age lead actor in Naalaya Theerpu (1992), but his first successful film as lead actor was Poove Unakkaga (1996), which was directed by Vikraman.
